Zilla 11517 Humidity and Temperature Dial Gauge

None of them worked. This was disappointing. They weren't even worth sending back. Nothing registered on them at all. We had to find a digital one.

The temperature and humidity are not accurate. Unfortunately that is its sole purpose and it is of cheap construction. Do not waste your money.

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The product works VERY good. I have been using it for over a month now, and it works flawlessly. The attachment has two options. The product is easy to attach and use. It is highly recommended. The price is just right.

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Algae Scraper Extra Long - Acrylic

Long enough to scrub down to the bottom of my 75 gallon tank without getting my arm too wet. The brush is a good size with a nice angle off the handle. Also, no problems yet with scraping my acrylic tank. I do need to be careful not to get this brush into the sand though, as the substrate can get caught in the brush and will scratch the tank. (Wouldn't have this issue with a scraper.)

It scrubs the algea off acrylic without scratching it......couldn't ask for much more, and the price was right. The handle is sturdy black plastic and the scrubbing head rinses off clean under hot running water.

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Works like it should, does not scratch acrylic. After use, rinses easily in running water, let air dry. Great product!

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It cleans the algae from my plastic tank and it is easy to clean off scraper. It does not scratch the plastic.

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This tool does a good job on algae and my son likes to use it on our acrylic tank. That being said, we're going to purchase a glass tank next because it still is too much work to scrub the algae on a non-glass tank.

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Como Fish Tank Manmade Cyan Blue Green Floral Plants Decoration w Oval Base

I am impressed with Como products. Their bases are heavy and the overall product is well made. Colors are bright and product is really easy to clean.

very pretty in my 55 gallon fish tank think i may get a couple more love the color and look

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the price is great but it seems to be made of cheap material and had excess ends on numerous spots that i cut off. also the way it was packaged it came in kind of outta shape.

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Very neat decor for fish tank. Worth the money. With the green arm things moved but they still look neat.

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I bought this plant for my new cichlid tank and the fish love it.....the brilliant blue is awesome....and it looks exactly like the photo.

Large Glowing Effect Artificial Jellyfish for Aquarium Fish Tank Ornament

Lifelike, beautiful aquarium acessory will order more items from this vendor. Good customer service and love this aquarium decoration looking forward to new ideas.

Tentacles move around the in the water current from the filter and looks alive. Good purchase and would buy again

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Standard Upgraded Cup Tunze 9002

I have to clean this thing almost every day. It probably means i'm over feeding but its crazy amazing how much gunk this thing skims with my fuze 9002

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Jardin Aquarium Plastic Artificial Plants Fish Tank Décor, 10-Piece, Orange

These are nice for a bit of color in a tank. Small and sit on gravel with out having to be pushed in.

I like cheap plants because I throw out plants when they get covered in algae instead of trying to clean them. It is nice to find cheap in in price but not cheap looking plants. I plan to order these again.

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I've scoured plenty of stores in search of unique/fun flora for my daughters Bikini Bottom themed fishtank. I'm glad I went with these. First, the colors are awesome. Second, these are a good size and are weighted well. Finally, the price on this item made it a great value compared to what pet stores charge for artificial tank decor. We love it!!!

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it looks nice in my tank also provides a bunch of places for my fish to hide out and blend in.

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I bought these for my aquarium but they didn't stay long. They made the tank look really cheap and the colors seem odd. Don't waste the money.

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Adds color to the aquarium. Could be larger and have a heavier bass but, You get what you pay for.

Aqueon Tap Water Conditioner

I hate to say it, but some of these reviews just leave me shaking my head (no, this didn't kill your fish, and no, the review area of amazon isn't for reviewing a certain seller's packing method).

Anyways, I figured I should review this since the current review score on Amazon is really messed up right now. This product is great, I've used it now for a few years in all of my aquariums with all different types of fish.

Just to note, I've had several different bottles of the Aqueon conditioner, and I've used it in several different tanks (so no, I don't think I got some fluke bottle that for some reason worked better than what others stated).

My 50 gal cichlid tank does well with this product.

My 30 gal cichlid tank does well with this product.

My 20 gal community tank does well with this product.

My 10 gal betta tank does well with ths product.

My 5 gal guppy tank does well with this product.

(I've also had various betta tanks and whatnot over the past few years, and my sister has used this for both brackish and salt water tanks).

