Showing posts with label fish aquarium game. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fish aquarium game. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2014

Lifegard Aquatics 2-Inch Standard Threaded Bulkhead

Lifegard Aquatics 2-Inch Standard Threaded BulkheadI purchased this "Threaded Bulkhead" for my above ground swimming pool plumbing needs. Although the bulk head is working, the only standard thing on it is that you can slip 2" pipe inside the back side of the fitting. The inside threads are designed for something other than 2" pipe thread and my local exclusive plumbing supply store, that has practically every conceivable type of pipe fitting on the planet, was baffled as to the thread spacing. If you don't need to attach any plumbing to the inside of whatever your using this bulk head on you'll be fine. If you're like me and need to attach more plumbing inside your tank / pool steer clear of this one... Unless you can get the non-standard threaded fitting from the same vendor! Just F.Y.I.

Well designed and good quality. I guess it is made in the USA. I can't get this at Home Depot. I love it.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Venus Laboratories CVEPN971306 Earth Friendly Cat Litter Additive, 2-Pound

Venus Laboratories CVEPN971306 Earth Friendly Cat Litter Additive, 2-PoundI have been using this product for about 2 months now. You sprinkle roughly 2 or 3 tablespoons of the fine powder over the litter and it does its magic. Our elderly kitty has Irritable Bowel Disease and suffers from chronic diarrhea. To encourage her to use the litter box instead of the carpet (!) as often as possible, I tried this litter treatment to keep the box a fresher place for her. It has helped eliminate odors certainly, and also seems to help the clumping litter clump more making box cleaning MUCH easier. Highly recommended.

This product made a remarkable difference for us. We have a small apartment with 2 cats. Litterbox in closet. We couldn't even survive without this stuff.

I tried at least 6 or 7 other deodorizers / additives, etc, and this is the only one that worked and it works well!!

There is not that horrible disinfectanty odor associated with it.

The cats didn't have a problem with it.

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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

AquaTop Pond UV Sterilizer Bio Pressurized Filter w/Pump PFS300UV

AquaTop Pond UV Sterilizer Bio Pressurized Filter w/Pump PFS300UVI give this 2 stars only because of Amazon's immediate order fulfilment, it was at our door the day after we ordered it.

Our 4500gph pondmaster filter sprung a leak and my wife suggested we try a couple of smaller filters.

This unit with UV light and pump appeared to be a good option. When this arrived I hooked it up to our pond waterfall and started the system, I expected about half the water flow we had from our other pump, however it didnt seem even close to that. I then read the packaging on the pump box and realized that although this is suppose to be an intergrated 2500 gallon system, the pump they provide delivers less than 1200 gallons. The filter has a maximium rating of 2.9 psi so we cant use our larger pump.

Bottom line is the system's capacity description is an outright lie

Also note that Aquatops guarantee is only 180 days and the UV lamp is not guaranteed at all

This product is great because it comes with everything needed to install, (pump, hoses, fittings, etc.) is easy to install, and does a great job once it is installed. It is also easy to clean and maintain. I highly recommend it.

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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Zoo Med Laboratories AZMBP21 Betta Plant Papaya

Zoo Med Laboratories AZMBP21 Betta Plant PapayaThe way u guys made the leaves my betta fish got his dorsal fin and anal fin ripped pretty bad. So I had to take it out n stick on the outside of his tank. Really nice plant but it will damage ur betta's fins.

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Sunday, September 28, 2014

PondCare Spring and Autumn Pellet Fish Food, 9 Ounce

PondCare Spring and Autumn Pellet Fish Food, 9 OunceThe goldfish in our pond like this food, although in comparison they go CRAZY for the summer version -PondCare 181B Summer Staple Koi Fish Food Premium Pellet, 41-Ounce -which I give them when the water's warmer. Read tje instructions on the bag to see when to feed each pellet type. Previous years we used a regular goldfish flake food, and always had algae problems (it never occurred to me there might be a different food for pond fish versus aquarium fish). I'm not sure if this food is what's helped so much this year, but we now have a crystal clear pond and apparently super happy fish. I know they're happy, because this year I could actually see them swimming!

