Lee's Ultra GravelVac, Self-Start with Nozzle & Hose Clip - 5" Mini

I have 2 aquariums, one is 10 gallon and the other is 2 gallon. This works on both. I put it in the water and shake it gently a few times and the water goes up the tube no problem. Does a great job of cleaning out the gravel. No need to remove the fish, either. They just swam around while I worked. I even recommended it to my sister. I love it.

It's a siphon. If you want to siphon out water and clean the gunk out of your substrate, this is the tool to use. I use it on a ten gallon, and I like that it is simple and that it has a clip to keep it attached to the bucket. It's a less sloppy way of doing weekly water changes. Bad reviews on this guy seem to be user error.

Make sure you follow the rules of physics and that you keep an eye on the bucket, because when the siphon starts, the water flows quickly. When you are siphoning the gravel, push the rim of the cylinder straight down to the bottom of the tank like a cookie cutter. Don't move it side to side or you will disturb the sediment and make your tank temporarily cloudy and raise up toxic junk from the substrate.

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For it to be a 5" mini, you need to take the vaccuum part off which negates the lower water flow needed to clean a smaller nano tank. In the more detailed description it says it is 2.1"x6.5"x15.5." In real life, the end of the vacuum end is 3.5" across, not 2.1" and it stands 7" tall. Since it needs to be fully submerged to work, it will not work in my low-water level aquarium. Also, 3.5" across seemed a bit wide to manuever around all my plants well. Do not know how long the hose is since I did not open it. Seller gave quick and full refund incl. leaving a voice mail to let me know. Delivery was extremely fast. However, if I had known its true dimensions, I would have known it would not work for me and would not have ordered it in the beginning.

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I purchased this product to clean the gravel in my aquariums (I have 2 10 gal tanks). Even though it appears to be based on the simple practice of syphoning-it is very difficult to get the syphon to work. I tried several different methods (including the one on the package) and couldn't get it going. Instead I had a huge mess on my hands with water everywhere.

There are more complicated and higher priced syphons available. Perhaps one of these will work better. This one just doesn't work.

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Bubble-Wall® Air Diffusers for Aquariums

Its simple, cheap and looks great.

Word of advise, if you're going to cover it with gravel, make sure its properly stuck to the bottom or side glass. Otherwise it will get loose and it floats, so youll be digging gravel trying to get it reattached.

My Oscar's loved playing in the bubbles but since they are aggressive and large they kept pulling the tube out or the stone off the wall so I had to take it out of the tank. While it was in the tank it looked did good and they seemed to love swimming in the bubbles. So I give it a good rating because I think my problems where due to the Oscars size and aggression.

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These reviewers are not very bright. The Bubble Wall is the best of 4 different types I bought. The bubbles are fine and the whole 18" (two joined parts) bubble uniformly.

To avoid large bubbles one must place the suction cups on the end fittings (NOT on the actual bubble material. And joining the two pieces is easy if one takes a nail file and gently bevels the end.

I installed four of these with NONE of the issues other complainers wrote about.

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This wall looks very cool in the tank! My only suggestion is not to station the bubbler below the filter intake as it makes the filter system much louder when the bubbler is running.

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I bought the bubble wall for a great price and the delivery came on time with free super saver shipping by USPS. There is two rods made of a hard board like material (where the bubbles come out of) and a connector. I had a hard time keeping the ends connected together. Its almost like they don't fit in the connector and that's why I took a star away. It's holding together now, but barely, because if I push in too hard it might break. Other than that it looks great in my tank and my fish love swimming through the bubbles. It's a good deal worth buying.

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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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Penn Plax SpongeBob Aquarium Decorating Kit

Colors are not as bright and the background isn't suitable as a background for a fish tank. Items are a lot smaller as well.

My son loves spongebob and this really helped turn his small tank into his own creation. I would recommend this !

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It's good a little on the cheesy side. Great for a child's room. Best suited for a 20 gal tank.

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My little sister lives spongebob and now im getting her a fish tank for christmas with bikini bottom being the decor. Sooooo cute!! She will love it.

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the set is great. comes with a lot of neat stuff. the background is way too big for my 10 gal. tank, so I had to cut it waay down and it doesnt look so great now. and its just paper so dont let it get wet!! also one plant kept breaking off pieces when i was planting it in the gravel. but besides the minor issues the ceramic decor was great, my son will absolutely love it when he sees it!! i reccomend it for spongebob obsessed kids and their parents who like to see them happy!!

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Como 18 Inch Purple Plastic Fish Tank Plant Aquarium Grass Decor Ornament

tall plant, great for a large aquarium. Bright purple color brightens the tank. Ceramic weight is great to keep plant in place.

plant is a pretty purple and pink color,....but it seems hot glued at the joints and at the base...i suppose to keep it from falling apart.

