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Gallon?

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Me and my english, its not good for me 8)
Can anybody help me out here.
Often is talking about whats size the tank is, and its talking about gallon.
But how much is gallon in liters.
50 G tank ?
100 G tank?
Can any help whit the most commen tanks, so i understand?
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Hi Discusred,


It all depends on if it US gallons or normal gallons(what I know as UK gallons)

If it's US gallons then mutliply the number of gallons by 3.785

e.g. 50g x 3.785 = 189.25 litres

If it's normal gallons then you need to mutliply the number by 4.546

e.g. 50g x 4.546 = 227.3 litres

Sorry to make it even more difficult for you but as long as you know which standard you are working to you should be able to work the rest out.
Hope it helps

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Thanks Plastic Mac,

It,s help me out a lot. Now im not sitting and guessing!

This forum is great! I have learn a lot!
My English is much better than when i started here (i hope :) ).
But i t still get me a half hour to write a mess :shock:

Thanks again,
Patrik
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discusred wrote:Thanks Plastic Mac,

It,s help me out a lot. Now im not sitting and guessing!

This forum is great! I have learn a lot!
My English is much better than when i started here (i hope :) ).
But i t still get me a half hour to write a mess :shock:

Thanks again,
Patrik
lol, ive got the same problem, I always read everything, but I dont post a lot :lol:
the more you read the more you learn... succes :wink:
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Post by Rob »

might I suggest this site.

You can change all the units of measurement, and work out everything from electrical costs to volume.

http://boonedocks.net/fishtank/ftweb.php

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Rob wrote:might I suggest this site.

You can change all the units of measurement, and work out everything from electrical costs to volume.

http://boonedocks.net/fishtank/ftweb.php

rob
Thanks Rob,
Perfekt for me!
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Post by McEve »

Calcplus from MS is good for conversions.

http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/outr ... cplus.mspx
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Post by LyreTail »

Mostly just the USA and Canada use US gallon sizes for aquariums now days. I think most other countries just use the standard liters now. I read some where that the UK banned McDonald's from calling one of their burgers a "quarter pounder" a couple of years ago. Us Americans are too stubborn to put up with any government telling us how to think and Canada is sort of stuck getting aquariums from US manufacturers :D

That said, I wish the USA would convert over just to make everything easier. ( frankly I hate doing math in our system of measurements as everything is fractional) I help out or run a few international forums and had to learn to convert all measurements to facilitate communication. I think the internet will break down these barriers eventually

There are actually 3 different gallon sizes ( The UK gallon or "imperial gallon" , The US dry gallon and the US liquid gallon. The US dry gallon is closer to the UK gallon than the US liquid gallon)
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Post by Caesars »

I know this one:

http://saltaquarium.about.com/gi/dynami ... iafaq.html - and click on the tables / conversions tab on the left hand side.
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