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Jeff38
01/19/2015, 06:40 PM
I had a 75g freshwater tank for 5 years at the same spot in my house. I've always though I had set it up perpendicular to the floor joists.

I just sold it to make way to a new reef tank. I'm looking at a 90G + 20g sump.

To my surprise, while working in the basement, I realized that my tank was parallel to the joists. Now, I'm wondering if the floor will support the additional weight of the new tank...

Is there a way to calculate what kind of weight a floor will support, if I'm not perpendicular to the joists?

(I hope my question was clear enough... :) )

Thanks!

Jeff38
01/19/2015, 07:28 PM
Some interesting info about his subject:
http://www.african-cichlid.com/Structure.htm