Big tank in condo

[nctinter]

Any chance of putting a 240G tank on a 2nd floor condo. IT is a sturdy concrete slab floor but still concerns me. I have had a 150G with no problems. The 240 though would be over 3000 lbs. I'm only even considering it cuz I can get a ridiculous deal on one. Any ideas??? If not I'm thinking about getting it and just storing it in my garage for another day

[cocoa_pleco]

id say no. If that baby ever went down, you would have major water damage and some pi$$ed people on the first floor. After time, the weight REALLY stresses the floor, even if theres no symptoms right away. I had my 33g on hardwood for 3 years, and when i ripped it down the hardwood was dented in from stress

[RobbieG]

Is it a new construction condo or one of the renovated factory/warehouse buildings? Most of the new condos in my area are renovated factories - the steel beam supporting the floors in those old buildings are 2-3 feet thick. They were built to drive forktrucks on and support machines made out of cast iron.

Any new building designed to be a residence is likely to be made of far less sturdy materials.

You may be able to find out for sure about the specs on the floors from a maintenance guy or the real estate company that sells the condos. The condo association would probably tell you you can't have a tank unless your fish match everyone else's fish.