I'm a dork..

boofish2

boofish2

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How do you determine how many gallons your tank is? I bought my tank from craigslist a while ago and can't remember whether it was listed as a 25 gal or a 29 gal. I know, DUH. The dimensions are 30" long x 13" high x 12 1/2" deep.
Is this the dumbest question you've seen? Sorry :confused:
 
It's length x width x height (in inches) divided by 231 = how many gallons are in your tank.

However, your tank is not a 25 or a 29 - a 25 is 16" tall and a 29 is 18" tall (wit the same footprint as your tank). Your tank is a 20 long.
 
21.103896 to be exact (how's that for dorky lol!)
Well that sucks. Talk about false advertizing! I guess $40 is a good deal either way. Guess I won't be adding anymore fish anytime soon. (maybe only one or two :rolleyes: )
 
WOW Now that IS dorky!! LOL! You got me beat!! :bowing:
 
I dont recall where I saw it, but there was one that took your gravel depth, and a bunch of other things into account(including interior dimensions) and told you your actual water volume. You'd be suprised how much that stuff displaces.
 
sumthin fishy said:
I dont recall where I saw it, but there was one that took your gravel depth, and a bunch of other things into account(including interior dimensions) and told you your actual water volume. You'd be suprised how much that stuff displaces.
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I've seen that one also, kind of been looking for it but not searching for it if you know what I mean.
 
Seems I was mis-informed about my tank volume as well... rather than having a 55g as I thought, (was sold to me as 55) it seems I have a 50g. I don't bother taking out volume for gravel... I know I have 60 lbs of gravel, but between my 2 filters I have approx. 3.5 gallons of water that isn't accomodated for in the tank size. I figure it'll average itself out. Looks like I'll have to update my sig now... :-P
 
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