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Auto Lock Gate White 26.5" - 40.5" x 29.5" by Cardinal

Auto Lock Gate White 26.5' - 40.5' x 29.5' by CardinalJust as a warning. This was purchased for a 13 year old child to use for school. When the backpack arrived, it was a very sturdy and well created backpack ... for a 5 year old!! The backpack is very small, very very small. Big enough for kindergarten school work but definately not big enough to fit a childs math book or notebook, or even for an adults back.

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Sunday, September 14, 2014

Fluval 4 Plus Carbon Pads, 4-Pack

Fluval 4 Plus Carbon Pads, 4-PackThese carbon filters really keep the water in my aquarium clear and free of particles. I recommend it to anyone that has a Fluval 4 underwater filter.

I have 2 of these filters in my 75G tank for my turtles and fish...they are working excellently at keeping my water clean and clear! They are a little hard to get apart to clean the sponges in the filter out, but all in all i reccomend!

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I value my Fluval filter because it does such a great job, but the foam inserts seem to do a better job. In addition, the foam can be re-used after cleaning.

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Thursday, September 4, 2014

Ecoxotic EcoPico Desktop Fish Aquarium, 5 galllon

Ecoxotic EcoPico Desktop Fish Aquarium, 5 galllonI was looking for a 5 gallon tank for my Betta that was stuck in a .8 gallon and getting fin rot due to my lack of education. Once I learned they needed at least a 5 gallon and filtered tank my search was on. I looked everywhere for the perfect tank, one that would be stylish but also meet all my needs. I decided to spend the extra money and purchase the EcoPico and am so glad I did. It is such a simple design and system that it took no time to put together. Given the wattage the LEDs put out I decided to try my luck (first timer) with live plants because I had also read that artificial plants can tear your fishes fins. My plants are growing great, I have even had to prune one of them back twice because it is growing so well. I have had my tank for almost two months now and my water test great every time. The filter is so quiet if I didn't see plants moving I wouldn't even know it was on. My only concern had been the turbulence of the water from the filter on my Betta. Since he wasn't used to swimming much he was getting thrown around a bit. I called the company and they suggested I lower the filter in the water and that has helped completely. He is now doing great and loves his new home. My only complaint I have is there is no on/off switch for the LEDs, so you have to just plug and unplug to turn on and off. Two fixes for this are a plug in switch or a plug in timer, I prefer the switch because I like to have the tank lit late sometimes when I am in the room but for someone with a steady schedule the timer would be the best thing.

**Update: I have now had my Ecopico for over a year now and my plants still look great. I am not very good with fish so I have lost a few in the beginning but I am improving. However, I want to comment on Ecoxotic. They are a great company to work with. Twice now I have had problems with my led, once was my fault when I plugged my laptop charger into the transformer and fried the leds. I even told them what I did and they still sent me a replacement free of charge.

I love the look of the tank and I'm even getting another one soon. I ordered from ecoxotic though. Anyway, the light it comes with is bluish...i upgraded the lights but i still don't like the lighting, so I put my ecoxotic module on top of that . Looks a little ghetto. I love the design, but in all reality, so much for just a glass tank...pricey. I guess what you can do is get another arm light and up the LEDs on it. I also replaced the filter (filter sucks) with a fluval mini internal filter. I still love the tank, I just wish i could order it without the blue light and the filter.... :/.

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I had been looking at aquariums for a while but couldn't decide which to get. A friend of mine gave me the EcoPico for a birthday present. BEST GIFT EVER! I set everything up, a nice cave, some gravel, 4 guppies and a pleco. About two months later, everything died. This may have been negligence on my part, after all I had no idea what I was doing, didn't realize I had to cycle my tank first, and I never looked inside the filter. Anyway, when cleaning up the casualties, I realized the filter was composed of a simple sponge! All mechanical. No chemical filtration was provided. I went out and bought some pantyhose, added some carbon, and some biomax...set everything up again (like 3 months later...I couldn't bare everything dying again so soon after)and the tank has been doing wonderfully since! The second time around, I still didn't know about cycling the tank but everything worked out anyway...I think I got lucky with my combination of plants and brackish water fish. Anyway, I give this tank 4 stars simply because a 5 star tank should provide everything you need for a healthy environment. Other than that though, this tank is amazing! Oh, and the filter may be small but it provides some very powerful pumping action! The lights bring out the colors of my fish (black gravel helps too) and I can never get enough of them! I can wake up and stare at the aquarium for hours without realizing. It's got a sleek design and looks very modern. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. I have youtube videos as well...just look up the ecopico. Key words include knight goby and neon blue dwarf gourami.

