Soil height calculations

[eviltrain]

here i give a rough guide for fellow hobbyist how to calculate soil height for your shrimp tank, be it for aquascaping or shrimp breeding.

the formula for soil height ( flat )will be as follow:

lets say you wants 5cm thickness of soil.

your tank is 60(l)x30(w)x35(h), use the 60(l)x30(w) as the base and multiply it with 5cm (h) and you will get 9 litres.

length of your tank x width of your tank x height of the soil you wants = total litres of soil needed.

the formula for soil height ( slope ) :

your tank is 60(l)x30(w)x35(h), you wants a 3cm thickness at the front and 7 cm thickness at the back. get the total litres for the 3 cm thickness first

60(l)x30(w) as the base and multiply it with 3cm (h) and you will get 5.4 litres ( base soil ).

difference between front and back soil height will be 7cm-3cm = 4cm

total soil needed for the slope = [60(l)x30(w)x4(h)] divide by 2 = 3.6 litres (slope soil)

finally total up the base soil and the slope soil and you will get 5.4l + 3.6L = 9 litres

hope this will help those who wants to set up a new shrimp tank.

[alvinchan80]

Thanks bro for the explanations..

[Kenng]

Thank you for this information. Very helpful.

[Jianyuan]

Thanks bro for the infomation.

[stormhawk]

Stickied for good info. Thanks Alan.

[Navanod]

Nice. Its real simple after your explanations but most of us never approached this in such an organized manner, we just buy lots of extra soil :P
Thank you, this will come in handy

[chumzhujun]

But usually the packet put in weight rather then litrr....what do we do? Hehe

[eviltrain]

Depends on the instructions lor. But those branded types will sell in litres, seldom see them sell in kg.

[dnsfpl]

for slope we can use the formula for volume of Trapezium

IE sum of parallel lines / 2 * W * L = (7 + 4) / 2 * 30 * 60 = 9.9l

cheers

[chumzhujun]

For 2 feet gex soild must how much? They are in kg....

[eviltrain]

For 2 feet gex soild must how much? They are in kg....

i believe their (GEX) 8kg is 9 litres, same as ADA soil. 9 litres enough for soil 5cm / 2 inches thickness.

[BaoLong]

How do we calculate soil needed while UG plates are available? Please help.

[eviltrain]

How do we calculate soil needed while UG plates are available? Please help.

err. just add the volume of the UGF (LxBxH) lor.

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[BaoLong]

Thanks for Length x Breadth x Height

[eozen81]

Thanks for being smart