Advice needed!

[Ckdada]

Hello! I really want another tank, as one does in this hobby but am skeptical given my situation. I live on the 2nd floor of my building which is quite old, and all carpet. I currently have an IM40 that is wobbly when I walk past or scrape the glass, I somewhat trust it. I want to get something larger, but not heavy so I was thinking a stock tank pond or similar structure, that is on my floor and I could have some more fish in. Was curious to know if people have done this, picture for tax!!

 

[JumboShrimp]

"I live on the 2nd floor of my building which is quite old... I currently have an IM40 that is wobbly when I walk past or scrape the glass..."

Ut-Oh.

 

[MC Blowfish]

I'm actually kind of concerned about the first tank being wobbly.

 

[JumboShrimp]

I bet it's a beautiful tank! And it would be a shame if you can't get a second tank... but a house is only as good as its foundation, right? What I read concerned me.

 

[Fish Fan]

Hello! I really want another tank, as one does in this hobby but am skeptical given my situation. I live on the 2nd floor of my building which is quite old, and all carpet. I currently have an IM40 that is wobbly when I walk past or scrape the glass, I somewhat trust it. I want to get something larger, but not heavy so I was thinking a stock tank pond or similar structure, that is on my floor and I could have some more fish in. Was curious to know if people have done this, picture for tax!!

Great looking tank, no doubt it would be a shame if something were to happen to it!

But I am not understanding your problem. Are you saying that you have a 40 gallon on the second floor, and when you walk by the tank it wobbles? Do you mean your tank's stand? The room itself? Personally, I've never had a tank or house that wobbled

 

[Ckdada]

Hello! I really want another tank, as one does in this hobby but am skeptical given my situation. I live on the 2nd floor of my building which is quite old, and all carpet. I currently have an IM40 that is wobbly when I walk past or scrape the glass, I somewhat trust it. I want to get something larger, but not heavy so I was thinking a stock tank pond or similar structure, that is on my floor and I could have some more fish in. Was curious to know if people have done this, picture for tax!!

Great looking tank, no doubt it would be a shame if something were to happen to it!

But I am not understanding your problem. Are you saying that you have a 40 gallon on the second floor, and when you walk by the tank it wobbles? Do you mean your tank's stand? The room itself? Personally, I've never had a tank or house that wobbled

Yeah, I have it on plywood, and a rubber mat on top of the plywood, the entire tank moves a little when I walk by or scrape the glass, it's been setup for 3 weeks now and no issues but I don't know about long term, so I would probably use the other tank as a temporary holding tank while I try to figure out how to make it more stable

 

[Fish Fan]

Yeah, I have it on plywood, and a rubber mat on top of the plywood, the entire tank moves a little when I walk by or scrape the glass, it's been setup for 3 weeks now and no issues but I don't know about long term, so I would probably use the other tank as a temporary holding tank while I try to figure out how to make it more stable

How solid is the house's flooring around this tank? A 40 gallon shouldn't be deflecting the floor, that's like two of your tubbiest uncles having a conversation in one place.

From your pics, your tank looks like it has a plastic rim around the bottom and the top. If so, you should not have a rubber mat under the tank. An under tank mat is specifically for rimless tanks, and usually not recommended by manufacturers of standard, rimmed tanks.

 

[Ckdada]

Yeah, I have it on plywood, and a rubber mat on top of the plywood, the entire tank moves a little when I walk by or scrape the glass, it's been setup for 3 weeks now and no issues but I don't know about long term, so I would probably use the other tank as a temporary holding tank while I try to figure out how to make it more stable

How solid is the house's flooring around this tank? A 40 gallon shouldn't be deflecting the floor, that's like two of your tubbiest uncles having a conversation in one place.

From your pics, your tank looks like it has a plastic rim around the bottom and the top. If so, you should not have a rubber mat under the tank. An under tank mat is specifically for rimless tanks, and usually not recommended by manufacturers of standard, rimmed tanks.

Sorry should've been more clear, it's an innovative marine 40 AIO, on the stock stand w a lid, the stand is sitting on the rubber mat, it was a doormat, that is protecting a piece of plywood I assumed would help the tank. I'm in an apartment that I think is around 50 years old with wood floors covered in carpet.

 

[Ckdada]

I'll take a video tomorrow of the setup and try to get it wobbling on film, it's pretty minimal, I almost wonder if a larger piece of ply wood would've stabilize it more

 

[Fish Fan]

I'll take a video tomorrow of the setup and try to get it wobbling on film, it's pretty minimal, I almost wonder if a larger piece of ply wood would've stabilize it more

I don't claim to be an expert, but I may know some R2R members who could help

Post a pic or video of what's happening, maybe I don't know what you mean by a tank "wobbling"

As always, best of luck!

 

[Red_Beard]

Lots of aspects to consider here. But, in making a lot of assumptions, i would postulate what is happening with your 40 is not caused by the static load of the tank, but by the dynamic load of you walking in the middle of the floor. The farther away you are from the wall, the more leverage you are going to have, and the tank being on a stand up off the floor is going to amplify any motion you walking would cause. I would bet that the floor would move the same amout with or without the tank, you just only notice it with the tank because it makes it obvious.

Stock tank could be a different matter based on how many gallons and what footprint it has as well as where youbplace it on the floor and its proximity to load bearing ties.

 

[winxp_man]

I would get a 96x24x24 solid large tank for many tangs. A little wobble aint hurt nobody.

 

[Marco_99]

If I understand correctly…id say your problem is you put a piece of plywood and a rubber mat on top of carpet and a carpet pad, now the tank weight is floating on foam,carpet, and a rubber mat. The feet or stand would be better off with singular more direct pressure contact to the harden (stable) surface ( your floor boards). The plywood with a rubber mat is distributing the weight across the foam pad vs the feet or stand being able to compress the carpet and pad easier. You are basically floating all that weight on jello.

Think of the plywood and rubber mat like a flotation tire. If your floor shakes a bit stomping across it already the plywood rubber mat setup is just going to magnify it being setup with all that cushion underneath it in my opinion.