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I did not purchase this tank from Amazon, but from another private seller here in Chicago.

I wanted the cool looking small tank for one of my Betta males.

I already own 6.6 gallon Fluval Chi and wanted to keep the "theme" here.

The tank houses only 1 Betta male, few live plants and one Marimo Moss ball.

I LOVE the tank. There's nothing better looking than a glass aquarium.

The LED light is a great touch and a big help, if you want to have live plants. It does not produce any heat, so it's safe to leave it on for many hours.

The tank does come with a LID!

The only thing I had to fiddle with was the filter. It's a powerful little fella and it caused a bit of turmoil for my Betta guy. It took me few days of adjusting the media inside and to cover few intake holes to lower the current to minimum. The filter originally operates only with a sponge media inside, so I upgraded to one of those ACUREL pads they come in various types there's one with Carbon, then Ammonia reducer, Algae reducer, Nitrate control, etc. These pads are higher density, so they reduce the flow of the water inside the filter, plus Carbon adds the power to the filtration process.

I also wanted to keep the sleek look of the tank, so I put the black foil on the back side of the tank, so now the filter and my 50W heater are practically invisible behind the plants.

I uploaded some pictures of the tank and the filter.

The maintenance is extremely easy compared to my previous 95 gallon reef tank (or all my other tanks for that matter).

I have a bit of OCD, so I siphon out at least 25% of the water every 5-6 days, vacuum the poop from the gravel, wipe the water level marks, squeeze the Marimo moss ball, preen the plants and check the little cave for a slime build up (there's almost none). This all takes me only about 15 minutes since the tank is only 5 gallons. Then I put the pretreated fresh water in, check the water quality and that's it.

For the people, who don't want to spend even 15 minutes cleaning the tanks, here's my recommendation please do NOT buy ANY fish (+ tank). Fish are the living creatures and they DO NEED the continuous care.

I agree the cool nano tank or globe aquarium with few fishies looks great as a decoration, but so does the nice vase or a sculpture, that will be just fine without any maintenance.

To all reviewers saying the filter is good for nothing and that they had the problem with fish dying please note, that this is a 5 gallon NANO tank, so it's not really meant to house the whole schools of fish.

I don't know, what is wrong with all these people reviewing the tanks saying "The tank killed my fish. I did nothing wrong....it was the tank!"...and then you read they have at least 10-15 fish, frogs, etc inside.

The overstocked tank (even the well established one) will hold for a while, but it will eventually crash and develop some bacterial infection, or some other illness leading to the death of the inhabitants.

If you want to have gazillion fish, decorations and plants, please purchase 20 and up gallon tank instead.

These 3,4,5,6 gallon tanks are great, but there's a limited amount of fish you can put in there. Even the small fishies usually need the wider tanks, because of their swimming habits and mainly because they do the best in schools of 4 and more, so once again it will lead to overstocking the tank...

I also feel bad for all goldfish living in the small tanks, swimming frantically in never ending circles like these little insane creatures...

I used to have 95 gallon reef tank and needed to downsize after 8 years, so I aimed for a COOL & ELEGANT looking tank, that could be a part of my house décor. I did not really want the large "riverbed' of fish.

This tank is perfect for Betta (once you adjust the flow), also for those, who want to make these cool looking nano aquascapes and also for tiny reef nano with few shrimps.

The main point of my review is this Ecopico is a GREAT looking hip tank. I'm the second owner and so far there was no leak, no filter problems.

The only thing is, that I had to replace the LED strip after few months, but that's ok since I'm the second owner and the tank is few years old. LEDs are great and last for a long time, but not forever, especially if you like to have the light on the whole day.

I did not purchase the original replacement Ecopico LED strip though. I bought this flexible waterproof LED strip on ebay for $5 and hubby installed it to the original ecopico arm. It works just fine and it's even stronger, that the original one.

