Sarah Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 I'm curious as to the volume of my corner tank. I know how to find the capacity of a rectangular tank - but does anybody know the formula for a corner tank? It's 4ft across at it's widest... but other than that, it's a bit of an awkward shape. Top was a bit hard to get a photo off - Thanks!
Neffy Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 tough, id just count how many buckets id put into it, goodluck! or id work it out as if it was retangular and then knock off an estimated % of whats missing and go with that.
forever_and_a_day Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 I'm pretty sure this is where all that stuff in school you'd thought you'd never use comes in handy. the volumes of a cylinder is circle base x height so... find the radius of the circle (the straight part)and square it, then x pi and then x height of tank. then divide by 4, because your tank looks like a quarter of a circle. your answers should be in cm cubed. 1 cm^3 = 1ml. so your total volume should be a little under whatever you get because of the flat corner. or just count the buckets as Neffy wisely said :P
Sarah Posted September 9, 2011 Author Report Posted September 9, 2011 Oh thanks for the replies! Umm... think I'd go with bucket counting haha.
fishbites Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 area of base (cm2) x height (cm) / 1000 = number of litres 3.1415926 x radius (cm) x radius (cm) / 4 x height (cm) / 1000 = number of litres :)
Matt_95 Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 Or you could just do a search on that model, suppliers usually have the volume listed :)
Sarah Posted September 9, 2011 Author Report Posted September 9, 2011 Thanks Wayne! Did go with Matt's way though haha - 305L. :)
fishbites Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 Ahhh... but you asked for a formula not a manufacturer's measurement (PS Matt that's cheating!!!)
Sarah Posted September 9, 2011 Author Report Posted September 9, 2011 I did! Then I found a shortcut that worked quite as well. :embarrass:
Matt_95 Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 Thats not cheating! Cheating is when you fast foward teh clock on your ipod so your smurfs speed up hehe :P
little_troppo Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 HIJACK ALERT I need to see more photo's of ALL your tanks
Rhysmachine101 Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 Matt, I'm agreeing with fishbites here! You're a cheater! So are you Sarah, for giving in to his cheating ways! lol.
fishbites Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 Hmmm..... truth be known.... I'd do the same .... except where I wanted to be accurate..... and only measure the height of the water column to find the true volume of the water in the tank rather than what you'd get if you had an empty tank filled to the very top....
Sarah Posted September 9, 2011 Author Report Posted September 9, 2011 Are you... challanging my honor?? Maybe I'll have to do Wayne's way just to not be a cheater! Harry... most of my tanks are empty at the moment after the mass death I've had this year. They are either cycling, waiting to be filled (hehe), or outside (better bring those in soon). So maybe pics once it's all stocked!
Sarah Posted September 9, 2011 Author Report Posted September 9, 2011 Mmm... that never crossed my mind, quite a nice idea actually.... *tempted* Ah, but I've decided to go into the world of cichlids! After I saw yours (what were they.. five striped something somethings?).. I had to go Cichlids. Not a bad thing though. :)
Matt_95 Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 They were trets Sarah, poor mans frontosa But I think they cost more than frontosa I'm getting back into african cichlids too :D
fishbites Posted September 9, 2011 Report Posted September 9, 2011 Careful with Trets in such a small footprint tank.... if you end up with a pair consider every other fish dead... they are viscous little twerps... Try cyprichromis (not jumbo's) and shell dwellers......
Sarah Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Posted September 10, 2011 I don't think I'm getting those ones... seem a little too violent.. Matt made me a list (he always does, but this time I might listen haha). I'll pull it up. He suggested one male of each following: white night hap electric blue maleri gold peacock dragons blood peacock OB peacock Flame tail peacock rubin red peacock red empress Do you think that's a good plan?
shadoh Posted September 10, 2011 Report Posted September 10, 2011 Not having kept any of those before, I can't tell you if it is a good plan or not. I can tell you that it will be a pretty colorful tank As for working out the volume of your tank, why go to the trouble of all that hard work when someone has already done it for you? (the manufacturer)
Matt_95 Posted September 10, 2011 Report Posted September 10, 2011 I thought your tank was smaller, you can have a lot more, pretty much any peacock you want, we need to go shopping An albino peacock, ngara flametail, tangerene peacock, sunshine peacock, assorted peacocks (hybrids), some elctric yellows, you ould get fire blue hap and maybe some blue dolphins too :D
Sarah Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Posted September 10, 2011 Thanks Jarrod... colourful is what I'm aiming at - as long as they can live without any to-the-death fights, should be good. Thanks Matt - shall look those up. We need to go shopping = Matt picking out a bunch of fish he likes and begging me to buy them... :rolleyes:
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