Lesta3474 Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Hi everyone, Let me know your thoughts? At the moment I'm limited in space... I'm living with my uncle and unfortunately he has no spare room for me to convert into a fish room. (Used to be an international student, finish Uni last year and found a pretty good job… been working a year++ now. Pretty good to not have to pay rent and it’s plus good to be with family as mum and dad are back home in Malaysia. I know some of you would be thinking… ‘Move out of the house!’) :roll: Anyway, I have to be happy keeping my fish tank in my room, which is a bit small. I can only afford to have one 4 feet 200 L tank in my room. (I have another tank which is a 70L 2 feet tank holding my breeding pair of convict cichlids) Also, I'm on the upper floor so 200L tank would weigh quite a bit. I presume this is too heavy for the flooring? I was thinking of getting a few nice and young Betta Splendens (hopefully I can find nice halfmoon or crowntails!!) and condition them for breeding in the summer. Will partition the tank up so that there will be a living space for the male/males, female/females (thinking about having 2 of each) and one more space for the fry. Once fry are old enough, I'll be partitioning the tank up even more to make compartments for each male fry thats getting aggressive. Should be fine to keep the females together? Also, since breeding requires low water level, I was thinking of filling up the tank half way to 3 quarters... So it’s only about 120 - 150 L... which weight wise should be ok for the floor? The partitioning walls will be build using plastic canvas which is easily obtained from Spotlight. Tank will be semi planted I guess… Driftwood with java moss and java fern in the spawning section… and probably some water sprites (called floating fern I think??) for the male and female sections… Don’t worry I’ve not attempted to do anything as yet. :oops: So what are your thoughts? Should I go through with it or definitely not? Maybe an improvement in the plans? Thanks. :bounce: Kind regards, Lester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted May 29, 2008 Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 IMO a 200L tank is not that heavy and should be fine upstairs if you placed it next to a supported wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta3474 Posted May 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2008 Really? I was told by an friend whos an engineer that the max load on the floor is 150kg/m^2 or (1.5 KPA I think). Which is why i decided to keep the load below 150kg. 1L = 1 kg so about 150 L should be fine. But then again I could be wrong and mayb the support beam will be strong enough to hold the tank. Thanks for the info. Anyone else knows about the general load capacity of a NZ home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 wouldnt it also depend on the weight distribution of the stand? like how big the stand is and where the contact points are and how much through each contact point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta3474 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Yes you're correct. However I am not gona use a stand. Its just gona sit on a tanalised Plywood on the floor. Plywood to protect the carpet... Room is too small to have a stand... and also this will reduce the weight. So there will be quite a sufficent amount of floor supporting the tank. Lester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta3474 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 But not sure if a 150 L 4 feet tank will have enough space to even attempt to breed siamese fighters. Is it? Lester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 yeah would think so as would be well spread and if near support beams i wouldnt think there be a problem, is it shallow long tank or tall short tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 sorry didnt see the last post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta3474 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Tank is 4 feet long by 1.5 feet tall so I would say shallow long tank. Lester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Spreading the weight on plywood is a great idea. I did it with my 225l tank with no troubles at all. I had it evenly placed over a couple of the joists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted May 30, 2008 Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 But not sure if a 150 L 4 feet tank will have enough space to even attempt to breed siamese fighters. Is it? Lester If you only have a 4 ft tank to house the fighters , breed and house the frys then you won't have enough space for them. 1 spawn can easily produce 200-500 frys. When they grow up you'll need a lot of tanks to cope. ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta3474 Posted May 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2008 Darn. Well, I don want to give the new babies a miserable start to life by cramming them all in one tank. I guess I'll have to be content with something else. Maybe one borneo tiger in the 4 feet tank or several male fighters. Thanks Ron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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