My advise to all beginners there is nothing wrong with most of the tanks. Please do not be discouraged by some reviews blaming the tanks for poisoning and such stuff. Unless the tank really has leaking issues or a history of a defective filtration, it should be just fine.

Also please do not expect the more expensive tanks to do the job by themselves you will still need to do your own adjustments and maintenance + RESEARCH. I can only suggest to do a really deep research to decide on what fish you would like to have in your tank beforehand and THEN to buy a tank. Please do not buy the tank first and overstock it later it will eventually lead to a catastrophy and a heartbreak.

Good luck to everyone :-)....and sorry for sounding harsh. I had no intention to attack others, just wanted to clear the waters for those, who are deciding on a purchase of the tank.

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Friday, July 11, 2014

Gulfstream Tropical AGU00035A Mag-Float Acrylic Aquarium Cleaner, Small

Gulfstream Tropical AGU00035A Mag-Float Acrylic Aquarium Cleaner, SmallAt 2.25" x 1.25", this magnet is perfect for small tanks. I use it in my 5 gal freshwater acrylic tank, and it does a good job of scrubbing the algae off without leaving any scratches behind.

You can leave these on/in the tank all the time, but I have 2 inquisitive little kids who like to play with magnets, so in between cleanings, I take the magnets off and store them on a shelf. These magnets are VERY strong, which is great because you can vigorously scrub with them and they won't lose contact with each other -and if they do, they float, so there's no need to reach down into the tank to retrieve the fallen piece! -but if you put them together outside of the tank, they will want to snap together ferociously, and woe is you if your finger pads happen to be in the way. So keep them away from kids!

Bottom line: If you need to get a magnetic cleaner for your fish tank, the Mag Float is the way to go because the magnets are strong, well-made, they float, and come in a nice compact size. I expect that I will not need to replace mine for as long as I have my tank, which makes it well worth the price.

I made sure that I ordered the acrylic one. I used it once, and it put really fine surface scratches in my Aqueon Mini-Bow acrylic tank.

The magnet function works well. If I had a glass tank, I'd recommend the glass version. But I don't think this is a good algae brush for an acrylic tank.

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Product seems good in theory. When I used it for a small portion of my tank to test it out, it did clean the area, but left lots of scratches on it. Can't use it. Now I have a $10 paper weight.

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I use my Mag Float 30 (small) for my 28-gallon acrylic hexagon reef aquarium. Acrylic hexagons are probably some of the hardest types of aquariums to clean especially if you try to use any of the long-handle, plastic scrubbers due to limited, top-clearance access. I still use my plastic-handle scrubber periodically, but the Mag Float helps me reach the areas that I cannot reach. I really like how the Mag float magnet floats to the top when separtated. Like the other reviewer stated, I cannot scrub the curved edges with the Mag Float. Despite what other reviewers have stated I have not encountered any scratches on my acrylic aquarium due to the use of the Mag Float. Works fine with me!

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I was skeptical and almost just bought an algae brush. I was surprised to find that this works great. The magnet is powerful enough that you can slip it around a corner on your tank and the inside half with disconnect and then float over to the next side of the take and reconnect.

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Saturday, June 14, 2014

Laguna Pressure-Flo 2100 UVC Filter

Laguna Pressure-Flo 2100 UVC Filterthe install was easy and the units work great in tandem easy to clean and backwash is a snap i wopuld recommend this to anyboby with the proper sized pond

After Hurricane Sandy blew through, our shaded pond became a full sun pond. The Laguna presuure -flo was the perfect solution. Our pond is crystal clear. I would definitely recommend it.

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Pond was full of a winter's worth of algae; hooked this filter up and in 3 days would not have ever suspected that the clear water used to be so green you could not see the fish inside the pond! Easy to hook up & easy to clean filters!

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Monday, June 2, 2014

API KH Carbonate Hardness Test Kit

API KH Carbonate Hardness Test Kitcheap and easy to use. reading are very easy to judge and is about as correct as several of the higher end test

Great kit...quick, easy, accurate, and very well priced. I definitely recommend this test kit for beginners or advanced reef keepers!

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I bought this for making 4dkh solution for my co2 drop checker.

