Why Does Almost Everyone On Here Instead Of Saying How Many Gallons Th

[Durbkat]

I was wondering instead of everyone doing the simplier thing and post how many gallons their tank is they take the hard way and post how many liters it is and make the other members try and figure out how many gallons it is? I think its stupid because if you just post how many gallons it is instead of liters you could get a faster response with out having people to have to do maths to figure it out.

 

[Fella]

I was wondering instead of everyone doing the simplier thing and post how many gallons their tank is they take the hard way and post how many liters it is and make the other members try and figure out how many gallons it is? I think its stupid because if you just post how many gallons it is instead of liters you could get a faster response with out having people to have to do maths to figure it out.

Everyone has a different way of doing things. Nothing is really standardised and a lot of tanks in the UK sell themselves as litres, especially the Juwel series.

I personally prefer the US gallons method.

 

[rdd1952]

A lot (most) of members are not from the US. The metric sysem (liters, meters, etc) is their standard unit of measure. Liters are pretty easy to make a rough conversion on. There is roughly 4 liters per gallon (officially 3.79). If someone says hey have a 120 liter tank, I figure that's roughly 30 gallon (31.7 actually). I have this site bookmarked for accurate conversions.

 

[Durbkat]

Yea same here. That way say for example you have a sick fish and someone says "oh my tank is 150 liters" and people being like this they can say "oh my tank is 29 gallons" and then people will be able to help them faster.

 

[kimbowee]

Technically Durbkat, we in the US are the oddballs. Most other countries use the metric system for any kind of measurements.

Here is a link that you can do the conversions on pretty easily. http/www.danios.0catch.com/danio/Tankmaster.html If you go to "Volume" you can convert litres to gallons. After looking at the numbers for a while you kind of get a general understanding of tank sizes.

 

[SirMinion]

Also of course, most 'off the shelf' tanks sold here are described in litres, an example being the Juwel tanks like the Juwel Rio 180 which is 180 litres.

Most of the world uses litres, metres, celcius and the 24 hour clock. The USA is the only developed country that is still using the old system and even then it uses non standard versions of the imperial measurements like 'cups' and the slightly smaller American gallon.

Come on America! catch up!

(mind you, we still use miles for travel, pints for beer and milk, feet for human height and stones for human weight. )

 

[piper]

I prefer it in liters as alot of time people just write 30 gal and dont say if its uk or us gal. If its in liters you always know their exact size.

 

[modernhamlet]

US gallons, UK gallons, liters...


I don't see how this is an issue. If you've been in fishkeeping for any length of time, you can convert between these with a close enough degree of approximation without problem.

My only complaint is people who post "I have a 15g tank" and don't have a location posted.

 

[cybergoldfish]

Excellent point piper, it makes more sense to use litres on this site. People post in gallons, but which gallons? Jolly confusing. How much faster does the world really need to be - saving the amount of time it takes to open 'calculator' and times the number by 3.8?

Hmm.

 

[yvez9]

North America is the only developed country that is still using the old system and even then it uses non standard versions of the imperial measurements like 'cups' and the slightly smaller American gallon.

Please SirMinion, North America consists of Mexico, USA, Canada. I don't now about Mexico, but Canada uses the metric system for most measurements now. Gallons are still used sometimes but we see litres more often now then gallons.

Just don't put us all in the same boat... Canada is extremely different from the USA and even more so from Mexico

 

[Durbkat]

Thanks guys. Alright stop dissing my country.

 

[SirMinion]

North America is the only developed country that is still using the old system and even then it uses non standard versions of the imperial measurements like 'cups' and the slightly smaller American gallon.

Please SirMinion, North America consists of Mexico, USA, Canada. I don't now about Mexico, but Canada uses the metric system for most measurements now. Gallons are still used sometimes but we see litres more often now then gallons.

Just don't put us all in the same boat... Canada is extremely different from the USA and even more so from Mexico

Good point. I stand corrected.

 

[sinistral]

Come on America! catch up!

According to the US Metric Association, it's us here in the USA, and Burma/Myanmar and Liberia who have not officially adopted the metric system.

Most countries feel that the metric system is a superior measurement system. It is also the language of science and world-wide business.

The US is in the process of making the transition, but whatever progress we've made is visible only under scrutiny. It'll likely take many more years.

 

[yvez9]

North America is the only developed country that is still using the old system and even then it uses non standard versions of the imperial measurements like 'cups' and the slightly smaller American gallon.

Please SirMinion, North America consists of Mexico, USA, Canada. I don't now about Mexico, but Canada uses the metric system for most measurements now. Gallons are still used sometimes but we see litres more often now then gallons.

Just don't put us all in the same boat... Canada is extremely different from the USA and even more so from Mexico

Good point. I stand corrected.

 

[rdd1952]

Come on America! catch up!

According to the US Metric Association, it's us here in the USA, and Burma/Myanmar and Liberia who have not officially adopted the metric system.

Most countries feel that the metric system is a superior measurement system. It is also the language of science and world-wide business.

The US is in the process of making the transition, but whatever progress we've made is visible only under scrutiny. It'll likely take many more years.

Personally, I hope we never change over here in the US. I'm 53 and too old to learn a new system. My brains full so I have to forget something everytime I learn something new. I'm afraid I'll forget something REALLY important just to learn how many decimeters are in a meter.