What size aquarium can my living room floor support?

[whippet0]

Hi,

    I'm planning on setting up an aquarium in my living room.  However, I'm not sure how much weight the floor can safely support. My house is a 5 year old townhouse with 3 levels (i.e. basement, main floor, and upstairs) I would like to put it on my main floor. I don't have any information about where the joist/beams are in the floor because the basement is finished. Therefore, I want to assume the tank will have the worst possible placement with respect to the joists/beams, just to be on the safe side. What would be considered a safe tank size? I just need a ball park figure. e.g. 20 gallons, 30 gallon, 50 gallon, 60 gallon, 75 gallon, 90 gallon, etc. I have no idea what size tank to get, but I'd like to get the largest possible tank that is considered "safe".


Thanks!
George

[beowulf]

As long as you put it close to the wall and in the direction of the beans (which should be easy enough to find out) you can get the 90g easy if not more.

[C-Dog]

Hey, i have experience with construction. First off the joists are probably goin across your house (not lengthwise) with a been running down the center of your house from front to back. Your ourside walls in your basement will be foundation, so with therefore your joists will be running from the middle of your house to the outside ( towards ur neighbours). So if your going to go huge then keep it to the outside closest to your foundation and you'll be fine to put a big tank. Considering its new people under estimate how much compressive strength wood has.

If your want to go huge like over 150g then get an inspector or something.

Corey

[whippet0]

Thanks for the advice beowulf and C-Dog.