Probably not the most accurate way to do it, but my plants and fish are doing great, so it must be good enough.

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Used this to estimate my aquarium CO2 change with a DIY yeast system. I can detect a change from an estimated less than 3ppm to about 15 with the jar of yeast mix is new. Preformed as expected and much like the other API test kits.

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Arrived very quickly, and as described. The only problem was that the package was squished, but nothing was damaged, so no other problems.

Friday, May 30, 2014

Aqueon 06093 Faucet Adaptor

Aqueon 06093 Faucet AdaptorI got this to hook up our water changing kit, but it did not fit our faucet. Also, this is the exact same adapter that is included with the water changing kit.

It seems like this is the first part to go bad on the Aqueon water changer, so it's nice they offer a replacement. Of course, if you'd rather just replace it once, rather than over and over again, look for a nice metal faucet to garden hose adapter at any hardware store -it's equivalent.

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It met my need. was easy to connect to faucet and then the tubing with the changer.didn't have to jerry rig.

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I bought this as a part for a different brand of pump, and it fits perfectly. This can be used on Lees Ultimate super pump and and python pump as well!

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Why sell an adapter designed identically like the adapter that comes with the water changer? What a ripoff. Save your time and money.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

T-4301SL: Finnex Low Iron Aquarium Kit - 4 Gallons, HOB Filter, Silver Light: Blue/White Bulb

T-4301SL: Finnex Low Iron Aquarium Kit - 4 Gallons, HOB Filter, Silver Light: Blue/White BulbThis is a nice tank as small tanks go. It's barely big enough for a betta in my opinion, but much better than a bowl. The quality of the glass is nice. However, my tank was not glued together quite straight, and had a slight wobble. It arrived with a small crack in the bottom edge that protruded, so I had to place it on a slab of cushy rubber to use it.

The light fixture looks good and does not stand out as much as I thought it would. However, the blue-white bulb burned out after just a few months of running 8 hrs/day. Also, any water touching the plastic light supports that sit over the tank edge will somehow wick up over the glass edge to drip down the outside, flooding whatever it sits on. You have to be careful not to fill the water too high.

The hob filter is adequate. Being a small filter, it clogs easily. However, as long as you keep it clean, it does a good job, and is pretty silent. I cushioned mine with silicone bumpers to reduce vibration on the tank.

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Como Coral Style Silicone Fish Tank Decor Aquarium Ornament Dark Pink

Como Coral Style Silicone Fish Tank Decor Aquarium Ornament Dark PinkBought this one and a larger one and both have been awesome additions to their tanks. The colors are intensely vibrant and have huge impact among greenery. Small fish and algae eaters love munching on the food particles that settle in, and I put one in my shrimp tank where it is equally popular. Cons: Expect slow shipping from mfr. And, since they're from China, soak and rinse carefully before putting in tanks. PROS: I was impressed by their quality. They don't quite pass for real anomenoes up close but actually look much realer than most of the colored plants now selling. They sink easily and sit stably on the bottoms. After 1-2 months submerged, they are as bright as the day they first went in. Can't beat it for the money, IMO.

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Red Sea Fish Pharm ARE50203 C-Skim 1800 Advanced Protein Skimmer for Aquarium

Red Sea Fish Pharm ARE50203 C-Skim 1800 Advanced Protein Skimmer for AquariumThis skimmer produces lots of microbubbles and great skim. The physical size is a bit larger than I had hoped, but it is understandable for the tank rating on the skimmer.

I did notice that if you restrict the airflow with the built-in valve, the aspiration pump gets extremely noisy. That said, don't try and run this skimmer with much more than a 450 gph pump. Any more and you will start to have water in your skimmer cup (this is not good) even if you have the return completely unrestricted. A 400-450 gph pump is recommended by the manufacturer.

For anyone who is concerned about leaks on with the aspiration pump, I have had none. I'll bet anyone who has failed to install the o-ring with the pump. (It is in a separate baggie with the pump)

I love the features automatic neck cleaner and the ability to remove the skimmer cup without shutting down the main pump. I always hated having to unplug my skimmer pump just to empty the cup.

