Fish Tank Poured Water On Th Floor

And if any water gets under the tarp or sytrofoam or whatever is directly under it you can develop mold problems.

Fish tank poured water on th floor.

Anything larger than that i would worry about reinforcing the floor or moving it to a first floor. Really the floor is no place for an aquarium. Although you will need access to power for the filter heater and other electrical equipment. Better safe than sorry.

I pull down the whole tank drain the water move the fish pulled up carpet out of the living room how do i get the smell out of the living room sent from my samsung sgh i317 using monsteraquarianetwork app. The less surface area of the floor it takes up per gallon the higher the danger would be. 1 gallon of water weighs 8 34 lbs therefore 150 gallons to fill a tank would weigh 1251 lbs in water alone. Last night i got home and my fish tank was almost empty don t know where the water leak from but out of my tank only had one qtr of water left.

You do not want water get too close to the electricity. Aquarium holds so much water. My largest tank a 120 on a second floor spanning three joists and up against the neighboring wall of the next townhome did just fine. Support the floor under an aquarium video.

1 gallon weighs 10lbs so the weight of the water will be approx 820kg. Also the the shape of the tank would matter as well. And it will be hard to get suction going on gravel vacuums when you are doing your weekly water changes. Once the sub floor has dried i am going to put an engineered wood floor down i want to put a fish tank with a 6ft x 31in foot print on it.

The tank is 2 ft deep. Example 40g high vs 40g long the long tank spreads more weight over the floor so it would have more supports under it. On top of this is the weight of the tank very heavy cabinet filters etc plus in the tank is some gravel and. Get a proper stand it is worth it.