How many gallons is my aquarium?

Question

I have a hex aquarium. Somebody abandoned it when they moved out and my husband picked it up for me. The hood is rather crappy so I'm thinking about getting a new hood for it.

My main concern though is figuring how many gallons it holds. I'm not used to hex aquariums an everywhere online shows three measurements, but I can only think of two.

Each panel is 11 in wide and it is 25 in tall?

Please help :<

Answer 1

If it&#039;s a true hexagon (6 sides) the volume is 58.9 US Gal.

Answer 2

The area of a Hexagon is calculated by the formula:

A = 3 * (3^.5) * (length ^2) / 2

length = 11 in

A = ~ 314 in ^2

Volume is the Area of the base times the height.

height = 25 in

V = ~ (314 in^2) * 25 in = ~ 7859 in^3

1 Gallon = ~231 in^3

7859 in^3 * (1 gallon/231 in^3) = ~34 gallons.

^.5 is sqr root.

Answer 3

It is about 34 gallons.

Good Luck!

I hope this helped!

Answer 4

try this site:

http://boonedocks.net/fishtank/ftweb.php

measure the length from the widest points along the top, and depth from front panel to back panel.