When You Say Gallons...do You Mean Uk Or Us?

[Curiosity101]

I was just wondering because of people who quote tank sizes in gallons...
And also the 1" per gallon rule, is that in UK or US gallons...

So which is the one people are normally using?
And which one are you MEANT to use?

 

[AdAndrews]

I was just wondering because of people who quote tank sizes in gallons...
And also the 1" per gallon rule, is that in UK or US gallons...

So which is the one people are normally using?
And which one are you MEANT to use?

i say US, purely because it sounds more so i think i can stock it with a few inches more fish

 

[oswoldy]

UK. But I THINK the inch per gallon GUIDE relates to US.

They are both correct.

Mike

 

[dthoffsett]

On such a diverse forum as this, most people will assume that gallons are US unless stated as UK.

The inch per gallon guide is based on US gallons. You aren't MEANT to use any of them, if you want to make sure there is no confusion, just state US or UK gallons.

 

[Curiosity101]

I know that I can easily state US or UK, but I'm not talking for about what I put down. You'd hope I know whether I mean UK or US gallons...lol. What I meant was is there a consensus as to which one should be used. To avoid confusion.

 

[Inchworm]

On this forum everyone used to talk about the size of their tanks in US gallons. Now, with the different styles of designer tanks, the members often use liters. UK gallons are seldom used for this purpose.

 

[oswoldy]

I know that I can easily state US or UK, but I'm not talking for about what I put down. You'd hope I know whether I mean UK or US gallons...lol. What I meant was is there a consensus as to which one should be used. To avoid confusion.

Just put litres, stops all the confusion

Mike

 

[Curiosity101]

Personally I do tend to put things in litres, I just sit a lil bit confused when people post gallons. Who uses gallons anyways

 

[tom_os]

i use litres. but my tank is over 10 gals bigger if i use the us way

 

[rdd1952]

When gallons are mentioned, it's US gallons. It's a pretty easy rough conversion from liters to US gallons by simply dividing by 4 (actually 3.785) wo when someone says their tank is 100 liters, I can simply divide by 4 and know that they are about 25 US gallons (actually 26.4 but close enough). And since liters are already the normal unit of measure from that side of the pond, using UK gallons only confuses the issue. I've never seen a tank advertised as XX UK gallons. It's always liters or gallons (US). Converting to UK gallons from liters is also a little harder since it's about 4.5 liters per UK gallon.

And as stated, the 1" per gallon guide is US gallons.

 

[backtotropical]

If I am using gallons, I always write US or UK for this very reason.

I don't know why they need to be different anyways. A gallon should be a gallon and thats that. Anyway, I digress........

 

[K-Holed]

A little off topic, but I always prefer it when people give dimensions. Knowing the capacity doesn't give me a good idea of what the tank is like.

 

[natalie265]

What the hell is a UK gallon? I thought y'all just used liters.

 

[WhiteDevil]

Nat, I concur. The "Inch per gallon" rule is a crock, its the fishes bioload that needs to be watched with tank sizes and number of fish.

 

[Tolak]

A little off topic, but I always prefer it when people give dimensions. Knowing the capacity doesn't give me a good idea of what the tank is like.

This is the best way. One of my pet peeves is the use of 2 foot, 3 foot, or 4 foot tank, and so on. I have a 3 foot tank that is 65 gallons, I had one that was 30 gallons, and I've seen 3 foot tanks that were 90 gallons. Big difference there.