Recent content by Sirrance

My apologies to you Toad. I've never seen a "hex" tank that wasn't a regular hexagon base. As to volume, I'm confused. I've gotten different answers from 3 different web sites that claim to offer hex tank volume calculations,

Apology Toad: I hope my answer wasn't offensive. I'm a teacher and I just answer questions and use them as a teaching tool when I can. I've personally never seen a "non-hex" hex tank. I used this web page for my math calculations: Calculate volume of a hexagonal prism and its surface area

How many sides? In Geometry a hexagon is the name for a 6 sided figure. A regular hexagon is a 6 sided figure where all sides are the same length. All hex aquariums are regular hexagons so the math can be done with the length of one side and the height.

Hex tank size correction My wife and I measured the water column height and not the tank height. The sides are 10 inches wide an the tank is 26 inches tall and if the math is right that's a 29+ gallon tank. I'll need to add some more water probably, as at a 22 inch high water column that's...

I had a typical 10g rectangular tank that was in trouble. The tanks are located next to the window in the living room of the house. I know that's less than ideal, but there just wasn't anyplace else to put it. An odd kind of algae broke out in that small tank and I just couldn't take care of...