setting up a 90 gallon above a garage??

[Bamm Bamm]

Should I be concerned with setting up a 90gallon reef/25gallon sump. in a studio apartment above a 2 car garage??? Would the tank be too heavy and cause any kind of conern? I was thinking of placing it actually above the top of the two car garage door??? But then I started thinking about it and am wondering if it could cause any adverse effects?? Such as the tank falling through the floor? The house is brand new less than a year old but I'm still alittle concerned would'n't want a hole through the floor of my landlords apartment and my tank crashing onto his cars underneat. On the same token I don't want to jeapordize any of my livestock/tank/equip... Let me know what you think.. Thanks in advance

Dan

[Poseidon]

Yes I would be concerned. Make sure you find out what way the joists run and that your tank is perpendicular to them, so the load spread over 3-4 of them. Rather then PArallel and resting only on 1 joist.

[Bamm Bamm]

Yes I would be concerned. Make sure you find out what way the joists run and that your tank is perpendicular to them, so the load spread over 3-4 of them. Rather then PArallel and resting only on 1 joist.

Thanks.. I'm considering putting everything into a few smaller tanks because I'm fairly concerned about this.. I have a 46gallon and 18 gallon or 20gallon I could use.. I might just end up going to the 46gallon and selling off the rest of the Live Rock..

[Reefland]

As long as you place it perpendicular to the joist you will be fine, especially if the area above the garage was built to be a living area. The key os to make sure the tank is spread across a couple of floor joists and not just one.

Scott Z.

[Bamm Bamm]

As long as you place it perpendicular to the joist you will be fine, especially if the area above the garage was built to be a living area. The key os to make sure the tank is spread across a couple of floor joists and not just one.

Scott Z.

Thanks Scott. I think I'm going to set up another smaller one just to also have more room in there=) and give the 90 to my parents as a loaner and put a few tiger oscars in there..

[electric130]

As long as you place it perpendicular to the joist you will be fine, especially if the area above the garage was built to be a living area. The key os to make sure the tank is spread across a couple of floor joists and not just one.

Scott Z.

i agree with this. you should be fine. my father in law has a 125 in the middle of a house that has a crawl space. with the house being so new, you should be able to contact the builder and talk to an engineer who designs them. ask them to be sure.