putting my new tank in my office which is an extension. it has a 3 foot crawl space under it and nothing above. its a 13x13x13 room (yes 13' ceilings, which im debating hanging my ATI fixture from.... but thats a question for another day)
im upgrading from a 45 gallon to a 75 gallon tank. 48x18 footprint. the wall im planning on placing it is running parallel to the floor support beams.
the floor joists are 2x8 spanning 13 feet. the back of the tank maybe sitting on one of the beams (still need to check for sure, its gonna be close and i think the only way to know for certain is to drill a hole in my nice new hardwood flooring, and the other beam will be towards the front of the tank.
I was thinking of adding one of those jack posts supports in the crawl space, and maybe just putting it in the center of the 2 beams with a 20 inch 4x4 touching each of the beams i think this tank is gonna sit on.
is this the right approach ? what do i do if the tank is only sitting on the one beam towards the front of the tank?
im upgrading from a 45 gallon to a 75 gallon tank. 48x18 footprint. the wall im planning on placing it is running parallel to the floor support beams.
the floor joists are 2x8 spanning 13 feet. the back of the tank maybe sitting on one of the beams (still need to check for sure, its gonna be close and i think the only way to know for certain is to drill a hole in my nice new hardwood flooring, and the other beam will be towards the front of the tank.
I was thinking of adding one of those jack posts supports in the crawl space, and maybe just putting it in the center of the 2 beams with a 20 inch 4x4 touching each of the beams i think this tank is gonna sit on.
is this the right approach ? what do i do if the tank is only sitting on the one beam towards the front of the tank?