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Looks great. I found that it was very well made (I didn't have issues with stems breaking off as the other reviewer did). It was a lot taller than I expected, would do great in a tall tank. I trimmed it down a bit for my 20 gallon and it looked awesome. :)

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Looks great, very tall. Only problem is that a few strands broke off from the base fairly quickly after putting it in the tank. Each time I have pulled it out for cleaning, a long strand has detached from the base. I glued them back in with some aquarium safe glue. Do yourself a favor if you have to have this and buy a tube of aquarium glue for repairs.

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Plane Wreck Aquarium Ornament

FINALLY AN ORNAMENT FOR MY SALTWATER TANK THAT IS DURABLE AND DOESN'T FADE LIKE THOSE CHEAP ORNAMENTS THAT YOU BUY AND JUST THROW AWAY AFTER ABOUT A MONTH.I LOVE THE COMPANY THAT MAKES THESE STURDY ORNAMENTS.I ORDERED THE 2 PIECE HUGE TITANIC 3 YEARS AGO AND IS STILL LIKE NEW FROM THE SAME COMPANY.IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR QUALITY THIS COMPANY IS THE WAY TO GO.PLEASE CONTINUE MAKING MORE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CUSTOMER FOR LIFE.KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK,THANK YOU SO MUCH.

We love our plane. Spidey, our first cichlid, claimed it and has not given it up to the next 4 cichlids that followed :-) He sleeps in there at night. We get lots of compliments.

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Aquatic Gardens Deluxe Plastic Aquarium With Lid, Large, Color:Blue

I really liked the tank, it was inexpensive, a decent size, very well put together, easy to clean, and got the job done! Very good all purpose caging.

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5Plus® Breeding Trap for Fish

Good product, has served me well with fry (I have over 50 platy's and guppies of

all sizes).

I personally never used the separator to separate 2 birthing fish, as the space is truly confining even for a small live bearing fish.

Instead what I did was place the breeding trap in a ten gallon tank (with no fish in it). Then I put several females in the breeding trap that were about to give birth (without any separators). So then, when the fry was born, they would fall out of the trap through the bottom slits and into the rest of the ten gallon.

The mothers were then removed and put back into their larger original aquarium.

The fry are thriving in the ten gallon and growing larger everyday.

For the price this is a great breeding trap.

Would recommend!

The parts in plastic float and get out of place. Fry goes trough holes. Not easy to manage when trying to fix to the border. But many Fry survive.

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There was no way to attach it to the inside of the tank. I had to let it sit at the bottom of the tank, but it kept rising to the top. Waste of money.

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Finnex 500-Watt Hang-On Electronic Controller Aquarium Heater, Titanium Tube, 100 to 120-Gallon

I had this heater for almost a year. It worked fine until it stopped. I've owned a lot of aquarium heaters over the years and I don't expect them to last forever but this one functioned for a shorter time than any of the others.

I'm not sure about the Heater. It failed in 4 months. But it was under warranty and I returned it and got a new one back in about a week.

We'll see how long the new one lasts.

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great heater which I use in my holding tank for koi which are new arrivals or under observation. It heats the water quickly and holds it at an even temperature. I would recommend. Amore's Koi Farm

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The description is a bit misleading because it sounds like you can set a temperature of 80F, and this unit will keep your tank in the 78-82 range. But this is just a heater with a rheostat, so it only pushes out heat, and does not measure the environment it is in. So if if the heat goes out in your house, the tank temperature will go down in tandem with the environmental temperature this unit will not crank up to compensate. I do not think it is a deficiency, since that's what you'd expect in this price range, but it can be misleading to someone putting together their first tank.

That minor complaint aside, the unit has been performing admirably. My previous heater was a 300W, this allows much faster correction of my 120G tank and 30G sump. Note that it comes with suction cups to hold onto the side of the tank, and those NEVER hold indefinitely. I would recommend building your own hanger system.

Bottom line this is a good general choice.

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Is a powerful heater, but like others have said, have to have mine set all the way up. Have it on a saltwater controller, and it still shuts down before keeping the water at 79 plus degrees. Not dependable, especially if you intend to use it on it's own. I'm going to remove/by-pass the thermostat and just let my Apex controller run it.

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Danner 12205 PM 100 and PM 200 Foam Replacement Pads

It's a piece of foam. I would just like to mention that this wasn't used for it's intended filter, but purchased as a pre-filter for a skimmer for a Nursery Pro Micro Pond kit. This foam filter worked exceptionally well in cleaning out the soupy algae mess in my pond (just wring out the filter often).

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Eheim AEH6401370 Aquastyle Aquarium, 6/24-Inch

What a great aquarium. I searched everywhere and looked at so many my head was spinning. Finally decided on the Nano. Comes with everything you need to get started but the fish, plants and gravel.

