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I found this in another thread...it doesnt seem to match Swf.com's formula though Originally Posted by fulcrum Here is a clip from one of Reef Fool's posts: Here is a formula for sand. I believe it is a dry sand formula. The wetter the sand, the less accurate. Length of tank x width of tank x...

Yeah, its going to be L*W*D/cubic weight of sand

I have no clue where the 24.69 comes from...I just did a reverse calculation on their website. I am guessing that is the cubic weight of the sand they have. This can not be too accurate, because of the the specific weight of sand depends on the elements its composed of. Some sites I have...

((Length In Inches)*(Width In Inches)*(Depth of Sand In Inches))/24.69 So if you had a tank 12" * 12" and you wanted a 3" Sand bed (12*12*3)/24.69 432/24.69 17.50 edit: width correction

I have a 55gal Hex, and I would love to do a larger reef/fish tank, but I want to start small to see if I like doing corals. Is there any good places to do research on setup? I have went through the posts here and most are issues with pre-existing tanks. Every setup nano I have seen have...

I asked this question in the Reef Forum and was kindly redirected over here. I have been running a Community tank for a few years and want to explore doing a reef tank. Do you guys have any suggestions on what Nano tank would be a good starter tank for me to get my feet wet? Thanks in advance...

I have been running a community fish only tank for a few years now, and have always wanted to venture out into the Reef world. I am finally going to make the Jump, but I want to set up a mini tank first to see if I like it. I see many of these "cube" tanks in my LFS. Which ones do you guys...