How much gravel?

[himyick]

Hi ppl,
I'm new to this forum.
Currently trying to set up a 3ft planted tank, would like to ask the experts on how many bags of lonestar gravel would i need? Tank = 3x1.5x1.5 ft

TIA

[hwchoy]

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On 7/21/2003 2:02:55 PM

Hi ppl,
I'm new to this forum.
Currently trying to set up a 3ft planted tank, would like to ask the experts on how many bags of lonestar gravel would i need? Tank = 3x1.5x1.5 ft

TIA

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Hi, one bag of lonestar is roughly 20 litres (doesn't matter how much it weighs, you are trying to figure out by volume here).

You tank has a surface area of 3.0 × 1.5 ft² = 90 × 45 cm²
so every inch of gravel (or water or whatever) of your tank has a volume of

90 × 45 × 2.5 cc (cm&#179 or roughly 10 litres

so each bag of lonestar will fill your tank by 2 inches.

depending if you will have base fert or not, your gravel should be from 1 inch to 3 inches, perhaps sloping even. So just figure out the dimension of your gravel layer, and divide that by 20 litres so find out how many bags you need.

[himyick]

hwchoy,
Thanks for your reply.