Chart of Tank Sizes
Contents:
- [All] Handy Info (Tank sizes)
by pjs-at-gvgdsd.GVG.TEK.COM (Peter J. Stonard) (17 Oct 92)
- Calculate Gallon??????????
by bae/cs.toronto.edu (Beverly Erlebacher) (7 Jan 98)
- Aquatic Plants Digest V4 #27
by George Booth <booth/frii.com> (Thu, 13 Jan 2000)
- tank "size" and size
by jaredmarkw/mindspring.com (Fri, 14 Jan 2000)
by pjs-at-gvgdsd.GVG.TEK.COM (Peter J. Stonard)
Date: 17 Oct 92
I recently bought a couple of aquariums locally, they are made
by All-Glass Aquarium Co. of Franklin, Wisconsin, and came with
a sales catalog.
In the back of the catalog is a table of technical information
(tank sizes, weights, capacities etc.) which is very handy.
I've reproduced it here, with permission of Roger Ritzow, co-owner
of All-Glass Aquariums. Also, thanks to Sharon at All Glass
Aquariums for her help.
Finally, I'm just a happy customer, and I have no commercial
interest in seeing this material distributed.
Tank Size Exact Outside Dimensions Weight Weight Tempered
(inches) (L x W x H) Empty Full Bottom
(Including frame) (lbs) (lbs)
2 1/2 mini 12 3/16 x 6 1/8 x 8 1/8 2.6 27
5 1/2 Gallon 16 3/16 x 8 3/8 x10 1/2 7 62
10 Leader 20 1/4 x10 1/2 x12 9/16 11 111
10 Long 24 1/4 x 8 1/2 x12 5/8 16 116
15 Gallon 24 1/4 x12 1/2 x12 3/4 21 170
15 High 20 1/4 x10 1/2 x18 3/4 22 170
15 Show 24 1/4 x 8 1/2 x16 5/8 22 170
20 High 24 1/4 x12 1/2 x16 3/4 25 225
20 Long 30 1/4 x12 1/2 x12 3/4 25 225
25 Gallon 24 1/4 x12 1/2 x20 3/4 32 282
29 Gallon 30 1/4 x12 1/2 x18 3/4 40 330
30 Gallon 36 1/4 x12 5/8 x16 3/4 43 343
30 Breeder 36 3/16 x18 1/4 x12 15/16 48 348
33 Long 48 1/4 x13 1/2 x12 7/8 52 382 X
37 Gallon 30 1/4 x12 1/2 x22 3/4 45 415 X
38 Gallon 36 1/4 x12 5/8 x19 3/4 47 427 X
40 Breeder 36 3/16 x18 1/4 x16 15/16 58 458
40 Long 48 1/4 x12 3/4 x16 7/8 55 455 X
45 Gallon 36 1/4 x12 5/8 x23 3/4 66 515 X
45 Long 48 1/4 x12 3/4 x19 60 510 X
50 Gallon 36 7/8 x19 x19 5/8 100 600
55 Gallon 48 1/4 x12 3/4 x21 78 625 X
60 Gallon 48 3/4 x12 7/8 x23 7/8 111 710 X
65 Gallon 36 7/8 x19 x24 5/8 126 775
70 Gallon 48 7/8 x19 x21 5/8 165 865
90 Gallon 48 7/8 x19 x24 5/8 182 1080
100 Gallon 72 7/8 x19 x19 5/8 189 1180
120 Gallon 48 7/8 x25 x25 5/8 230 1430
125 Gallon 72 7/8 x19 x23 5/8 236 1480
150 Gallon 72 7/8 x19 x28 3/4 358 1850
180 Gallon 72 7/8 x25 x25 3/4 430 2230
20 X-High 20 1/4 x10 1/2 x23 3/4 32 232
30 X-High 24 1/4 x12 1/2 x24 3/4 41 340
50 X-High 30 1/4 x12 3/4 x30 1/2 98 590
80 X-High 48 7/8 x14 x30 3/4 200 990
110 X-High 48 7/8 x19 x30 3/4 228 1320
10 Hexagon 14 1/2 x12 9/16 x18 3/8 12 110
20 Hexagon 18 3/4 x16 1/4 x20 5/8 23 220 X
35 Hexagon 23 1/4 x20 3/16 x24 3/4 43 390 X
60 Hexagon 27 1/4 x24 1/8 x29 1/2 110 750 X
26 Flatback 36 1/4 x12 1/2 x16 5/8 42 300 X
4 Designer 8 1/4 x8 1/4 x18 7/8 9 49
6 Designer 8 1/4 x8 1/4 x24 7/8 10.5 70
10 Designer 13 5/8 x13 5/8 x19 18.5 115
15 Designer 13 5/8 x13 5/8 x25 25.5 175
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If it looks like; sounds like; quacks like; an Opinion. It's mine.
by bae/cs.toronto.edu (Beverly Erlebacher)
Date: 7 Jan 98
Newsgroup: rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc
In article <34b3b236.665039-at-news.pacbell.net>, <erhu-at-pacbell.net> wrote:
>On 7 Jan 1998 08:12:34 GMT, "Morff" <me-at-home.au> wrote:
>>As an addition to this for the original poster. Don't forget that 12
>>gallons is the total volume of the tank. Remember than when you have fish,
>>the water is usually an inch or so from the rim, then you have an inch or
>>two of gravel with rocks etc. So make sure you take this into account when
>>calculating for medicinal pusposes. It sounds silly but you'd be surprised
>>as to the number of people who forget this and end up adding way too much
>>medicine into their tanks.
>>
> While I'll agree that you should measure from the inside of the
>tank to the point where the waterline will be, I don't think the
>poster should be concerned with the displacement caused by gravel,
>rocks ect. in a "Regular" size tank.
The best method is to measure the water you use the first time you fill
the tank. I did this for a 30 gallon Lake Tanganyika tank, and found that
once the sand and rocks were in, it took about 25 gallons of water to fill
to the final level. Rocks in a rocky tank can take up a surprising volume.
It's hard to remember to do this, since you normally add the water as you
go along, but it's worthwhile keeping a bit of paper and a pencil around
to mark off the gallons as you add them.
by George Booth <booth/frii.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000
>Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 08:53:00 -0500
>From: jaredmarkw@mindspring.com
>Subject: Volume, size and "size"
>
>There is another issue to be careful of when calculating your
>volume. Don't take the manufacturer's "size" as your starting
>size.
Actually, there might be some truth to the manufacturer's claims. Well,
"marketing truth", at least.
I was puzzled over the "gallon capacity" claims some time ago and did some
rigorous experiments to determine what was going on. On two particular
tanks that I had at the time, if you measured the *outside* dimensions of
the tank, including trim and all, the measurements actually worked to 90
gallons and 55 gallons, as stated. Thus the "size" of the tank referred to
the capacity of the shipping container the tank came in. Or would have come
in if they actually came in containers.
George Booth, Ft. Collins, Colorado
by jaredmarkw/mindspring.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000
George Booth said "Thus the 'size' of the tank referred to
the capacity of the shipping container the tank came in.
Or would have come in if they actually came in containers."
Our Tenecor tank was shipped shrink-wrapped to a wooden pallet :)
I have no problem with a company rounding out the capacity a bit.
But as I mentioned, using o.d. for their tanks I seem to remember:
"90" gal --> ~90 gal
"125" gal --> ~110 gal
"135" gal --> ~135 gal
Which made it harder to compare prices. In fact, it was the
pricing that led me to check the capacity of the 125 in the
first place. And, as I mentioned, the 25 gal difference
between the "125" and "135" is due to the shorter-than-usual
height of their "125".
Jared
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