need help with my fish tank does any one know how much gravel i need?

Question

hi there i have a 4ft fish tank and i dont know how much gravel i will need i know ill need about 2in but can any one tell me in Kg's please

Answer 1

gravel is purely for decoration, you only need a thin layer, probley need about 24kg-30kg depending on size of tank, thats for about a 3ft tank

Answer 2

Do you have fish on your tank yet?? in case you do, then you definately should not be disposing of each and every of the adorns, vegetation etc. and cleansing them each and every time, as this eliminates each and every of the coolest bacteria that has outfitted up and is needed for the coolest wellness of your fish...!! merely supply the adorns a sparkling now and lower back, utilising the tank water you're disposing of once you do a water exchange... cleansing all of it too a lot, extremely in case you employ any cleansing products - will KILL your fish.... additionally, in case you do all this artwork each and every time you sparkling your tank, it is going to take quite a on an identical time as, and all the time it is stressing your fish.... As for the gravel, purchase a gravel vac - they do the artwork for you and on an identical time as cleansing your gravel, in addition they take out the water for you, so which you will then upload sparkling, conditioned water to the tank.... The vac will suck up each and every of the nutrition, poo etc. it is on your gravel and that's the only form of cleansing gravel desires on an identical time because it is in a tank finished of fish.... familiar tank cleansing, with fish interior the tank, could basically take approximately 0.5 and hour... desire this enables

Answer 3

Gravel weighs about 68 kilos per cubic foot. Calculate the volume of gravel you need and convert to cubic feet,multiply the volume in feet cubed by 68 kg. You don't include enough information to do the calculation here, but it would be like this- 48" x 2" x (the front-to-back dimension in inches) = volume of gravel in inches cubed. Cubic inches divided by 1728 = cubic feet. (careful about the decimal). Cubic feet times 68 kg = weight of required gravel. Another way to cross check would be to use the old formula 1 1/2# to 2# per gallon,and see if this is close to your volume calculation.

Answer 4

I have a 48 litre tank that I am Redecorating with new gravel Im not sure if i should use 3 2kg bags or 4 2kg bags?

Answer 5

I am not quite sure how many gallons your tank is but when I set up my 55 gallon tank ,I used two 10 kg bags of gravel.

Answer 6

try to have an inch of gravel. Because if you have to much it will just collect all the waste on the bottom, you really don't need very much. Just get a bag and try to guess.

Answer 7

none of these answers are consistent, none make sense.....if gravel is purely decorative then why not just use glass marbles? 1 inch, 2 inch, 4 inch, 5 inch....how about a steep slope so all the fish poop will roll down in one area, much easier to clean, eh.......none of this makes any sense

Answer 8

How Much Gravel

Answer 9

if you have it unplanted (no real plants) you shouldn't need more than 1"-1.5", if you have plants, go for 2".

too much gravel too deep can lead to muck and yuck getting trapped deep down and messing up your water parameters, if it's kept shallower it's easy to keep clean and stir up with the gravel vaccuum at each water change.

Answer 10

15kg for a thin layer, or 20kg for a bit thicker. There is a website that calculates how much you need, but I cant find it at the moment - Have a thourough look on Google for it.