biOrb Ceramic Media - 2 lb. Bag

This ceramic media is attractive and allows easy water flow for the biOrb filter. It supposedly allows bacteria to grow and maintain water quality and clarity but I didn't see this. It is quite expensive but appears to be very durable so it will last quite a while.

these rocks paired with stress zyme have totally cleared up my new betta tank. I thought i would never get it to be completely clear. But very glad this worked out for me and my fish!

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I had bought some of this product years ago and use it in my canister filter for my freshwater aquarium. It hasn't broken down so I continue to use it. I love the look of it as it looks like saltwater live rock (but is a lot lighter kinda like lava rock). Biologically it probably works about as good as ceramic noodles or similar. I add bacteria every once in awhile to keep up the growth levels.

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Exactly what needed for my Bio orb. I like it, my fish like it, everyone is happy! Stones are large, but they look nice.

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The baby biorb does not include enough ceramic media. on a different note, i look of the product and i reccomend this not only for biorb products but other tanks as well

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Marina Decor Polyresin Cave, Small

Update.The Fluval Spec was damaged and was way too small. We bought a 5 gallon aquarium kit locally. The small cave works great. The betta loves it. There has been no fading or chipping or coloring of the water. A great item still.

We just received this cave and it's pretty cool. We haven't received the aquarium yet so I can only comment on the dry cave itself.

The plants were bent from being in the shipping box. A few minutes with the hot setting on my hair dryer fixed that. They are not silk, but a very soft plastic. I see no problem with our betta tearing his fins on it.

The cave is made of very thick resin and it is heavy for its size. The plants are removable if you don't like them. We will leave them on. The bottom is open so placing it should be no problem. The inside of the cave is black to provide a better refuge.

It's relatively large to be labeled as small, but the medium and large versions are huge. The measurements were provided on the Amazon item page so it wasn't a surprise.

This one will be going in a Fluval Spec and it looks to be a perfect fit with a couple 8" silk plants behind it.

I haven't seen any better in this size and price range and we did a great deal of shopping before ordering our new aquarium and equipment. As always, Amazon is a great place to shop.

Good quality material, my Betta loves it! One of the leave snapped off pretty easily during the first washing of it though, but it's not really a big deal. Unlike the other reviews, this item will not cloud your tank. The 'clouding' people experience is due to a bacterial bloom, and can happen when cleaning your tank and adding new water. It clears up in about a week or so, which is why when the reviewer removed the cave days later the cloudiness seemed to go away with the removal of the cave. I'd definitely recommend this to fish lovers though! It looks nice, arrived bubbled wrapped and all, perfect condition, and the fish was in it just hours after putting it in the tank.

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Perfect size for 2 gallon or larger tanks, fits in with my zen decor and my bettas absolutely love hiding in the caves!

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My mom has African clawed frogs, the big ones not the mini's. They love to have privacy and hide during the day. These are great, I bought 2 one for each frog. We have them in a 29 gallon tall tank with a big piece of driftwood and some other small plants and there is still plenty of room. They are quite durable and have no chips or paint loss, and there are easy to wash too. I plan on buying a few more for my fish tank for the shy fishies in there.

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My betta is in a 3 gallon tank which gets one water change a week. The next day after adding the cave, the water was very cloudy. I changed the water and cleaned the cave thoroughly with just water, put it back in and the next day the water was cloudy again. Took the cave out, changed water and now the water is clear three days later. I don't know why the cave is clouding the water and if it's harmful to my fish, but I won't be using it again.

Edited to add: The plastic plant is WAY too sharp for any fish and I removed it as soon as I took it out of the box.

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Jardin Plastic Aquarium Fish Tank One Way Air Check Valves, 2-Piece, Clear Black

These are cheap check valves. They seem to do the job so far but i wouldn't bet new carpet on it. Fair price for the product.

Seem to work fine and apparantly do not inerfere with air flow. We'll see if they work when the pump fails or a hose becomes detached. I am pleased.

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its a 2 pack and works as thay said.it has a arrow on it to show the flow.that is helpful.would buy more if i need them.

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I would definitely not recommend these check valves. I was looking for one to use in my CO2 injection system for my fishtank. The only options were $15 for a brass one or about $3 for two plastic ones, so I decided to try the cheap ones. After just the first night there was a fair amount of water that made it past the valve. They may work well for applications when there is gas (whether it be CO2 or just air from an air pump) going through the valve at all times, but if there will be times when there isn't, then I would look for something of better quality.

I gave it two stars because it IS cheap, so I sort of should have expected the outcome.

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Carib Sea Super Natural - Tropic Isle Marine Sand Fresh or Saltwater 20 lb

I had gravel as many fish owners started with. But, I went sand and I will never go back. Especially with THIS sand! It's so beautiful and fine, my fish love it and even though it is a very 'dusty' sand if you rinse it off first, it's perfect. It's so easy to clean. My loaches, guppies, and betas adore it. Not to mention Xmas moss and java moss LOOOOOVE it. Hornwort works well in it, too.

