-> On (25 Jul 96) Adrian Worley Rambled On  To All...
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-> AW> Hi All,
-> AW> I've noticed that North American hobbyists always seem to refer
-> to the AW> size of their tanks by volume rather than dimensions as we
-> do over AW> here. Could someone remind me what a "gallon" is over
-> there, ISTR that AW> it is different from a "gallon" over here. It
-> would make it a bit AW> easier for me to visualise the tank/tanks we
-> are all talking about!
-> You have a point, but it is not that simple, theres  for example 20
-> Gal Highs, and 20 gal  longs, refering to a tank thats higher then
-> long and so actually has less surface (water/air), then a 20 gal Long
-> thats less high and much longer.
-> Don't have a Gallon to liter  formula handy, but simply converting
-> gallons to liters is  useless w/o indeed knowing tanks dimensions.
        And dont forget that we would also have to convert CENTI to
INCHES.
                                        Bob Williams
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