Habitat - Indoor :: 100 gal stock tank too heavy?

[Tokapeli]

So im finally getting a 100 gallon stock tank for Kaya. This won't be too heavy to put in our living room without reinforcing the floors will it? We live in a pretty old house, and my girlfriend is worried it will be too heavy and fall thru the floor.

[sflemin2]

I had that same problem. I went ahead and reinforced my floors.. for peace of mind if nothing else. We just put some two by fours under it and hammered it in to place so it fit snug

[steve]

You should be fine if you place it perpendicular to the floor joists and against load bearing walls.

[Tokapeli]

thanks for the tips, i didnt think it would be a huge issue but it is a lot of water, do you konw how much 100 gallons of water would weigh?

[VeipaCray]

water weighs about 8 pounds per gallon