Anyways, I've tried this and other conditioners; I personally don't care for the Tetra conditioner, but I do think most of them work fairly well no matter the brand. However, using this conditioner, I've never had cloudy water, I've never head unusual death rates (most of my fish are several years old at this point, many living longer than average life expectancy). So, I don't think you can go wrong with this product; it may be slightly more in cost than the cheapest products out there, but it does work.

If your fish are dying, and you think it is due to this conditioner, I would urge you to re-analyze what the scenario is. Some people will have tap water that cannot be altered enough to be fish safe, even with conditioner, as there are several other particles to take into consideration (ph, iron and other metals being the most obvious concerns). Also, if you are concerned about high chlorine/metals in your water, it doesn't hurt to add more than the recommended dosage of the conditioner. I wouldn't go crazy and add half the bottle, but even so much as doubling the amount recommended shouldn't do any damage. It's a little hard to measure anyways, since the dosage is for 10 gal, but I don't know where people are getting 10 gal buckets at, I usually just use 5gal buckets for water change, and add what looks like a little over half of the 5ml dosage. You could add 5ml for every 2 buckets, but I like to add the conditioner first, then fill up the bucket so it gets nice and mixed with the water.

Anyways, my 2+ cents.

This is an excellent product and great price! I use this to add water to three different tanks so I needed a good qty of it and was able to find it through your site at a reasonable cost. Excellent!

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Fish are all still alive after a year so it must work fine! I never have a hard time keeping the tank clean either so I know it must help with the hard water and mineral deposits we have here.

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I very disappointed in the packaging for this item. It was not sealed and most of the contents leaked out and onto other items in the box. So I paid for a wet box and very little product.

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I guess this stuff works. I did a water change, and the fish seem to be fine, so it does work.

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Aqueon Tropical Flakes

This is my favorite brand, and I buy it regularly for my tropical fish. I like that it is an all natural product, that it has a very mild smell, and the fish go crazy when I feed them this food. I didn't realize there was much difference among brands, but my fish look great, their colors are bright and they are all a good weight.

They tend to live a long time, and I've not had a problem with illness or cloudy water for years. I recommend this fish food highly.

I have mollies in my tank, they like this Aqueon Tropical flakes. I would recommend this product and will buy again.

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Good price. Good food. Happy fish-feeder. Really--14 more words? Okay, no fish died in the writing of this review. Happy?

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This is one of my mainstays of fish food. In addition to these fish flakes, I also feed my tropical fish dried worms, algae tablets, ants, cucumbers and zucchini. I always feel that fish benefit from a variety of foods so I try my best to give them some variety. This is my mainstay because it's easy to feed and my fish like them a lot. It doesn't cloud the water and some flakes float and some sink. This is great because some fish like to feed the surface and some only feed on sinking flakes. Overall, I'm very satisfied with this product, and so are my fish!

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I love this for my fishes, but the only problem i have is I wish it were a bigger size.

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Blue Ribbon Pet Products ABLCB2014RD Wild Mountain Plant for Aquarium, Red

This aquarium plant is a nice addition to any fish tank.

Pro: The height is a great feature as many other aquarium plants are several inches shorter.

Con: The quality is not the best--obviously a piece of plastic sitting in our tank, but unless you go au-natural, that is what you are likely to get.

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R&J Enterprises Espresso Oak Empire Canopy for Glass Aquariums, 48.75" L X 18.5" X 10" H, 75/90/110

I ordered the stand and matching canopy and i love it!. The construction and quality is amazing! It is a solid piece built to last. It is beautifully decorated with the wood grain showing. This is worth the money!

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Marina Air Pump

Just got this air pump and set it up in my Fluval Edge. I wanted an air pump from a reputable manufacturer and (most importantly) that was quiet as can be. This air pump by Hagen fits the bill, especially on the quiet arena. My other aquarium is using a Tetra Whisper 10 air pump. I thought that was as silent as they come, that is until now. But hearing this Hagen Marina 75 in action, my Tetra Whisper is far from being a "whisper" and more like a lawnmower by relative comparison. Okay, I'm exaggerating a bit, but honestly, the Marina 75 is quiet and puts the Tetra Whisper to shame.

This Marina 75 air pump is quiet. Not silent, but very quiet. Quieter than all the rest, and I've tried all the brands. It puts out enough air for a small tank. After I got this one, I tried the 100, and it puts out a good deal more air and is very nearly as quiet as the 75--surprisingly so. So if you've got more than 20 gallons, go for the 100. Haven't tried the 200 yet, but I've got one on order.

