Am I crazy to get a 150 gallon aquarium?

[groov]

flash question thread

 

[Flash]

Yeah going for a bit of a different look

 

[JuggerNaught]

Never had a tank before, but I'm planning on having the tank built and maintained by a tank pro. So aside from maintenance, anything I should consider before going this big? I know weight can be a concern so I have a structural engineer coming to take a look at the floor support system. Going to be a planted fresh water tank with a few fish, but mostly looking for an aquascaping tank. Anything I'm probably not considering given I've never had one before?

Is it tall or wide? Just remember you're going to be cleaning this thing. So if its a tall tank, you're going to be armpit deep in it every so often. If you need to get to something on the bottom....change something, whatever

 

[havax]

Is it tall or wide? Just remember you're going to be cleaning this thing. So if its a tall tank, you're going to be armpit deep in it every so often. If you need to get to something on the bottom....change something, whatever

wrong

just build a remote control mini-rover like in the abyss and call it little geek

 

[Flash]

Is it tall or wide? Just remember you're going to be cleaning this thing. So if its a tall tank, you're going to be armpit deep in it every so often. If you need to get to something on the bottom....change something, whatever

Wide. 60 x 24 x 24

Will not be cleaning. Maintenance guy does everything

 

[aur0ra]

1250lbs of liquid seems like a poor choice. You do you.

 

[Flash]

1250lbs of liquid seems like a poor choice. You do you.

This is my current largest point of concern. Going on a second floor so...

 

[amRam]

It'll take an engineer 3 minutes to look up the load tables and calculate if it's feasible for your type of floor construction. It'll depend on several other factors like overall footprint (how much the load is spread) and placement (how far from the center of joist span it's located)

 

[havax]

 

[Mr Jimmy Pop]

It'll take an engineer 3 minutes to look up the load tables and calculate if it's feasible for your type of floor construction. It'll depend on several other factors like overall footprint (how much the load is spread) and placement (how far from the center of joist span it's located)

Is it a Finnish made floor?

 

[KingSobieski]

its best to place it directly in the middle of the floor span.

 

[amRam]

yeah and parallel with the joists

 

[lemon]

just buy a boat you'll have more fun

 

[Vir]

All that effort and no reef tank

 

[SeVeReD]

Are you going to be able to vacation/travel away from the house for ... and not be concerned about the tank?

Learn to surf
I see fish everyday

 

[SeVeReD]

Another thing, just do a 200 gallon tank, in a year you'll regret doing 150.

Don't listen to this guy
in three years you're going to regret not buying the thousand gallon tank

 

[SeVeReD]

If my Aussie drowns that’d be a blessing.

My Aussie loved to fetch and swim....
maybe would have jumped in the tank

 

[lemon]

I'm planning on having the tank built and maintained by a tank pro.

Just remember you're going to be cleaning this thing.

 

[cael]

keep us updated this sounds like a great idea

 

[ArakAtak]

I have a 10 gallon planted freshwater and you'd be surprised at how much the things cost to maitain properly. Every week there is something else to buy. It also takes a few hours a week to keep looking good. Although you're paying someone to do it so no big deal.

150 is bloody huge for a first tank, although it's much easier to keep stable than a 10 gal, with a small volume it only takes a few drops of this or that to throw it out of whack.

GL, have fun, if you are concerned about weight, use a refrigerating system and make it a snow theme.