However, with every pro there is a con.

It's sand. Twenty pounds of sand that you are playing 17 dollars for when you can buy a very high quality sand like this in the pool section of your local store. I think it's way too high priced!

We wanted a bright white sand for our new aquarium and decided to go with this one. I'm so glad we did! It's very fine, and a beautiful white color. Since it is so fine, I was worried that it might stir up easily, but it's been perfect in our aquarium. We have a 15 gallon tank, about one foot square, so the 20 lbs gave us 2-3 inches of sand on the bottom. I think if you've got a more traditional shaped tank you'll need more than one bag.

One thing to keep in mind is that the sand won't be as white once it's wet. I was dissapointed when I rinsed it and it turned to a light cream color. It's not a flaw in the sand, I just didn't think about how sand changes color when wet, so I wanted to toss it in for people to keep in mind. With the light on in the tank, this sand still looks white, much whiter than any sand that we could have bought at a local store.

It's a little pricey, but we're going to look at the tank every day. The extra cost was worth it to love how the aquarium looks!

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Coralife 76000 Pure-Flo II 24-Gallon Per Day 3 Stage System

It works great and after some tinkering, doesn't leak.

BIG issue and the one that cost it a star is the adapter included to attach to a sink is useless. It will pop out under the smallest amount of water pressure and lose its threading. A five dollar part from Lowe's fixed the problem. When you go to your hardware store (and you will if you buy this unit) ask for an attachment to hook up a garden hose to your faucet. Take the cheapo one with you and you can test it in the sample adapter display these places have.

If you don't have any on hand, pick up some teflon tape and redo all the seals into which the colored hoses enter. Your floor will be glad you did.

Worthwhile but requires some tinkering to get it going.

We purchased this unit to supply clean water for a 75 gallon salt tank. I didn't try to hook this up to the kitchen faucet as it was going into the basement and dumping out into a food grade trash can. The unit was easy to install and worked properly right out of the box. Although this filter is not 'graded' for food quality I had to taste it! It actually tasted good, better than bottled water and much less TDS (total dissolved solids). My brother had just purchased a RO unit for his house that hooked up to the faucet, it too was a three stage but he paid over 500 without a extra reservoir tank. He brought some of his filtered water over to my house and we compared TDS with a calibrated meter, his was 0.74 and ours tested at 0.09. He agreed that ours even tasted better but again, I don't think its rated or designed for drinking? Either way, we have been drinking from it (filling 5 gallon water jugs) for over a year now and its been the best 130 bucks we have spent. No, we don't drink out of the garbage can, I just swap out 5 gallon drinking jugs and the garbage can is used to fill the fish tank.

For those that have never used a RO unit before, just be aware that it takes about 3 gallons of tap water to make 1 gallon of clean. Not complaining just don't freak out when you get your first water bill!

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We got tired of buying plastic jug after plastic jug of distilled water for our acquaria and got this instead. It may be a while before this thing pays off but at least we don't go thru a land fill worth worth of plastic jugs. It was simple to set up and works exactly as advertised. We did need to replace the washer used for the faucet attachment with a softer one, courtesy of our plumber.

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Great RO unit for the price.

BUT...

I almost thought I would have to return it because I could not for the life of me find a way to attach it to a sink without a MASSIVE amount of leakage... Finally I found that it fit on the garden hose faucet.

I really wish I could attach this to one of my sinks inside, its gets really annoying to attach and un-attach the unit every time I need to make RO water.

Maybe one day I'll be able to find a piece to attach this unit to my sink without a problem. For now I'll just have to deal with trudging this thing once a week indoors and out. Good thing I don't live in a snowy place lol.

***If anyone reading this review HAS found such a piece please send an email my way :) ***

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Pure-Flo II RO Unit TFC 2 Canister 24 gpd The quality of this item exceeded my expectations and performs great. An RO unit works better the more it is used, so don't make the mistake of spending more for a higher production unit only to have to replace components for lack of use. With very little planning, this unit provides plenty of water for my 72 gallon aquarium.

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Penn Plax Enchanted Castle Aquarium Ornament

I got this castle for my one gallon Betta fish tank, I chose the smallest size and when I put it in the water it took up a lot of room and freaked out my fish. But it will defiantly look good in a bigger tank and is well made.

So ok I've gone off the deep end. But this is one in a whole series of aquarium decorations I've purchased, and this one , I find, is the bestthe most sturdily constructed, artfully decorated and architecturally challenging and comforting to the betta. It fits into the awkward hole in the fluval tank. Recommend highly for 6 gallon tanks and bored fish. I will be searching the listings for more decorations of this quality for the other betta's tank.

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Our fish loves this. He's always hiding out or sleeping in there. Great.

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