Wrong Calculation?

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[KkAaNnEe]

So big. Something about the juwel tanks just make them look massive aswell, think its the relatively small frame..

All looks good though

Watch that window though!

 

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Thanks mate. It actually looks smaller on the pic than what it actually is lol Yeah this is the 1st time iv had a tank near a window but the blinds are usually closed as it's a spare room for my 2 chinchillas. Iv already caught them sitting in their cage on their ledges starring into the tank lol

 

[OldMan47]

Come on people. A tank volume can be easily figured based on interior dimensions. 1000 cubic centimeters is a litre after all. Try inches and gallons if you want a challenge. At 121 x 66 I get 7986. Now multiply by 55 and get 439230. That sounds a whole lot like 439 litres to me. Now I come to the conclusion that something has not been said. Why would a manufacturer only claim 300 when the real value is about 40% larger? I can only conclude that the measurements have little to do with the internal usable volume. Perhaps we are dealing with external measurements that include the light fixture. Reducing the 121 to 120 and the 66 to 65, to account for glass thickness gives me about 7800 instead of 7986. Now figure that the 7 cm tall light fixture is include in the 55 cm. That means that I use 48 cm as the height. The result is 374 litres. It is still more than I would expect with a 300 designation but maybe the European companies do not exaggerate as much as US companies do. If you can get actual internal measurements, you can calculate things down to the last millilitre.

 

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The manufacturer states its 350 litre not 300 so 374 is not too far off. Anyway I didn't end up getting that tank, I got the rio 400 which is the same hight and width dimensions as the rio 300 but it's 151cm long instead of 121cm making it 450 litres

 

[KkAaNnEe]

I thought we worked it out already?

Anyway for the 400, it would be 149x49x61/62 = 450


Also 66 is the height not 55

 

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Yeah we have lol it's 450