Am I nuts?

[Corrie]

There are two people here, not allowed to answer that.....
.....you know who you are. :-*

Someone check my math:

"L" shaped pond.

One leg 20ft
one leg 30ft
10ft wide
~ 30 inches deep

Inches divided by 231

How many gallons did you get?

[suphi]

7480G by my calculation.

[nygold]

I came up with 9,355 gallons

[small_ranchu]

7480. :) :)

[Corrie]

I thought it was going to be about 9,000 something,
but I couldn't get my calculator to do it!

thanks guys!

The new pond will be around that amount.

[small_ranchu]

calculate as two saperate ponds and add it at the end which will make your life easier.

30'x 10' (first pond)
10'x 10' (secnod pond)

[nygold]

The second pond is 20X10.

[nygold]

Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
I broke it into 2 ponds one was
30' x 10' x 30"
360" x 120" x 30"
Then I used a rectangle tank volume calculator and it gave me 5,610 gallons.

pond #2
20' x 10' x 30"
240" x 120" x 30"
The volume calculator gave me 3,740

5610 + 3740= 9350

[Corrie]

5610 + 3740= 9350

That's it.

You don't want to know what I was doing wrong!

I was multiplying 20 (240") X 30 (360") first! LOL

[small_ranchu]

Look at the attachment,
pond 1 (red color ) is 30 x 10

pond 2 (blud) is 10 x 10

If you calculate pond 2 as 20 x 10, you are adding extra 10' from red area.

:)

[suphi]

^or two of 20x10 placed next to each other to make an L shape.

[nygold]

Look at the attachment,
pond 1 (red color ) is 30 x 10
pond 2 (blud) is 10 x 10
If you calculate pond 2 as 20 x 10, you are adding extra 10' from red area.


O.K. thanks now I get it.
It's a good thing I don't work at a bank I would give it all away.

[Corrie]

nope

The back side of the "L" is 30 X 30

10 ft wide

You can calculate one leg as 30 X 10

The other leg is 20 X 10, which is minus the 10 ft wide.

[BruceP]

A 20x10x2.5 is 3745 gallons
A 30x10x2.5 is 5624 gallons


Unless it is shaped like Fred's drawing, then he is right.

[Corrie]

Yep, it's going to be around 10,000 gal.

It's shaped like Fred's drawing, one 10X30 and one 10X20, about 3ft deep.

[suphi]

If it's like Fred's drawing then it should be 7480G.

x
x
x x

Think of X as 10x10. One side has 3x, the other side 2x (L-shape). One block of x = 1870G, multiply by 4 = 7480.

[Corrie]

and I thought I was math challenged >:D<

It's like Fred's drawing, only different.

Both legs of the "L" are the same length - 30ft.

It's going to be right at 10,000 gal, can't wait to do the first water change!:yess:

[nygold]

Nice.
So my numbers were right. I got lucky.
O.K. Corrie no more trick questions or "L" shaped ponds.

[Corrie]

If I could recognize a trick question, I wouldn't have had to ask! :lol:

Can you tell I'm trying to squeeze the most water into that spot?
The only place I can fit a decent pond is to wrap it around a patio.

[nygold]

Sounds like it's going to be one hell of a pond.
Do us a favor and post pictures of the project please.
Maybe you can get a Manatee to swim around in that pond, paint it orange
and tell people it's a GIANT ranchu.:confuse:

[Corrie]

They already have their own pond! LOL

http://dofi3w.bay.livefilestore.com/y1m3-8sy7_fASRJlqfedKU2ZMx2lSBhHeAtHBDe3eyQZMmiHhpmznh8 r9WZRI4ES49UKmItegI6Y_btGelsK8uyFa768aQiZxdXOIxDMR bBn6ubAX73Y_WmCFj-pNylLNiSBB8QXDLg4_Ag-RM7sUS5cw/20060422-0008.jpg

[nygold]

That's what your ponds going to look like when it's done.

[Corrie]

That is not the look I'm going for! LOL

[nygold]

That's a great picture are those TV manatee?:D

[Corrie]

ROTFL that's a great one! LOL

right to left, it's Pappa Bear, Sister Bear, Baby Bear, and Momma Bear's tail end.

[BruceP]

Corrie........... Do you have something to do with the manatee?

[Corrie]

nope, well sorta I guess

Those guys live in our backyard all the time.

[Corrie]

I'm trying to hit a even number, because it's easier for me to remember and treat with meds.

32 inches deep will give me almost exactly 10,000 gal.

[Cincy Ranchu]

8475 gal as separate legs, take cubic feet and multiply by7.5

[jlo]

This will a crazy nice size gold fish pond, good luck.