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Old 01/25/2005, 07:33 PM
viggen viggen is offline
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Like others stated, a 65g wouldn't be a problem. If you factor in generous #'s for gallon- weight & say 10#'s a gallon (to account for the tank & all that stuff) even 650 lbs is the weight of 3-4 people.

With the 125 + sump that 1500-1600 lbs or the weight of 8 300# people. I would try to get this tank to cross as many joists as possible just to be safe.

A friend had a 300g, 125g & 50g in the 2nd floor of his old house all in his bedroom, never had a problem. On his 1st floor he had around 5,000 gallons of water in probably 800 sq ft of living space, he braced the floor from the basement to eliminate any sagging issues.