Fish Tank Weight Floor

Also the the shape of the tank would matter as well.

Fish tank weight floor. A standard 75 gallon filled 75 gallon aquarium weighs about 800 lbs considering water weight the weight of the glass enclosure and the weight of the rocks and decorations at the bottom of the tank. I m not sure if this is the right place to post this but i m new to the hobby and the forum so here goes. The weight of the stand is typically around 100 lbs and needs to be sturdy enough to hold the full weight of the tank itself. Tank weight calculator this calculator estimates both the full and empty weights of various shapes of aquariums with sides of uniform thickness.

Example 40g high vs 40g long the long tank spreads more weight over the floor so it would have more supports under it. Below are some rough guidelines as to what to expect when looking at aquariums and empty vs full weight. In addition to basic rectangles fish tanks may be in the shape of hexagons pentagons or even cylinders. My two brothers and i weigh 800 lbs together and we jumped off the sofa onto my floor and it didn t break so i know that the floor can safely hold more than a 800 lb aquarium yes the dropped weight exerted a force greater than 800 pounds but it was a short term impact load.

A gallon of freshwater at a specific gravity of 1 000 weighs 8 34lbs. I have a 75 gallon tank and i m think of upgrading to a 150 gallon or a little more and then using my current dt for a sump. Fish tank weight and reinforcing the floor. The weights are an estimate because the amount of rock thickness of glass and type of water all effect the weight calculations.

If you are buying such a tank the volume in gallons will already be specified and you can use the charts above to calculate the empty and full weight of the tank.