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I have a 90G tank that has about 4 inches of live sand in it. The tank dimensions are 48 long by 18 deep by 24 tall. Any idea how many pounds of sand 4 inches would be in a tank that size?
about 180 pounds
http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/SandBed.php
Scavenger
05-12-2005, 09:29 PM
180 lbs by my calculation
here's the link
http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/SandBed.php
wow fast fingers around here. :lol:
Beverly
05-12-2005, 10:33 PM
No sand :eek: Try going bare bottom. Cheaper for starters, and lets you siphon out the detritus whenever you do weekly water changes :biggrin:
One of these weeks, I'm going to photograph all the crud we get out of one of our tanks. You'd be stunned into going with no sandbed :eek:
StirCrazy
05-13-2005, 04:50 AM
I had 220lbs of sand in my tank at about 6" deep so 3 cu^ft is about 220 lbs so yours is the same but only 4" deep so about 2 cu^ft..... about 150ish lbs.
Steve
I'm actually moving in July and want to get rid of the sand I have and go bare bottom so I was just wondering how much I do have so I can tell people in case someone wants it.
Thanks for all your replies.
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