UPDATE Aug 2012: All of these Marina air pumps get noisier over time. I've also broken the nipple on every single pump I've owned when I've tried to remove the air line. The 200 is not quiet from the start. Even so, I buy one every so often because they are cheap and most of them start out quiet. I get the 100 because I want the air. Originally I gave this product 5 stars. Now just 3.

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The quality is just not here material wise, the plastic nipples broke off 1st one after about 3 weeks the second after 5. they are recessed and had flexible airline attached, almost impossible to put any stress on them.

My guess is heat and poor quality plastic.

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Both plastic nipples that the air hose attaches to broke off so now can't be used at all. I had purchased it about 6 months ago.

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When this product first arrived, its performance blew my mind. It was silent and explosive, and my plants seemed to be thriving.

When the Amazon box first arrived, I took out the air pump, connected the airline, plugged it in and let it run. That was the last time I touched it.

Two weeks later, the air pump was still going strong but my plants were all dead. The two black nozzles where the (2 foot) airline connected were barely hanging on: snapped under the routine pressure of running 24/7.

From a previous (horrible) experience with an Aqua Culture air pump, I was already cautious about poor quality air pumps, so I made sure I connected the airline only once. There was no constant tugging or pulling on the plastic nozzles: I connected an airline once the first time it was plugged in.

The pump's longevity simply isn't there.

I uploaded a picture of the broken pump after 2 weeks:

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They can refund my money, but they can't refund my dead plants.

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Marineland Rite-Size Cartridge C, 1-Pack

Does the best job and it clears up water in minutes! I've been using these filter for 10 years now and all other filters just fall short.

These cartridges work great in my filter. The price was cheaper here than at other sites even buying bulk quantities. They arrived so quickly, that when my wife asked what was in the package, I told her I wasn't sure because I wasn't expecting anything for several days.

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Super Pet Large Play Mobile Vegetable Garden

my guinea pig's favorite things to chew are the simple brown paper bags or cardboard tubes and boxes. you can buy this as something cute for the cage but if your guinea pig tends not to have interest in the things you actually purchase just don't bother. he's had it for a couple months and i still get super stoked when i happen to see him chewing on it. it's rare. it's essentially very difficult to find a manufactured product that guinea pigs like more than those simple things.

The toy is a nice size but my Chinchilla ate the hanging part off within minutes so it just sat on a shelf while she consumed the rest of it.

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Coralife 08624 T5 Actinic Lamp, 6-Watt

I got this as a replacement bulb for my 3-gallon aquarium. The actinic bulb was just not bright enough for my tank. I've seen other actinic bulbs in use that were much brighter. Not worth the trouble of returning, but I took it right out after a couple of days. Perhaps if there were more than one bulb, it would have been sufficient...

I have been through 5 Coralife Mini Aqualight fixtures and the bulbs do not last more then a week or two. I have changed bulbs and fixtures. I would never use this product or recommend it to anyone.

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As this item was classified as a lamp, I thought it was going to be a lamp, as in the fixture you put the light bulbs in. Instead what I was sent was the bulb, pretty useless as I don't own the lamp that it goes in and don't care to spend $60 on a small fish light. This was definitely a case of false advertisement.

However, when I called the company and asked for a return or refund, they gave me a full refund and were very courteous.

For that reason alone they got three stars. I can't tell if the bulb is actually good or not because I didn't want to buy the bulb and have no where to test it. The company though is one I'd recommend as long as the buyer stays away from 'lamps'.

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Bonsai Tree on Rock with Silk Leaves Aquarium Ornament Decoration

It's not a bad piece of deco, but the leaves on the item are significantly darker than what's pictured, so it doesn't fit in as well with other items in our tank as we thought it would.

Loving Pets Argyle Bella Bowl for Pets, Small, 1-Pint, Pink

I wanted a metal bowl (with our hard well water, I figured metal would be easiest to keep clean). It's not a bright bright pink I think it's a little darker in tone that it looks in the picture, but I really like the look of it and I'm thinking of getting a second one for her food.

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Kent Marine Coral-Vite

Like us, corals and sessile inverts need vitamins. They can't really go around searching for them, so they need to get it from the water. A good reef salt will have micro vitamins, but if you have a lot of livestock, some elements could be depleted. I've found a vitamin supplement like this pays off.

