au contraire my felow canadian.
for larger tanks, the orientation of the tank with respect to the floor
joist is one factor, but the size of the joist, location of the tank in
relation to load bearing walls, stairs, support beams etc in addition to the
footprint of the stand are critical issues if you don't want to wake up and
find your tank in the basement.
EXAMPLE: our king size waterbed is about 175g (1750 lb + frame, 150lb =
1900lb) distributed over about 38 sq feet --about 50lbs/sq ft. the tank is
135g (+40g sump) (water, rock, tank, stand, hood, sump = over 2000
lbs)sitting on 12 sq feet--over 167 lbs/sq ft.
so although the waterbed may weigh close to as much, its weight is
distributed over a greater area. i would suggest anyone with tanks over
about 90 or 100g carefully evaluate whether their floor can support it
before trying it(an hour of an engineers time looks cheap if the tank goes
through the floor).
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: Klingerman Virus
>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 8:41:51 -0500
>
>Reinforcing you floor, do you really think thats necessary. If you run
>your
>tank perpindicular to your floor joists I doubt you need such a thing. I
>mean think about it, people put in water beds without thinking twice and
>they
>wiegh as much as a car.
>
>Steve
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