Marina Style Deluxe Aquarium Kit

We bought this as a first aquarium for our household. All of the parts included have worked great, and the instruction book has been really helpful, from the set-up to the adding of fish. The bottle of starter is only enough to treat the aquarium once though, so you might want to order a second bottle (the stuff that adds the beneficial bacteria) for water changes.

There is no heater included either, so if you want to do anything other than goldfish you'll need to buy one. They aren't very expensive, so it's not a big deal, but I wish I had realized that before.

Like other reviewers have stated my tank arrive completely shattered. One entire side of the tank glass was in tiny pieces. As others said the box was packed in a box much bigger and just a tiny bit of brown paper so I suspect it has rattled around quite a bit. When the package arrived I immediately requested a replacement online. This was a very easy process and took just a few minutes. The next day UPS arrived with a new tank and picked up the broken one (I am a Prime customer so I don't know if this is the case with non-prime members). Though this tank was packaged the exact same way it was completely intact. It was a bit frustrating to have to change the tanks out but it only set me back one day and about 5 minutes so I can't complain too much.

I really like the tank. I completely admit I know very little about fish tanks or fish in general. We have my daughter's 2 goldfish living in the tank (they were in a 3 gallon tank previously so they got quite an upgrade to 20 gallons) and do very little other than feeding and changing water. The filter seems to work fine for us, keeping the water nice and clean. We used the bacterial agent that came with the tank and have purchased more as it does seem to help keep the water clear. The instruction guide was nice to have because I knew nothing about fish and would have just set up the tank and thrown the fish in. Hopefully I have limited their suffering by learning a bit more about their care from this guide.

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The packaging on this item was horrible. It was shipped with absolutely no protection, not even packing paper. That's right ... just a glass aquarium (or what was left of it), with all the accessories thrown inside, in a box. No wonder it arrived shattered. I understand there is a risk when ordering breakable items online, but this was just careless. It was also dangerous to my children, who (excited about their new fish pet) were opening the package with me, until tiny glass shards started raining down and I had to shoo them away. This experience was a great reminder that some things are best purchased locally.

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I didn't rate this at 5 Stars because the box was really beat up that the actual aquarium was in. My aquarium didn't arrive shattered. I have it up and running right now and am really love it. The motor on the filter is super quiet and I had to look to see if it was even working. I love that there is a protective coating on the switch to turn the light on. The only thing I didn't like was that the aquarium glasses are not perfectly put together. I was scared about this until I looked online and saw that there is some shifting after the pieces of glass are glued together. I will update this if I have anything else to say. I have yet to add my plants, fish and shrimp. I am doing a bit of fishless cycling but the book says that I don't have to because it comes with beneficial bacteria. The book that it comes with is AMAZINGLY BENEFICIAL! This is a perfect starter aquarium because it comes with everything! I was worried about it arriving shattered and ordering online and it arrived fine. Will update with some pics after I get it all set up.

Update: Returning the product and don't recommend purchasing it. The lightbulb smells like it's burning the plastic. The filter doesn't do a great job because my aquarium is still cloudy from when I put the substrate in and it's now day 4. It seems that the non-perfect walls that I talked before shifted somewhat. I immediately emptied it because I thought it was going to start leaking. I'm returning it and I don't even know if it will make it back to Amazon in one piece since the packaging is horrible. I'm very unhappy with this product and don't advise others to make the same mistake of purchasing it. From pictures it looks great and it really does have the ability to be great. Packaging and cheap quality products are what make it junk.

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This tank was the best deal ever. got it quick and my fish love it. love the hood configuration as well as the filter. it is so quiet.

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