how much gravel? 150 gallon

[mclb72]

I setting up a 150 gallon that is 60x24x24..... how much gravel do i need to put in? 100 pds ok??? thanks much, mike

 

[arowanaking]

depends how thick you want it to be. 100lbs will be a thinner layer. i personally would go with 200lbs. that will give you more than enough. but if your on a tight budget (like me), 100lbs would seem ok.

 

[kluni]

I have 220lbs in my 140g. You also have to consider that different sort of gravel have different weight. So weight is not the best way to tell have much. It's better to talk about volume. In my case 15g.

 

[Mattyou]

If it is a 150 tall it will take less than a long. Look for 1 or 1.5" total depth, general rule of thumb 1lb per gal.

 

[crisper]

It all depends on how deep you wan't your gravel bed. General rule of thumb would be 6.5 lbs per inch of gravel depth per square foot of tank bottom. So for you tank which is 10 sq ft you would need 65 lbs for a 1" gravel bed.

 

[L A R R Y]

On my 150, I went with small/medium size gravel mix and stayed with the not so written rule of 1lb of gravel per gallon

 

[Guerillah]

You can use this calculator for different substrates..

http://boonedocks.net/fishtank/ftweb.php

 

[ozpkchris]

You can use this calculator for different substrates..

http://boonedocks.net/fishtank/ftweb.php

great link thanks!

 

[Austin]

go bare bottom....

 

[ccranford27]

use around 200 gallons you can get cheap gravel at home depot and just clean it probally only cost about 30 bucks