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Author: | Admin [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:42 pm ] |
Post subject: | tank weight and floor safety |
tank weight and floor safety a customer stated: "We have a 54 gallon that is only 44" long (had to build it ourselves due to weight-bearing beams limiting length)." I replied: water weighs about 8 pounds per gallon, with the glass and the gravel I estimate 10 pounds per gallon per aquarium any standard oriented tank (long and relatively shallow as opposed to tall and narrow) should be safe on any floor that is safe to walk on for example a 5 foot 120 gallon tank will weigh about 1200 pounds the 1200 pounds is spread out over 1.5+1.5+5+5 feet ...so if the floor can hold 93 pounds per linear foot foot ...or 7.5 square feet 160 pounds per square foot it is safe if we orient the tank the other way (and no one should want to) 2.5 feet Long x 1.5 feet wide x 5 feet high then we are putting the 1200 pounds on 3.75 square feet (320 pounds per square foot) and that is probably not safe on the average built floor an alternative example: can 4 football players stand wherever your 120 gallon tank is going forever without falling through the floor ? I think so. |
Author: | Admin [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:16 pm ] |
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