I don't use it nearly as regularly as the bottle recommends. It's difficult to tell what the right amount is for your tank; it takes experience and intuition. I used to just dump a cap or two in whenever I thought about it. I'm trying to get a bit more scientific. I've started testing my Iodine levels. I've found that my iodine does get depleted rather rapidly after water-changes (with new Id-enriched salt). The rate is different than my Calcium or Magnesium levels, as is to be expected. By using Iodine as in indicator for vitamins in general, I'm trying to nail down just how much of this stuff I should be using. But I definitely recommend using it for healthy corals and sessile inverts!

There's nothing like dosing your aquarium with bright blue liquid that reminds you of windshield wiper cleaner. Coral-vite claims to be a product that provides the trace elements to your tank that coral really need to display their best colors, grow, and maintain good health. It does, but it doesn't do it better than other products and in the long run requires more work than alternatives that provide results just as good and in some cases better.

Using a block of Formula 28 (not listed on Amazon but in nearly every aquarium store in the States) will provide all the base nutrients in Coral-vite and it dissolves as needed in the tank. Simply drop in a block of the white chalk like substance and watch it fizz like an alkaseltzer in the water, slowly disappearing over the next week depending on your tanks specific needs. This is a huge boon; unlike Coral-vite which is a liquid dose, you can't overdo it with Formula 28.

Target feeding your coral with a little Liquid Life Cyclop-eeze Whole Freeze-Dried and a phytoplankton dose (such as those made by Kent Marine) with some meaty bits of your coral: oyster eggs, krill, et cetera will provide even better results than Coral-vite in regard to color and growth rate.

While this isn't a bad product, there are much better when it comes to making sure your coral have all their trace nutrients and minerals and it won't provide better growth. In the end it's not going to destroy your tank, and it comes with very helpful directions on the back of the container that we should all be familiar with in handling the life in our aquarium. I would suggest this for a cheap trick, but it won't serve your longterm needs and can actually be very worrying for a person new to saltwater reefkeeping, it's much easier to use too much and if you don't have the right tests you may not know whether you're actually hurting or helping your tank chemistry.

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tried it with caution, but after 2 weeks (dose/week) my coralline algae exploded, in growth and color. very impressed. zoas and palys also exploded in growth and improved color as well. impressive!

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Big Shrimpy Original Faux Suede Dog Bed Replacement Cover

The advertised color of the dog bed cover was clay. The one I received was black with gray cloth insert. I have bought several extra large dog beds. One had the zipper open the length of the end and side to help get the foam in. Another opened the length of one side and made it more difficult to put the foam in. The Big Shrimpy had a zipper on one end only. Trying to put a piece of foam for an extra large bed from the end is quite a task. I will never own another one.

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VIP Products Mighty Dolly Dolphin Ocean Dog Toy, Gray

Bought this for my 10 month old lab. It only lasted a few days (not continuous play as it didn't go in his crate with him, and he does have several other toys). Wasn't impressed as I was expecting this would last a lot longer due to it's durability rating and cost. Definitely not worth the money.

Would not recommend, my dog isn't even that strong and found a way to destroy this toy. Lasted maybe 2 weeks, was not a good value.

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My dog is a serious chewer, and this one lasted for three months, even leaving it in the crate with him. He gnawed off two of the fins a while ago, but today he went got the tail off, and all the stuffing started to come out. I took the stuffing out, and now he is shredding the outer layer.

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I got this toy almost a month ago for my 35lb border collie/pitbull who typically decimates any stuffed toy within days. She loves this thing and plays with it all the time and so far just the fins have been chewed up but the body is still intact. I'm super happy I bought this thing and will be getting her more Mighty dog toys in the future.

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My 3 old english sheepdogs have had this toy for over 2 months, and except for it being forever dirty (it is grey and white, after all), it looks like new! These dogs have a reputation for being hard on stuffed toys. They have a particular skill at playing tug of war with them. They've destroyed supposedly tough toys in less time than it will take you to read this review. This "mighty" dog toy is GREAT!

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DrTim's Aquatics First Defense Stress Relief & Immune Support for Saltwater Aquariums - 8 ounces

I've had bad luck in the past with acclimating new fish to my reef aquarium, so I thought i'd try this product for my next batch of fish. Before I had purchased the product, I bought 10 Chromis, 9 died in 1 week. Second week I bought 8 more Chromis, adding this product to the acclimation process, and they have been surviving for over a month now. So I believe this product works just as described.

Tip * turn off your skimmer for a day, or else it'll be foaming like crazy!

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