Nishikigoi at your pace

[kingkong]

How many tons of water do you maintain as a koi keeper? I believe 1 ton equals about 270 US gallons. An average swimming pool is about 65 tons. A glory pond in Nichirin is about 10 tons. Mr. Meada's holding ponds range from 100 tons to 1500 tons.

[woodyaht]

By your conversion mine is almost 15tons. I wondered the conversion for quite some time just never looked it up. Thanks for the thread.

[bekko]

1 ton = 1 cubic meter = 1000 liters
3.785 liters per gallon
264.2 gallons per ton

[luke frisbee]

ok
my QT is 12 tons
my lake is 180 tons

i'd like to build a pond somewhere between the two......next

[kingkong]

Quote: Originally Posted by bekko 1 ton = 1 cubic meter = 1000 liters 3.785 liters per gallon 264.2 gallons per ton

The water ton or tonne was formerly used in UK and equal to 224 imperial gallons. This is known as the long ton
Some of the confusion is based on the fact that an imperial gallon, 10.02 lbs. of water weight is larger than a US gallon which weighs 8.34 lbs water.
The (UK) long ton weighs 2240 lbs.
The (US) short ton weighs 2000 lbs.
So a (UK) ton is equal to 224 imperial gallons
a (US) ton is equal to 239.8 US gallons
As far as which ton, short or long Mr. M uses, I have never seen it mentioned. I suspect he could be using the UK long ton would be my guess.

[MikeM]

47 tons, give or take.

[luke frisbee]

MAN I LIKE THAT US Ton...
Lake 210 US tons!
QT 14 US tons

[Mike Mazur]

WOW never realized it but I sit at a nice healthy 19 tons..... hang on, just a sec...... Plus almost two tons in the filtration system ! 21 tons total? dang Never would have guessed that.

[kingkong]

Keep your calculators out. There is another ton measurement and this is the one Mr.M uses, quote in Koi-Bito "You were the first in the business to build a 1500 metric ton concrete pond". OK a metric ton = 1000 kilograms or 2,204.6 lbs.
Divide by an imperial gallon which ways 10 lbs or US gallon which is 8.34 lbs.
1 Metric ton equals 220.46 imperial gallons or 264.34 US gallons.
That is the International Ton conversion, Now,what do the Brits use? I hope the long ton. I give up, wait a minute, didn't someone say this already? 264.2 (US) gal. OK close enough.

[cocoyboy]

I guess my pond is about 22 tons? I had trouble lifting on one side!