Who has aquariums in condos/apartments?

Looking to see how big of a tank you have and what floor your on. I live on the 3rd floor of my condo and currently have a 57g DT with 15 gallon sump. thinking about turning my spare bedroom into a tank room and looking at bigger tanks. thinking somewhere around 100-150 gallons + sump/refugium. Biggest concern is weight. Doing my research before making any moves. Any advice?

 

You're looking at roughly 1/2 to 3/4 of a ton of weight. Interested in this topic as well.

 

Someone just recently did this, check with your apartment representative to see about what type of bracing the floor has.

 

Depends on the construction of your place. One important consideration is to spread the weight out as much as possible - if you have the room for it, a wider stand will distribute things better.

 

I live on the third floor of my apartment complex in a one bedroom apartment. I have a 75 gallon planted tank, a 75 gallon reef with a 40 gallon sump and 26 gallon fuge, a 12 gallon tank and an 8 gallon tank.

Definitely check your rules and regulations to see what you cn do as well as how the complex is built. Spread the weight around and use cabinet style stands to put the weight on as many support beams as possible.

 

I have a 56 tall with 15 sump & it's on 2nd floor. Yea make sure your allowed to have it. I've heard of places wanting an extra on deposit cause of possible damage. My building is cinder block & concrete. I'm a mile from the Gulf of Mexico so it has to be hurricane strength. But someone did recently make a thread on this subject.

 

For sure add "aquarium" to your house insurance, just in case of disaster and those under you experiencing your love of aquariums ;D

I have a 90 marineland cube, and a 40 sump/refugium, I have my stand, standing on top of a 1 inch thick 6 foot x 6 foot piece of ply wood to help with the weight distribution, a friend of mine suggested this, and I took his advice.

 

I got good ins. I bought an apex with overflow & water in floor sensor. Shuts off all pumps if it gets wet lol.

 

Good advice.

I think someone already said try and figure out which way the floor joices run under the floor, and put the length of the tank (it it's not a sauare tank) perpendicualr to the joices helps with weight distribution also.

Back in Texas, I had a 55g FW on the 2nd floor.

Personally, I think if it's not on a concrete slab, then what floor it's on doesn't matter, it's all the same and depends on the contruction used, etc.
Take that back, some condo style builings do put concrete in the floor of higher floors it seems, so it's not all wood after the base floor.

Currently have a 125g with a lot of rock, etc. on the first floor of my house, which is all sood construction, the basement below has a concrete slab.

 

My non controller sensor, shuts down the return pump when the DT goes too high, BEFORE the floor gets wet! ;-)