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Thread: Basic Tank Sizes and Weights
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04-22-2007, 03:48 PM #1
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Basic Tank Sizes and Weights
http://www.alysta.com/books/fishtank.htm
These weights do not account for additional weight of rocks and wood so must also be considered.Cycling With Fish?•• The Fishless Cycle••
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04-22-2007, 04:02 PM #2
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Actually a gallon of water weighs 8.34 lbs. In the smaller tanks, they try to say that a gallon =10 pounds, which is over shooting it quite a bit.
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04-22-2007, 04:15 PM #3
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8.37 to be exact
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04-22-2007, 04:23 PM #4
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Theres tons of figures. People say it depends on the mineral content and the temperature. It is somewhere in the ball park of 3.3something. Originally Posted by cocoa_pleco
8.37 to be exactMoney can't buy happiness, but it sure can pay the rent.
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04-22-2007, 04:38 PM #5
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http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/ti...bltanksize.htm
Here's another for comparison.Cycling With Fish?•• The Fishless Cycle••
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04-22-2007, 05:30 PM #6
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Its 8.37 at 4 degrees celcius
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04-22-2007, 06:37 PM #7
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2100 without the rocks, sand etc, and thats 7 gallons smaller than mine! EEEKKK!
155 UK Gallons (187 US Gallons)
3 7"-9" oscars
1 10" pleco
2 7" Synodontis catfish
1 Clown Loach
1 7" Cuckoo synodontis
1 large African Climbing Perch named 'Percy'
1 large Angel fish
1 10" Silver Shark
NEW TANK
31.5 UK gallons (37.8 US gallons)
Not decided on what to put in it yet!
12 UK Gallons
4 fancy goldfish
5 UK Gallons
1 fancy goldfish
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04-22-2007, 06:50 PM #8
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Mine probly comes out to be somewhere in the 900lbs area, no worries, its in the basement!
-75g FW community, planted
-10g FW guppies, planted
-44g Terrarium, tree frog, various plants.
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04-22-2007, 07:15 PM #9
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Rocks, wood, decorations=less water so altho they add the weight, they still deduct from water weight.
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04-24-2007, 03:56 PM #10
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i need some help..... please with driftwood..... and if a betta and goldfish can live together.... it is a 65 gallon tank.... thanks diana
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