Perfect choice. Small footprint, filter works very well and is EZ to clean. Light height and placement is adjustable (also comes off easily when cleaning the tank). And the bonus ... the fish look a little magnified on the corners due to the curved glass.

I have the 6 gal. If I had to do it again I would go for the 9 gal. Not very much larger (maybe 1" wider, higher), and would hold more fish & plants.

Filters and media tough to find. Do a Google search. Wound up finding it at BBB online, not in store.

One negative: Comes with a glass top (yea). It rests on top BUT it comes with little plastic grippers that fall off fast, often, and get lost quick. I put tiny pieces of Velcro on each corner. Doesn't get near the fish (safe), works like a charm and not very visible.

If space is limited, you are OK with 5-6 fish and you want a standout aquarium this is a winner.

My tank looks gorgeous; most fun I've had in a long time. All fish & plants from Fishtown, Ramsey, NJ:

Got these b/c they add activity and don't count toward your fish count:

4 red shrimp (they are real characters with 10 pair of legs they swim wildly to the top, dangle from the plants and eat some of the food that falls to the bottom)

2 snails (keeps glass clean, take care to get snails not pre-disposed to multiply alot)

1 sucker (for algae, not a catfish, has a stripe on his back, don't remember the name, )

Fish:

(7 vs. 6 recommended for tank. 1extra b/c most are small and I'll likely lose 1)

2 honey gourami's (1.5" long but nice and wide so they stand out, grow to 2"+/-pretty yellow and orange)

2 fancy endlers (3/4", grow to about 1" max., elaborate tails)

1 blue endler (v. small, grows to 1", blue is hard to find)

1 unknown endler (v. small)

1 small black molly (small, grows to about 1")

Plants:

All live. Some float with long roots hanging down, 2 tall narrow swaying plants, 2 short wide leaf.

Other:

Natural gravel (small). A few small fun-shaped rocks I found in the garden (boil them first), and one big hollow black rock with holes for fish to swim in & out.

Watch out for rogue snails. I use a net to put fish in my tank, avoiding putting the store water in (don't want snail eggs again).

Have fun!!!

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Hagen Elite Air Pump for Aquarium - 110 V

You know some things are not built to last, but this brand pump gets 5 STARS! We have had these for 12-15 years and they still work flawlessly just as they did the day we purchased them. Actually, we might have a few older than that, but it's been so long I can't remember. WISE INVESTMENT!

I bought this pump back in May 2010 my aquarium is I believe to be about 40 gallons may be a little larger I use two airiator wands in this aquarium, this little pump I thought might not be big enough to supply enough air but it does a very good job it does as good as my old pump that was much bigger the only problem with it is that does vibrate pretty much but if you set it on a piece of cardboard or something similar it works quite well overall for the money it is a really great deal.

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I purchased numerous elite 800 pumps.Most work great for awhile.Then most slowly lose power and than dont't work at all, no humming or air output.A few last but not many

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These air pumps have worked exceptionally well in our instruments for well over a decade.

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Bought this to make compost tea in a 5 gallon bucket. I might have a defective unit because it won't make bubbles unless the end of the tubing is less than 1/2 inch from water surface. I noticed on the pump it has only 2.5 psi.

Ace Photo Digital shipped promptly and for free, so this is not a knock on them, but the two stars is for the product which did not perform as expected.

EDIT:

OK, my error. I had used a hose that did not seat properly. With the correctly sized hose this little pump worked great and percolated my compost tea in two days.

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SeaClear Eclipse 3 Compatible Aquarium

Save yourself some annoyance...what they need to say is that you will constantly have water dripping down the sides of your tank due to condensation build up under the Eclipse Hood. Normally that is not a big deal, but since the Eclipse does not seat very well on top it allows for constant dripping.

Marineland will question how long you have had your tank lights on, but since its the same as when I had a glass tank that should not be a big deal.

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Sunken Car Wreck Aquarium Decorations

The product came very fast (days before it was expected) and was exactly as described. Looks great in my son's fish tank, goes great with the race car theme in his room.

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Como Fish Tank Aquarium Water-level Alarm Warner Annunciator

It worked OK for a couple of weeks but it starting giving false alarms and sometimes it sounds in the middle of the night without any reason. I ended up disconnecting it most of the time. I would not buy this again

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Mr. Aqua Hardwood Stand for 12-Inch Cube Aquarium

I bought this set up from craigslist because Amazon did not have this set up at the time.... It was never used and I am very impressesed with the stand and the aquarium if you get it from Mr. Aqua, I have different sized tanks from 125, 72 bow, 36 bow, two tens, and this little master piece. I have had it for a year and havent began the process of hooking it all up yet due to how much money I am wanting to use setting it up... Lilly pipes are a must and basically only work for an eheim, ADA soil, the perfect hardscape to do a Japanese traditional layout with nothing but HC; baby tears. All that is easy to figure out but I have always had a problem finding the perfect lighting for it with how high to put it to get the right PAR and then the light being a clean and crisp to not take away from the tank. Please email me if any comments or concerns or help with what I am planning, thanks! james.parrott@afg.usmc.mil

