Regular Member justkeepswimming Posted July 22, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 22, 2008 im not sure if there's any way to calculate this... but i was asking around and my friend said that she has a fish tank thats about 2-3 feet long and about 1 foot deep, and that she'd be willing to sell it to me. i was just curious as to about how many gallons is this? can anyone give me a rough estimate? i'm not sure how to figure it out really. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Chrissy_Bee Posted July 22, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 22, 2008 How tall is it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member SwimmingGoldie Posted July 22, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 22, 2008 (edited) Here is a link to a calculator I found. It seems you have a 25gallon tankhttp://www.Not Allowed/ConversionCalculator.htm this is quoted from br553 a few topics down. Edited July 22, 2008 by SwimmingGoldie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member justkeepswimming Posted July 22, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 22, 2008 How tall is it? she says its about a foot tall. Here is a link to a calculator I found. It seems you have a 25gallon tankhttp://www.Not Allowed/ConversionCalculator.htm this is quoted from br553 a few topics down.ooohh, that is SO HELPFUL! thank you so much for that =] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted July 22, 2008 Admin Share Posted July 22, 2008 That will be a nice free tank 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Erinaceus Posted July 23, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 23, 2008 That would be between 15 and 22 gal (I'm really glad it isn't as hard to calculate when using the metric system). Make sure you post some pictures once you have set it up . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Quasi Posted July 23, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 23, 2008 (edited) That would be between 15 and 22 gal (I'm really glad it isn't as hard to calculate when using the metric system). I still remember (more than 15 years ago, I'm getting old ) that the teacher once poured 1 litre in a cubic decimetre (dm?) to explain volumes and prove that 1 litre equals 1dm?. Edited July 23, 2008 by Quasi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member justkeepswimming Posted July 25, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 25, 2008 the tank actually turned out to be 36"x16"x17" which calculates to about 42 gallons!!! :Aquarium11: but unfortunately, my mom wont let me set up that big of a tank =[ she says it will make my room too humid... but i'm keeping it anyway, because i know when i move out, i am DEFINITELy setting that tank up somewhere ..or possibly if i can convince my mother 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Shamu23 Posted July 25, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 25, 2008 but unfortunately, my mom wont let me set up that big of a tank =[she says it will make my room too humid... but i'm keeping it anyway, because i know when i move out, i am DEFINITELy setting that tank up somewhere ..or possibly if i can convince my mother y dont u just put a glass canopy on it? That would solve ur problem 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member justkeepswimming Posted July 25, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 25, 2008 y dont u just put a glass canopy on it? That would solve ur problem hmm... how do i find one that will fit on the tank i'm getting? because it used to house a turtle and the covering is one of those wire meshes that slides on the top. how are the glass canopies attached? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Petperson04 Posted July 25, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 25, 2008 (edited) Well, I don't know about a glass canopy, but a hood would solve the humidity problem. (Maybe Shamu and I are talking about the same thing?) I'm talking about something that looks like this: It really stops evaporation by a lot, when you keep the feeding hatch closed. They leave space on the back to have filters and such. And you can usually buy them at pet stores, around the tanks. Just get one that matches the measurements of the top of your tank. I bought one by itself for my 10-gallon tank. My hoods/canopies have 2 pieces to them: a plastic and glass piece that sits on the inside lip over the tank and includes the top door, and the other piece is the light. The light sits over the glass rectangle, so it lights the tank. Edited July 25, 2008 by Petperson04 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ajno Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 The hood would work or the glass tops. ccccc or P E T C O would carry them. For that size it might cost ya 20 or so bucks. I also had glass cut at a glass shop for a few of my tanks. Its a little cheaper. I doubt your room would be humid. I have a 150 gallon in my living room and it isn't humid out here. My boys have a 55 in there room and never noticed it. I hope your mom changes her mind. You can't turn down a free tank 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member justkeepswimming Posted July 25, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 25, 2008 It really stops evaporation by a lot, when you keep the feeding hatch closed. They leave space on the back to have filters and such. And you can usually buy them at pet stores, around the tanks. Just get one that matches the measurements of the top of your tank. I bought one by itself for my 10-gallon tank.My hoods/canopies have 2 pieces to them: a plastic and glass piece that sits on the inside lip over the tank and includes the top door, and the other piece is the light. The light sits over the glass rectangle, so it lights the tank. when you say there's a space for the filters on the back... is it an actual opening where some evaporation can escape? because i have a filter that hangs on the back. just curious =] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member justkeepswimming Posted July 26, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 26, 2008 I hope your mom changes her mind. You can't turn down a free tank I HOPE SO TOOoo "/ im trying my hardest to give solutions to all her objections... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Shamu23 Posted July 26, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 26, 2008 a glass canopy is an aquarium hood made out of glass, and u get a seperate light strip. U can look around pet stores for one that fits ur tank or get one custom made at the back u put a plastic strip that u can cut to fit the filters i'll get some pics of mine soon for ya if u like 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member justkeepswimming Posted July 26, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 26, 2008 yes, please pictures would help a lot ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Shamu23 Posted July 26, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 26, 2008 ok i'll post some later today 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Shamu23 Posted July 26, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 26, 2008 ok here's the pics on the 46 gallon: and here u can see how u cut the plastic part to fit the filter, u can fit pretty much any filter, I have 2 aquaclear 50's, a canister filter and an internal filter on here, and much larger filters on the 125 and here on the 125 gallon, I have 3 glass canopies on here but the pic shows only one of them and just add a light strip 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member justkeepswimming Posted July 27, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted July 27, 2008 thank you SO much for those pictures! that really helps a lot. i'm not sure if that opening where the filter is will bother my mom, but it's worth a try =] again, i really appreciate it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Shamu23 Posted July 27, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted July 27, 2008 no problem and u can always cut the opening smaller so that the water just makes it into the tank lol. I have 11 tanks, the 2 biggest being 46 and 125 gallons and we've never really had a humidity problem 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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