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[Kotfare]

How is Red Sea Calculating their aquarium size?

I was looking at Red Sea 170. Display tank dimensions are 24.5x20x20. Their website is claiming 34gal but when I calculate I’m getting 42 gal. Something is not adding up.

Does anyone know the real dimensions of Red Sea 170?

 

[HolisticBear]

How is Red Sea Calculating their aquarium size?

I was looking at Red Sea 170. Display tank dimensions are 24.5x20x20. Their website is claiming 34gal but when I calculate I’m getting 42 gal. Something is not adding up.

Does anyone know the real dimensions of Red Sea 170?

Red is unique in that they provide the actual water rather than volume. With an overflow, the water level is an inch or more below the top of the glass. With the sump, they are counting the actual water level.

This caused a bunch of confusion when WaterBox quoted numbers assuming the water level went to the lip of the tank and the lip of the sump.

This way WaterBox inflated their sizes when in reality, were practically identical.

Edit: Their tanks are metric, so they may be a 1/4 inch difference. Actual are some where. I can measure my 170 when I get home

 

[mrpizzaface]

I think they also subtract the volume the glass takes up.

 

[Kotfare]

Red is unique in that they provide the actual water rather than volume. With an overflow, the water level is an inch or more below the top of the glass. With the sump, they are counting the actual water level.

This caused a bunch of confusion when WaterBox quoted numbers assuming the water level went to the lip of the tank and the lip of the sump.

This way WaterBox inflated their sizes when in reality, were practically identical.

Edit: Their tanks are metric, so they may be a 1/4 inch difference. Actual are some where. I can measure my 170 when I get home

Thank you!

 

[HolisticBear]

Thank you!

I'd call it 23 5/8 x 19 5/8 x 19 3/4. So it's probably 60cm x 50cm x 50cm. The glass is 10mm.

Looking at their website they do list dimensions as 60cm x 50cm x 50cm, but that's around 23 5/8, not 24.5