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fishbone · 11-05-2007, 01:38 PM

Wal-Mart stuff is overpriced crap IMO, I never trust all-inclusive kits. Also, avoid hex aquariums, they tend to have a small footprint, meaning they are tall more than they are long. Why don't you get an All-Glass-brand aquarium from your local fish store? I believe 5.5 gallon ones cost about $15 and 10 gallon ones $11 or so. A Tetra Whisper HOB filter and 50w heater will work just fine and are fairly inexpensive. I've been using their products for a year now and, knock on wood, no issues. Heater is around 12 bucks and filter is in the low $20s iirc. Pick up replacement media on Amazon.com, a pack of 6 pads and carbon will cost you about 15 bucks or so with shipping, not bad at all.

You know all the stuff about cycling an aquarium, right?

11-05-2007, 01:38 PM	#12
fishbone Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 414	Wal-Mart stuff is overpriced crap IMO, I never trust all-inclusive kits. Also, avoid hex aquariums, they tend to have a small footprint, meaning they are tall more than they are long. Why don't you get an All-Glass-brand aquarium from your local fish store? I believe 5.5 gallon ones cost about $15 and 10 gallon ones $11 or so. A Tetra Whisper HOB filter and 50w heater will work just fine and are fairly inexpensive. I've been using their products for a year now and, knock on wood, no issues. Heater is around 12 bucks and filter is in the low $20s iirc. Pick up replacement media on Amazon.com, a pack of 6 pads and carbon will cost you about 15 bucks or so with shipping, not bad at all. You know all the stuff about cycling an aquarium, right? __________________ My YouTube aquaria videos Last edited by fishbone; 11-05-2007 at 01:40 PM.