All in all, it does what it is supposed to, but the aspiration pump is a bit louder than I had hoped for. If you are trying to make your setup as quiet as possible, this is not the skimmer for you. I will be putting my aspiration pump on a timer to get around the noise issue.

I have been in reef aquaria keeping for some time (20+ years) and have owned several skimmers. Each has its own needs as far as water input, cleaning and foam production levels inside the skimmer to be effective at skimming dissolved solids from your aquarium. But few are so simple as to plug the unit in connect two hoses and in few hours have a quality foam head.

I found the Red Sea 1800 skimmer worked perfectly from the moment I plugged it in and produced a foam head as good as reef octopus or ASM skimmers and far better than Aqua C or Beckett skimmers (note: Older tech which were great in there day) which require a large GPH pump to drive the unit for foam production.

Some of the items on the unit like the neck wash are a good idea but you will find they will not work well if your foam production is good. The neck will fill with so much waste material that it will cake the sides of the skimmer neck and it will not wash off easily depending on the height you set your foam head at. But the option to divert the water when you wish to remove the cup is very good and very useful.

Here is a breakdown of the pros and cons of this unit

Pros -

1. Exceptional foam production from the internal recirculation pump due to good air to water ratio

2. The need to purchase a large supply pump is not needed for the unit. You could supply the unit with less than the recommended supply and it will just spend more time in the unit getting skimmed more.

3. Unit is not hard to break down for cleaning

4. Very large collection cup. Even with a large amount of waist the cup will go 3-4 days before it fills on medium wet/dry foam. Also the cup is very easy to remove and secure back in place

5. Can be used in sump or external

Cons -

1. Unit is rather big, won't fit in small sumps. Just a thought here you could always build a container supplied by the overflow as an intermediate sump to contain the skimmer. This would always keep the skimmer level the same even when evaporation has lowered your true sump. But it might not look good depending how your setup is. I did this and also placed my GFO and Bio pellet unit inside.

2. Unit has a very small neck so if your water source level is in constant flux due to evaporation you may have issues keeping the foam head at the level you want.

3. Cleaning neck process is a good thought but does not work well in real life.

4. I thought the connection to the intake could have been a little better. I took the screw on connection off and placed a hose clamp on. You don't want this to come off or your whole tank could be on the floor.

5. Even if used in sump it will take another pump to supply water that is not supplied with the unit. This is an extra expense that some units that are comparable in skimming do not need but would be required on all recirculation skimmers whoever you buy from

6. Although I love the unit I would not feel comfortable running it on a 450 gallon aquarium no matter what it is stocked with. It just can't process enough water no matter what they say.

To finish I can't comment on Red Sea customer service but I can't see much need to contact them. A skimmer like this has only a few items that would go bad and all those parts are available from online web dealers. It's built solid and could probably take some abuse. The cons here were small issues that should be noted before purchase. On a regular size tank under say 250 gallons this unit should work well but is a little pricey since it needs another pump to run. If you can find it at a discount I would say absolutely buy but for the full asking price it's a stretch.

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Terrible product with terrible customer service. Purchased this product online for just under $400 with proper feeding pump and after complete set up, it never worked!!!! Called RedSea customer support 4 times and each time they told me the person I needed to talk to was in the "warehouse" and I needed to leave a message for them. Left a message four times and never had the call returned!! Don't waste your$$$$$

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

JBJ 3gal Picotope Aquarium

JBJ 3gal Picotope AquariumI love my little Pico Tank I have it set up as a Saltwater Reef The filtration was no where close to being enough I had to upgrade and also add a heater have easily spent over $200.00 on top of the cost of the tank. I would suggest 95% water changes every other week in this tank and daily top off as evaporation is about an inch a day if not more. So over all its a lot of work but well worth it for the over all look! The only thing I havent done yet is add LED lighting which Im starting to see is a must for my reef I will use it in combo with lighting that comes with the tank. I would say this tank is best used for fresh water.

