How Many M&Ms Fill a 30x12x18 Fish Tank?

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The discussion revolves around the idea of filling a fish tank with M&Ms instead of water. The tank dimensions are approximately 30x12x18 inches, leading to calculations about how many bags of M&Ms would be needed. Initial estimates suggest around 3-4 large bags might suffice to line the bottom, while some participants humorously exaggerate the number to thousands of bags. Suggestions include using various candies to create a whimsical candy aquarium, with ideas like gummy fish and candy rocks. The conversation shifts to playful banter about cooking, personal anecdotes, and the impracticality of using M&Ms in a fish tank due to potential staleness and attracting pests. Ultimately, the thread highlights a mix of humor, creativity, and friendly debate over the feasibility of such a candy-filled aquarium.
  • #51
No one is disillusioned here GeorginaS. If you want to model it using spheroids, then show us your work, or be quiet.
 
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  • #52
I don't want cubes or sphereoids. I want M&Ms you weirdos
 
  • #53
I just went and bought a bag of M&Ms to see how many were in each bag. I only got 17 M&Ms. the rest were Ws
 
  • #54
I can't believe I just read this whole thread.


Oh and I think I've found you the http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00173/Willy_Wonka_stor_173323c.jpg Gale.
 
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  • #55
http://www.gumball-machine.com/bulk-candy-3.html

38 pounds of M&Ms for $130

That would make it 19000 m&ms


BTW, moonbear, each one of those bags in your link was 3.25 pounds.

I say you pay about a thousand dollars for m&ms and see how much of the tank will be full...
 
  • #56
The smart thing to do would be to fill most of the interior of the aquarium with something like cardboard boxes or styrofoam and then pour the m&m's around and over the top of them, giving the impression that the entire aquarium is filled. m&ms will go stale, you know. Not to mention attracting bugs and vermin.
 
  • #57
Evo said:
The smart thing to do would be to fill most of the interior of the aquarium with something like cardboard boxes or styrofoam and then pour the m&m's around and over the top of them, giving the impression that the entire aquarium is filled. m&ms will go stale, you know. Not to mention attracting bugs and vermin.

It took three pages for smeone to think of this :bugeye:

That's brilliant! It's what they sometimes do in those "guess how many there are in here" things...

If you were to fill up the entire tank, I wonder if the M&Ms on the bottom would be squished...
 
  • #58
moose said:
BTW, moonbear, each one of those bags in your link was 3.25 pounds.
Yes, I know, but the information they provided was the number of M&Ms per pound, not per bag. I don't really know why anyone, other than tribdog when he's been drinking and thinks the aquarium should be filled with candy, would want 3.25 lbs of M&Ms all at once! That's a lot of M&Ms to eat! :eek:
 
  • #59
Evo said:
The smart thing to do would be to fill most of the interior of the aquarium with something like cardboard boxes or styrofoam and then pour the m&m's around and over the top of them, giving the impression that the entire aquarium is filled. m&ms will go stale, you know. Not to mention attracting bugs and vermin.
Well, that just means that the next time tribdog is telling us he has nothing to eat in the apartment, doesn't know how to fill a pot with water and turn a stove on, and needs something to eat, he'll have the stale M&Ms along with any additional protein they attract. It still can't be any worse than that Mexican place he keeps going to even though he's convinced they spit in his food.
 
  • #60
It still can't be any worse than that Mexican place he keeps going to even though he's convinced they spit in his food.
The last picture I saw... it was worse than saliva. He said it was at the bottom of his coke—he placed it next to a penny for size, and it looked like.. well, a miniature turd. I mean stool! The medical term.
 
  • #61
Just when I thought this thread couldn't get much stranger...
 
  • #62
Mk said:
The last picture I saw... it was worse than saliva. He said it was at the bottom of his coke—he placed it next to a penny for size, and it looked like.. well, a miniature turd. I mean stool! The medical term.
I've been vomiting all morning, just managed to get to work and then I read this.

Thanks.
 
  • #63
hahahahahahahahahahaha! I just read this whole thread! my my my, Best time I've ever spent!
 
  • #64
Wow? Really? You need more fun. :-p
 
  • #65
no one ever did answer how many m&m's were in an ounce did they?
 
  • #66
Gale said:
no one ever did answer how many m&m's were in an ounce did they?
Okay, fine, 31.25. :-p 500 M&Ms/pound divided by 16 oz/pound = 31.25 M&Ms/ounce (and all those silly folks in feedback think you need LaTex to show your math :biggrin:).
 
  • #67
Forget filling up a fish tank, have you guys ever played those stupid games that teachers have. Guess how many MnM's are in the jar?? TEACH ME HOW TO DO THAT?!?!
 
