Big Fish Tank Sale : biUbe Aquarium with Halogen Light, Black, 9 ...
My advice if you want this tank, is to start very slow and take several days to allow the tank to cultivate the beneficial environment. The set up was quick and easy (By the way, the light kit or other available accessories plug into the small airpump that came with it as it is also a transformer (only a problem when the airpump eventally dies like they all seem to do in time). The people at the fish store told me I could put 5 or more fish in the 9 gallon tank. The only thing I've not been as thrilled with is the plastic-esque stand is not as nice as it appears in pictures and pretty expensive for what it is. In fact its almost too short for my liking and the design of 2 flat boards and a metal tube as... I bought my own round tables from a local store versus getting the Biube/orb stands as I read reviews that they are not worth it. My tanks are beautiful and have added a very cool element to my living room. The tank is very cool, but I'm having a carpenter build a nicer looking stand to showcase my fish. I ended up returning it. I next went to the most reputable aquarium store in the area and had them build up an aquarium with the same specs as this one. The round shape only makes things worse - it tends to magnify the heater when looking at the thing from the front. Along with the three power cables dangling off the back, an air cable also needs to dangle out there. In an all in one unit like this why not have a single power cable into the head unit - that would have been sleak. Again you don't see this in the picture - a much better design would have been to build the airpump and air cable into the top peice of this unit. I am a very lazy pet owner and hate maintaining fish tanks which is what made me consider this one. There are the cords for the tank itself and then for the most part, you will need a heater which is never displayed in pictures and a thermometer. With just a little more effort this could have been an artful design - but the company skimped and it's really just a plain aquarium with some accessories in the box. Wait to put in the fish in and DON'T OVER CROWD THIS TANK. I have had a hard time hiding all the cords, but other then that, I am very please with my tanks. The pump on this thing is loud, as we found out there are much quiter pumps than the one that ships in the box. Also it would be nice to have some storage areas in the stand as there is no shelf or compartment or anything to hide the airpump or store extra filters, supplies and fish food. I am new to this whole fish thing and struggled my first three weeks with high ammonia levels. I only put three large oranda's in and I still think this tank is over crowded. I've only had it set up for a week but I've already gotten tons of compliments on it and my fish are still swimming. They skimped - a better design would have been a built-in sleak heater along the bottom of the unit. You need a (not included) heater in order to keep the fish in this picture. I think that it is possible to make a more artfully designed aquarium, but the biUbe doesn't come close. No fish died but I felt at first I had to really watch it. almost to the point of obsession. The picture on the cover of the box certainly makes one think this as well. Also, it is hard to find the accessories to the biUbe tank. With the addition of the heater there are now 3 power cables running behind the aquarium. 3 power cables does not equal elegant design....