tank size

[Rocky Bottom]

Heres a question, is there a formular when building a tank to figure out gal's of water in size like 96"x36"x16" or how meny gal's of water per sq ft.
thank you.

[Todd G.]

I think it is l x w x h in inches divided by 231.
That was of the top of my head so you may want to double check that formula.
Todd

[Rocky Bottom]

O.K. what does the 231 stand for.

[Dman]

231 cubic inches per gallon

Eg 72 x 24 x 24 = 41472 cubic inches

41472 / 231 = 179.5324675 gallons.

remember these are outside dims usually and more often than not the top 1-1.5 inches are not holding water either.

so the same tank out of 1/2 inch glass:

71 x 23 x 22.5 = 36742.5 cubic inches

36742.5 / 231 = 159.0584416 gallons

HTH
Dman

[Rocky Bottom]

Dman, thank you,

[szwab]

check out the calculator section on RC's home page
if you are lazy like me..