Fish Tank Wood Floors

Is a 60 gallon tank safe for laminate wood flooring.

Fish tank wood floors.

I am know i am bit messy so really fish tank and hardwood floor in same area a bad idea but that they way it goes. Maybe worth having a check of the condition of the boards where the new tank will be kept have a check for any wood worm in the floor boards and also the joists below. Thread starter anthonysharpe start date mar 26 2014. If you have a bending failure in your floor joists then the wood will pull apart at the bottom of the joist near the mid span of the joist.

75 gallon aga with lifereef compact refugium 2 sump 2 t5 ho w individual reflector and 2 175 watt mh canopy retrofit kit geo 612 calcium reactor with masterflex and litermeter 3 water exchange system. As with the 125 gallon tank there is much to consider before opting for such a large setup. Had new hardwood floors installed last week and now i am ready to put my tank back in place. Freshwater aquarium fish forum.

From my experience it doesn t cause a problem if it dries. The same basic principles would apply to a 150 gallon as would apply to a 125 gallon with considerations about placement and identifying load bearing structures being important to the decision making process. Can my floor support a 150 gallon fish tank. The tank is 2 ft deep.

Some place in my room had some kind of leak a few years ago from the heater not a fish tank heater and some a few of the floorboards got loose. For the most part this is of little concern unless it permanently puts a dent into your beautiful hardwood floors. 1 gallon weighs 10lbs so the weight of the water will be approx 820kg. I splash water on the floor a lot when i move decor around or do a water change.

Just to be safe. Perhaps you can build some type of low profile pedestal to rest the aquarium on so it is not directly on the hardwood floor. I would personally remove the whole section of floorboards under the tank and replace as clive proposed with a section of marine plywood this is extremely. 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.

On top of this is the weight of the tank very heavy cabinet filters etc plus in the tank is some gravel and. Recently my house was redone with laminate flooring and i was wondering if a 60 gallon 500. Hardwood floor and fish tank.