Volume Math

[sumpfinfishe]

Hi there,
I forgot how to calculate the water volume when dealing with tank dimensions. Can someone please let me know how many gallons and how litres this would work out to be L42xW14xH14

thanks, Rich

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by sumpfinfishe

I forgot how to calculate the water volume when dealing with tank dimensions. Can someone please let me know how many gallons and how litres this would work out to be L42xW14xH14

42x14x14 divided by 231 = 35.6 gal.

For conversion to litres do a Google search with the question "convert gallons to litres" (or liters). Google is everyone's friend

[TRS]

42x14x14 divided by 231 = 35.6 gal.

Imperial or US Gallons?

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by sTang

Imperial or US Gallons?

Info is from thekrib.com, so must be in US gals.

[Bob I]

That is US gallons, which is 134.76 liters according to my trusty calculator.

[Scavenger]

Go here for all sorts of conversions.

http://www.onlineconversion.com/

[sumpfinfishe]

Thanks Bev, Bob, and Scavenger that's a big help

Well I guess I will be upgrading to a 35gl custom made tank soon
Now that my tank is going to be 7 years old in a few months, I decided to go alittle longer and alittle shallower. The folks at Hagen told me back in the summer that they don't recomend more than ten years for a reef setup due to silicone breakdown. So instead of going bigger, I'm just going to add a few inches either side and front to back. Just so I can use up all the available space left on my dresser with my 27gl on it at the moment
Thanks again, Rich

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by sumpfinfishe

The folks at Hagen told me back in the summer that they don't recomend more than ten years for a reef setup due to silicone breakdown.

Now, THAT'S something I did not know I can understand how SW would easily break down silicone and almost anything else exposed to it. Thanks for bringing it up

[sumpfinfishe]

Hey Beverly
Just to let you know that it's not just the saltwater that breaks down the silicon. Other factors come in to play such as; moving tanks, wear and tear from sand and abrassive rocks, and the number one cause(so I was told) is from passing cleaning magnets to the edges or over the corners of the silicone

That's kinda funny now that I work out the math, once a wekk cleaning over 7 years= 362 passes over or beside the silicone-now I can see why they rate there tanks for 10 years

Here is some of the email sent to me by the folks at Hagen:

All things being equal your aquarium should last for ten to fifteen years. Or, said differently, at ten years you should begin considering replacing your tank and start looking for sales, as it is around this time that the silicon begins to tire.

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by sumpfinfishe

Here is some of the email sent to me by the folks at Hagen:

OR ... you could take a razor and remove the old silicone and buy a couple of $5.00 tubes and replace the old silicone