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05-30-2018, 10:22 PM
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How much live rock do you have in it? It could very well be taking up a lot of water volume inside the tank.
My 210 probably only holds 150 gallons of water with all of my live rock in there. Oh..and internal or external overflow?
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06-01-2018, 01:41 AM
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Very good explanation rock can displace a large volume of water Half my 95 gallon tank is taken up by rock so at best I might have 50 gallons in it
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06-01-2018, 02:26 AM
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MM, my reef ready mega flow 75g only held 61g after LR and sand. If your tank is the same with an internal overflow (Aqueon) it most likely only holds approx. 75ish gallons, or even less if you're LR heavy.
And when you say you've drained it down to 5" keep in mind that that last 5" empty might hold 18ish gallons, but it's much less with sand and rock. Honestly it sounds like your drum is more than 50g. My blue barrel is 55g near full but will hold almost 60g. Stamping on it reads 200 litres, but I've filled it a few inches from the top and it's 55g at that point.
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06-03-2018, 03:27 PM
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You likely don't fill your fish tank right to the rim either. The larger your tank the more volume you lose with water level an inch or 2 below the rim. No voodoo here, sand, rock, ovreflows all displace water volume.
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06-03-2018, 03:42 PM
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I drain my 77 down about 6 1/2 inches from normal water level and that tends to be about a 22 to 24 gallon water change. No sump, no overflow. A skimmer feed box displaces a bit of water at the surface. Lots of rock & sand. 24 inch tall tank water level an inch & change from top.
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06-03-2018, 03:49 PM
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Also a remote possibility the difference between Imperial & US gallons may be a factor, depending on where the hardware is made.
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06-03-2018, 04:04 PM
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