The Puffer Forum

looking into gettin a large tank after christmas...atleast 100 galln minimum but the only thing im worried is that theres a lot of weight in that tank...is there anything i should do to make sure the area whee the tank is going will support the weight?

Is it going on an inside or outside wall?

Outside wall

check which way your floor joists are running . You want them running , opposite way to your tank so that the weight is spread over as many joists as possible . Is the bottom of your stand flat or is it on legs ? , If its on legs you wanna put some board underneath to distribute the weight . If your unsure about how strong your floor is , invite some heavy friends round and get them all to stand in the spot where the tanks going ! lol .........oh and if you got a concrete floor , you've no worries !

i was going to be putting it on my dresser which is muh longer and wider than it is tall it only stands about 3 and a half feet tall

A tank that large, I would either use wood planks & cinder blocks or a real stand made to hold this kind of weight. You don't know for sure if that dresser will collapse under that kind of weight. Are there legs on the dresser?

Is there a basement underneath? I have my larger tanks (90+), held up in the basement by a floor jack, holding up the supporting beams.

there are legs on the dresser but they are very wide and bulky...this is an extremely expensive dresser and the sturdiest dresser i have seen in my life...i have a crawl space underneath not a full basement