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Friday, January 3, 2014

Max Chill Aquarium Chiller

1/10 HP Aquarium ChillerI use this chiller on my Ryunkin goldfish tank. The temperature used to get to 77 deg which is too hot for goldfish, this unit brought it down to a cool 71 degrees. The unit is so quiet, I was really suprised, the only annoying thing is if your using a controller it makes a beep everytime it starts up, I'm going to go inside of it and disable it. The front cover comes off pretty easily to change the filter but it exposes all the 120v wires and compressor in it is so if you have small kids and they pull it off it could be dangerous (just a thought). One more thing this unit uses 1/2 inch hose fittings and most of the pumps rated at the flow for this unit use 3/4 inch fittings, I used some pipe tape on the half inch hose and stuck it in the center of the outlet of the pump and it holds well. If your using this for coldwater fish this unit will run ALOT, unit runs 35 minutes per hour on my 25 gallon tank, i'm wondering if I should have ordered a bigger one. We'll see how long it lasts.

we got an axoltl and this works great to maintain the lower water temps for it to have a happy life..would recomend..our is in a 20 gallon tank

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Bought this "chiller" for my son's birthday he has a salt-water 50 gallon tank. He is raving over this product and his fish tank is gorgeous and healthy now.

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I purchased this for my 65 gallon tank that was running too hot due to pumps and lighting.

It works well and keeps the tank at the desired temperature. It does run the compressor most of the time. It is most certainly NOT silent (as another review stated), it is about as loud as a small refrigerator would be.

Hook up is very easy. I used the 5/8 inch fittings.

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this chiler is by far the best 1/4 horsepower chiller in the market it today has no problem keeping res temp at 64 with over a 100 gallons of water in a 88 degree room

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Hagen Marina Ecoscaper Lobelia Silk Plant Plant, 8-Inch

Hagen Marina Ecoscaper Lobelia Silk Plant Plant, 8-InchI have trouble finding plants that work well in a 1 gallon drum bowl. They are too tall, too short, or look terribly fake.

I was able to pull the stems through the bottom of the base, snip off the excess stem, and heat the plastic to reset the plant in the base. The plant is very thick and bushy so my betta can hide among the leaves or rest on the broad leaves near the top of the bowl. Yay!

I really like this plant even though I had reservations after I decided to order it.

The colors do not look as good or vivid as when it is out of the water but after you wash it and leave it in the tank for a few days it really starts to show how beautiful it is and how much color, life and dimension it gives to a tank.

The tints of burgundy at the tips and in parts of the roots really make the plant look alive almost and help with blending it with other colorful plants you might want to add to your tank.

I am very pleased with the quality as well although I would have liked to see the base a little heavier so that it can hold it self a little better under the gravel instead of having to place rocks or a lot of gravel on it so it can stay down.

The different shades of green also do not limit you to what other plants you can put in the tank because it almost has all the shades in it so blending is a breeze again.

I definitely recommend it and would buy it again.

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This plant is okay. Nothing spectacular, by any means, but it takes up some space in our 5-gallon tank and looks fine. The base doesn't seem extremely durable, but so far it has held up through being washed a few times. I do worry that the plants will separate eventually, but the price was low enough that it's fine.

It's not really soft, but it isn't rough enough to hurt our Betta fish. It is definitely light-weight, too, but we bury it in the rocks and it stays put. I would recommend this as a basic aquarium plant.

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Plant is small but has many leaves and very dense. It is very flexible and has many colors and detailed.

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Looks real and is a good forground plant. It even looks real out side of the tank. The leafs are thicker then most silk.

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Pennplax Aquarium Decoration Mirror-Back Double Background for 5/10-Gallon Tanks

Pennplax Aquarium Decoration Mirror-Back Double Background for 5/10-Gallon TanksNot worth the money I paid for it, maybe $1-$2 at the most. Tape strips off the metallic coating and you are left with an ugly, transparent film that you don't want anywhere near your aquarium.

Great service, I did order 2 of this to replace the ones on my fish tank, one of them arrived damage. So, I send a request of replacement and before I did sent broken one the send me right away a brand new one.

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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Petco 3" Aquarium Net for Brine Shrimp

Petco 3' Aquarium Net for Brine ShrimpI bought this at Petco in person. I use it for all of my fish because, since it's made for delicate brine shrimp, the net material is very fine and soft. This is good for all types of fish and prevents damaging their fins and scales when moving them. Most nets made for fish are quite rough, so I prefer this net.

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