Nanocube NOT 12 gallons.

I don't know if anybody else has noticed this but last night when i was filling my mothers new nanocube with store boughten 1 gallon jugs of spring water I only used 8 3/4 gallons of water to fill it up. Now i maybe a idiot but can anyone else tell me how this equates to being a 12 gallon tank? (and by the way no there is no sand or rock in there yet...lol.)

maby its that damn metric conversion table you guys use in wisco. I went to college out there and I know how you farmers do it....

What are the inside dimensions of the tank?

I don't know the dimensions but believe me that tank only holds about 9 gallons. I bought it from the Dr. Foster and Smith retail store last night. It is a JBJ Nanocube but it sure as heck doesn't hold 12 gallons.

Weird. Maybe they're counting the filter area too. I smell a class action law suit if what you say is true.

I think it stands for a 12inch cube or at leat that is what others say.

I'm including the whole tank including the filter area. I only fit 8 3/4 gallons of water in it, the whole thing. And on several spots on the box it says includes "12 gallon glass aquarium.

" = inches though I think you didn`t finish the quotes.

Yeah this thread has been discussed a few times before. I think it refers to the dimensions and not the volume of it.

So does that mean all tank aren't really what size they say they are? Or does just JBJ lie about it?

Here go here

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=27215

It talks about the whole size thing.

i had the same prob with this i filled mine with a 7 gal bucket and got it all in there and only had a little room left

I learned this just last week. It is all manufacturers that do it not just JBJ, the gallon figures come from the total outside dimensions of the tank. This can be a good bit different than what the inner diameter measurements are, which is the actual gallons. I just bought a AGA 20 Long and it only held like 17 gallons. When I asked the LFS that is the explanation they gave me.

I can't find the measurements of the tank anywhere. Somebody please post them and end the debate. Inside or outside dimensions and the glass thickness.

outside dimensions: 18" cubed, measured at the widest point (hood has bulge)

R u guys mixing up Imperial Gallons with US Gallons?

1 Gallon (US) = 3785.6 ml

1 Gallon (Imperial) = 4731.2 ml

So about:

12 Gallons (US) = 9 Gallons (Imperial) D)

or:

12 Gallons (US) = 45427.2 ml

9 Gallons (Imp) = 42580.8 ml

18"x18"x18" = 25.2 US gallons ???

you sure?

12 US gallons = 14" cubed (inside dimensions)

9 US gallons would mean an inside dimension of almost 12.8" cubed. Not too big a difference.