Though I would start this thread. Thought it would be fun to list those silly, stupid, obvious or not so obvious questions, as random as they may be; someone out there might find usefull. So feel free to chime in and lets see how many things we can/can't learn.
Length X Width X Height of your tank with give you a Cubic Volume in ft (you have to convert inches to feet)...You now have a cubic foot volume (ft^3). If you take that number and multiply it by 7.48 (which is how many gallons there are in a cubic foot) you will end up getting the size of your tank in gallons... (L' X W' X H') x 7.48 = gals. of your tank
The frequency that you get caught using your wifes best dishes to frag IN is directly relevant to how long she will allow you to use the coffee table to frag ON.
salt water rusts everything, almost instantly, so whatever you have laying around, make sure its junk already!
its not a good idea to touch a MH light with your elbow while your fishing that frag out from under a rock, you will ALWAYS drop the frag in a much more hard to reach area.
The size of the creature that perishes is directly proportional to the "degree of difficulty" in retrieving it once it does perish.
There is no such thing as a "small" flood. Once you think you've cleaned up all the water, you'll find more. It's kind of like finding pine needles from your Christmas tree in July.
The cheaper fish always wins in a fight. (We had a client once that bought 3 Helfrich Firefish @ $100 apiece, only to have a $5 Domino kill one in 2 minutes or less! NO he didn't tell us he had a damsel!)
For an easier to use tank volume (or sump volume) calculator that doesn't require you to first convert from inches to feet try:
L x W x H / 231 = volume
48 x 18 x 24 / 231 = 89.77 or ~90gallons
I found this very helpful when designing my sump as I could easily figure out how small changes to the height of my baffles would affect my sump's overflow capacity.
When doing a DIY stand, tank and so on let the paint dry on the stand completely before putting the tank on it. One day you might want to remove the tank one day
When doing a DIY stand, tank and so on let the paint dry on the stand completely before putting the tank on it. One day you might want to remove the tank one day
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