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Old 03-17-2008, 07:30 AM   #1
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how to build a standard aquarium

can anyone teach me how to calculate a standard aquarium?
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Old 03-17-2008, 10:54 AM   #2
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there is a culculator on the left. hope it helps CalculatorsCalculators
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Old 03-17-2008, 11:27 AM   #3
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Re: how to build a standard aquarium

If you are refering to how many gallons an aqaurium will hold based on dimensions, just use the following:

(length (in) x width (in) x height (in)) / 231 = # of gallons
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Old 03-18-2008, 12:34 AM   #4
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sorry if my question is not clear. i mean like 2 meter lenght, 1 meter width and 1 meter height, how thick the glass i should use.
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Old 03-18-2008, 07:44 AM   #5
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Re: how to build a standard aquarium

For something that tall, I would use no less than 3/4" glass.
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Old 03-19-2008, 12:01 AM   #6
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go to garf and use the tank build conversion and it will tell you everything you need to have. I use them alot to dubble check my measurments specially after i built my bosses tank 30x30x30 117gallon
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