  • #68
Mk said:
Wow? Really? You need more fun. :-p
ya, no kidding. I got a test today and two tests and a paper tomorrow. Oh yeah, I still got homework to do. All work and no play but then again it's spring break the week after next :biggrin:
 
  • #69
Dunno about M&Ms, but when I was younger I used to collect Skittles. I never filed up a fishtank full of the stuff, but I did spill a cookie-jar full onto a hot stove once. After my Mother cleaned up the mess she made sure that I never saw of my beloved Skittles again :mad:
 
  • #70
Why are M&Ms called M&Ms?
 
  • #71
The candies were named for "Mars & Murrie" (Mars' business partner was Bruce Murrie, son of rival Milton S. Hershey's partner William Murrie.)
 
  • #72
Monique said:
Why are M&Ms called M&Ms?

each small chocolate candy has a tiny white M painted on its candy coated shell. when you have two candies, you have an M and another M. together we refer to them as M&M's.
 
  • #73
Gale said:
each small chocolate candy has a tiny white M painted on its candy coated shell. when you have two candies, you have an M and another M. together we refer to them as M&M's.


If I lick all the M's off does that mean they are no longer M&M's?:rolleyes:
 
  • #74
DocToxyn said:
If I lick all the M's off does that mean they are no longer M&M's?:rolleyes:
Aaagh, DT's new avatar scared me. :frown:
 
  • #75
Evo said:
Aaagh, DT's new avatar scared me. :frown:

Sorry Evo, maybe I can dig up that cobra I used once before...:smile:
 
  • #76
DocToxyn said:
If I lick all the M's off does that mean they are no longer M&M's?:rolleyes:

philosophical questions belong in the philosophy section! DUH. if you're worried about your M&M's ceasing to exist, just don't lick off the m's silly!

side note: as trib pointed out, the M&M people have apparently been hiring illiterate workers to paint on the M's. while their effort to employ undereducated people is noble, its not very practical, and the company has been struggling for the last few years as ginormous numbers of "M&M's" have been misprinted as "W&W's", which just isn't as fun to say. These "W&W's" have recently caused a decline in the consumption of of actual M&M's. while many support the illiterates' rights in the job market, the M&M corporation is still expected to produce quality products, and the "W" defect is just unacceptable.
 
  • #77
Gale said:
philosophical questions belong in the philosophy section! DUH. if you're worried about your M&M's ceasing to exist, just don't lick off the m's silly!

side note: as trib pointed out, the M&M people have apparently been hiring illiterate workers to paint on the M's. while their effort to employ undereducated people is noble, its not very practical, and the company has been struggling for the last few years as ginormous numbers of "M&M's" have been misprinted as "W&W's", which just isn't as fun to say. These "W&W's" have recently caused a decline in the consumption of of actual M&M's. while many support the illiterates' rights in the job market, the M&M corporation is still expected to produce quality products, and the "W" defect is just unacceptable.
I just eat the mistakes. :biggrin:

DocToxyn, what is your avatar? I'm trying to figure it out. There's a bicycle, but I can't figure out what is riding the bicycle or which way it's going!
 
  • #78
Moonbear said:
I just eat the mistakes. :biggrin:

DocToxyn, what is your avatar? I'm trying to figure it out. There's a bicycle, but I can't figure out what is riding the bicycle or which way it's going!

its a brain with sun glasses and sharp teeth going north.
 
  • #79
Gale said:
its a brain with sun glasses and sharp teeth going north.
Aha! Now I see it. The sunglasses threw me off...I didn't see them as sunglasses, but thought it was empty space, like where a neck should be or something.
 
  • #80
uhhh, I'm not sure if I'm right though. awell. you know what though, I'm looking mighty sexy right now. just thought i'd share.
 
  • #81
Gale said:
its a brain with sun glasses and sharp teeth going north.

Ding-Ding-Ding! Well...all but the sharp teeth. C'mon Moonbear, haven't you ever seen a brain on a bike before, jeez!
 
  • #82
DocToxyn said:
Ding-Ding-Ding! Well...all but the sharp teeth. C'mon Moonbear, haven't you ever seen a brain on a bike before, jeez!
Yeah, but they aren't usually wearing sunglasses. :biggrin: I'm not seeing straight anyway. I've spent most of the last two weeks mounting brain sections on slides...everything looks like brains except a brain apparently. :bugeye: Plus, I was going through withdrawal with PF being down so much for the server migration, I think I was starting to hallucinate!

So, how do you know the brain is heading north? It looks like it's heading south to me. :biggrin: :smile:
 
  • #83
no no, he's definately going to my right, which is north. gawd. people are asking silly questions today...
 
  • #84
Gale said:
no no, he's definately going to my right, which is north. gawd. people are asking silly questions today...
No, it's my right! And that was south before, but, wait, I think it's northeast now. (I'm on my laptop.) He's a fast pedaler I guess. :biggrin:
 
  • #85
I like M&M's.
 

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