Uk/us Gallons?

[fishboy619]

a UK gallon is worth 1.2 US gallon.
say for example i bought a tank, 24" by 12" by 12".
it would be 15 gallons in the US but only 12 gallons in the UK,
are the stocking levels different, will US tanks be over stocked?
sorry its a little confusing, but i really dont understand.
if the gallon size if different, how do you work out what fish to put in it, wont a person living in the UK put less fish in in than an US fishkeeper?
cheers

 

[The-Wolf]

the old 'rule' of 1" of fish per gallon of water is based on US gallons
it is a guide intended for slim bodied, slow moving fish as should be used a a guide rather than a set in stone rule.

 

[fishboy619]

ok, its just that when i bought the tank, i measured the gallon size using the lengths of the sides on the net, and now realising it must have been a american website, it told me it was 15 gallons.
its understocked anyway at the moment with a few guppies.