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Old 05-30-2018, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by WarDog View Post
Thanks! according to this, the drum is approximately 50g, so does that mean that the tank itself is not really 90g?

This has always baffled me.

like i said, my 180 nearly got drained to halfway for a water change, and my 90 was within 5" of the bottom of the tank (Yes, i realize there is some rock in there) but not that much! I also had to pull 1/3 of the water out of the 65 gallon that is plumbed into this system... I feel like i am pumping out 100 "aquarium gallons" and adding only 50 "Barrel gallons"

There has to be some explanation, since this 50 gallon barrel is standard size, i am assuming our aquariums are actually not holding as many gallons as they state.

interesting....
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