Who has a 200-gallon or larger?

[CMC]

We purchased a 240-gallon tank w/ stand, canopy and accessories, but are now having second thoughts about the weight of the tank filled with water possibly cracking/damaging the foundation . The tank is still empty. Just wondering if anyone who now has or has had a tank this size damaging the foundation? The majority of the foundation under our house is blocks with a crawl space (it's an older home) but the previous owner added a room to the back that has a concrete foundation, from what we can tell and that is where the plan on putting the tank.

Thanks

 

[JoeFish]

I would put it in the addition just to play it safe. If you want to put it in older part of the house I would have the foundation inspected first.

 

[Hazmat]

Seahunter has a 240g tank and he lives in a mobil home. I know he did a few things under to hold the weight. I'll get in touch with him, he might be able to give you some advice.

Hazmat

 

[fozzy_wozzy_woo]

what is touching the ground?
What are the dimensions of the tank.
what is the dimensions of the stand / frame
is it 6 legs at 2cm x 2 cm or is it a frame.

You will only be placing around 1075kg (1075 bags of suger) of force to the ground

I have driven a tank over 3000 cola bottles stood up right and they didn't break as the weight distribution of the tank was over the pads.

e.g A woman in high healed shoes puts more force to the ground then an elefant.

if you can distribute the weight evenly then you willhave no problems. if your tank is 2M x 50cm this equals 9.3kg per square cm.

A woman puts more weight on the ground then that with high heels

 

[Sea Hunter]

hehe, thanks has for the PM.

I have a 220 in my doublewide with live rock, corals and all the works Plus a 55g directly under it as a home made sump wet/dry filter. I put some added bricks under a couple of the floor joices and not a problem. I have some pics in the fourms here somewhere. Just do a search for 220 gallon. hehe also for compairson on weight distribution, your refridgerator is pretty close in weight and thats standing on its ends.

 

[CMC]

Thanks for the replies. We feel better now. Just got a little concerned when it took four men straining just to unload the empty tank to get it in the house. We contacted a previous owner of the house and he said he was almost positive the floor under the addition is solid concrete.

 

[fozzy_wozzy_woo]

what are the dimensions. ?? and what are the stands?

 

[CMC]

The dimensions of the tank are 72" long x 31" high x 24" deep. The oak stand is 24" tall. We will post before and after pics of it soon. Can't wait to see pics of your big tank when it is finished!

 

[nor'wester]

One message in this thread compared the weight of your tank to a refrigerator which isn't a valid comparison. A fridge weighs no more than 250 pounds whereas a 240 US gallon tank is going to weigh over 2000 pounds when you count the empty weight, stand, etc. The big concern is not generally the foundation but the floor joists. If you have a crawl space you need to be concerned about how much you are loading those joists. So long as you put the tank across the joists it shouldn't be a problem. Do NOT put the tank parallel with the joists because that will put the full load on one or two joists rather than spreading it across five or six of them. Putting the tank on the concrete pad of the extension should be fine.

 

[Sanj]

e.g A woman in high healed shoes puts more force to the ground then an elefant.

LOL I remember that analogy at GSCE hehehe.

Very true though.

 

[Adrinal]

Fozzy.. you arn't very good with the ladys are you?
No man in his right mind would ever, under any circumstances, even with money in the transaction, compair a woman to an elephant

gods help you brother !!!

 

[Sanj]

Fozzy.. you arn't very good with the ladys are you?
No man in his right mind would ever, under any circumstances, even with money in the transaction, compair a woman to an elephant

gods help you brother !!!

Lol,

 

[fozzy_wozzy_woo]

ummm ... ok...... well..... my teacher proved it to us .... and she was a woman....