Want to put tank on second floor, but joists will be running parallel (pics included), would I be okay to proceed or too much weight?

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Hi All, I have a tank I want to setup, roughly 90 total gallons in water volume, including the sump (4 foot long tank). I would like to put it along this wall on the hardwood floor:

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Beneath this floor and space is a basement. I have taken a picture and added red lines roughly where tank would be (sitting above)...

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Should I not put it here since the joists will be running parallel with tank? Thoughts and opinions would be really appreciated? I can't use floor jacks to add any support because the basement has now been finished since this picture was taken... Thank you!
90 gallons … I would consider building a small closet in the basement with the walls to support the weight from above .
only suggesting this as I don’t like the look of jack posts in the middle of a room .
Unless you wanted to construct some sort of decorative columns ( which could eventually be in the way if some sort of renovation in the basement were to happen in the future
 
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