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Marina Goldfish Kit UL - Purple - Medium

I got this tank with a betta in mind, and it works perfectly for that purpose. I have no complaints at all about the tank itself--but I do want to give some warnings. A goldfish needs more along the lines of 10 gallons per fish, not 2.65. A betta however will be just fine in this tank. The problem with most fish kits is that they are never big enough for the fish they're made for. Goldfish also need way more filtration, and I will warn you that the filter that comes with this kit is pretty much useless. However, anyone looking for a good, simple betta tank should do absolutely great with this one. Although I haven't tried it myself, the 1.77 gallon variety of this tank would probably be fine too. I'd also recommend getting your own gravel and plant, the gravel is far too cheap and rough, and the silk plant had strings coming off of it that would either float to the top or come dangerously close to getting tangled onto my fish.

This review seems incredibly negative, but believe me, I love the tank and it deserves the four stars--it's just the premise of the kit and the bundled accessories that aren't worth your time. I like it far better than any other similar plastic tanks, and betta kits are the smallest pieces of junk ever. With a little extra effort, you will have no problems keeping a smaller individual fish in this tank. Just please don't try to cram a goldfish into this thing.

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Marina Hang-On Breeding Box, Large

I've been using this box for my young angelfish fry for a little over a week. The accompanying instructions were easy to follow. The parts fit together very well. One needs only an air pump and tubing to set it up. By adjusting the air flow with the supplied airline tube screw the outflow water stream can be adjusted down to slow dribble so the fry aren't sucked out. There are two sizes of grates for the outflow (I'm using the narrower slotted one for now). Even as slow as I currently have the water flow, the water temperature has been stable, and the water has stayed much cleaner than I expected it would. I am satisfied with this product.

It looks great but I have been unable to use it as of now because I did not realize that, for 1) the box does not allow for you to have a lid on your aquarium and I have to keep a lid on my aquarium at all times. And 2) The large box it too big to hang off the side of my 10 gal tank which is where I planned on putting and using it.

So over all the box looks like it will be a great breeder box if you keep in mind that it is too large for the side of a 10 gal and that you can not use a lid on the main aquarium when using the breeder box.

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I bought this HO box to act as a mini refugium for my 10 gallon tank. I keep some fast growing plants in it I have had zero measurable nitrates since I got it. This box is designed to use a bubble lift to pull in water from the tank. This works ok but it creates a pretty loud gurgling noise and does not end up not moving much water. I like the noise and the water flow is adequate for my purposes but I don't think I would keep more than two or three small fish in it.

I would definitely NOT keep even one clown fish in this box unless it was hooked up to a powerhead. It would be easy to hook it up to a pump with some 1/2 inch tubing. This would really get the water moving. If you plan on using this as a breeding box I would strongly encourage you to be ready to do that.

The plastic is sturdy enough that I'm comfortable moving it around. It comes with a cover with a small hole in it held on by two very small slide clips. I lost one immediately but just using one is working well.

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normally i keep a fry tank for moving fry into when they're first born, but it had a chemical imbalance that forced me to take the tank down a month ago. when my angelfish pair spawned last week, i thought i would let them try to raise the fry on their own for the first week to see what kind of parents they would make. i didn't want to set up the other fry tank because i assumed the parents were going to eat the fry and that would be it, but the parents turned out to be amazing caretakers!

the angels are in a community tank, so i put in a divider to keep the other fish away from the eggs. now the fry are starting to swim, and they can get around the divider and into the hungry mouths of the other inhabitants. this left me scrambling for a container to put the fry into. i quickly scanned amazon to see what kinds of options there were with prime shipping. this hang-on box struck me as the perfect tool, so i quickly ordered one up. prime shipping had it here in less than 48 hours.

this box is made for these situations, pure and simple. the fry are thriving in the same environment they were raised in for their first week of life, but are protected from all the other fish in a way that no net breeder can provide. i can control feeding much better than inside a larger tank. i don't have to worry about keeping another tank up and running between fry batches. and the tank is very customizable to fit most standard setups.

to keep the fry from slipping out the outflow, i used the included small grate cover and wrapped it in a wide sheer plastic ribbon. water flows through just fine, but the ribbon blocks the fry and any other particulate from entering into the main tank. the airflow pump is a bit noisy, but if you already own an aquarium, you're used to that.

this box is EXACTLY what i needed.

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works great for my fry Would Recommend simple and ez to use. one thing i kept trying to find when buying was how far it hung off the tank i wanted to put it in back like a filter it hangs 4 inches so you will need 4 inches of clearance to hang it off the back of a tank against the wall

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