JPL

Life within design.

Stunning!

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Anyone got one? I was wondering what the maintenance on them was like? States 1 hour per month.... 1 hour doing what?

Jamz3k

No my cup of tea. Looks like something a new Mini driver would buy.

dpb

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Jamie

JPL Feeding cleaning ?

David Lock

I have never seen one of these but, with due respect, the smaller ones seem designed for a kid's bedroom although I wouldn't give the fish a long life.

To answer your question maintenance would be roughly the same as any other aquarium i.e. checking the water quality with a small water change, changing/cleaning the filter material. cleaning the glass and gravel etc. Much will depend on what fish you have but 1 hour per month is optimistic. The shape is wrong for ideal fish welfare and you would need to see it when it has all the electrical bits plugged in as I can envisage a load of ugly wires trailing over the side.

If you are looking for a good looking aquarium then take a look at the Juwell range as an example. Don't try the marine stuff unless you know what you are doing and have lots of dosh.

dl

JPL

LOL! Nice comments!

I want it in my new kitchen. I think it's spangly and it brings out the feminine side of my beer bellied man exterior.

Further comments welcome, including how you clean the f*cker.

Clarebabes

I had one of the orb ones. Very difficult to keep the fish alive as tiny changes in water quality will be amplified in a little tank. Another thumbs up for Juwel, we have a Rio 125 in our sitting room, but would be too big for a kitchen.

Also, where are you going to put it? I would imagine that in a kitchen that the temperatures would fluctuate, plus cooking steam could be an issue. I certainly don't think I would want one in mine, more of a living room thing really...

JPL

It's a big kitchen/diner,steam would not affect it IMO.

Ah well... I liked the look of it and wanted opinions. Thanks.

boomer

I saw a Fluval Edge in my local Dobbies Garden World, and it looks uber-cool.

Dunno if it is any good for fish, but the design is fantastic

mb

fatscoobfella1

iTrader: (1)

We have a Biorb 60ltr aquarium for about 5yrs now.

In the beginning it was a nightmare as it went through nitrogen cycle.The algae build up was excessive and we couldnt do much with it.Was just a matter of testing and waiting for the cycle to finish..

We have it in our kitchen now,and its been supurb since.You need to change the filter and 1/3 of the water every month.But once done it pretty much looks after itself.Remember you can only really have small fish in these tanks,nothing bigger than a dwarf gourami.
We have a Neons and Danio's in ours and they thrive.We have 10 in overall... I wouldnt go for anymore than that..

There are some great Biorb forums about,have a read up..

One thing i would say,if you can get the LED lights for the "life",get them..So much better than the halogens..

Oh....set up and dont even think of putting any fish in for at least 4 weeks..Water temp wont flucuate in the kitchen,dont worry about that..

I take it your thinking of tropical ?

Gymbal

We had one gave it away, kept going green, as was in direct sunlight...... Friends we gave it to had it out of sunlight and seemed to work fine.....

Hysteria1983

Well, I currently have a 30litre biorb. It's the classic shape though, and to be honest it's a nice tank, but it's a bit of a boring tank in the grand scheme of things. We are running at as a tropical tank at the moment, and have done for the last 3 years with no problems. It was cold water for 3 years previously.

Maintenance =
A 30% water change every 2 - 3 weeks depending on the amount of sun exposure (making the algae grow faster) .
A sweep of the tank to get rid of any rubbish (using a little vacuum type thing).
Clean the underside of the light, which is a biatch!
Scrub the filter and all other bits and regular change of the filer sponge and carbon.

As much as these tanks are marketed to be easy to maintain, that isn't quite true.


We have upgraded to the LED lights also, as the standard ones just are not that good.

If I am quite honest, that shape doesn't look like it would be suitable for any fish bigger than some neon tetras or some cherry barbs, and anything under about 90 litres in that that shape tank would seem (in my opinion) unfair for a healthy environment.

Needles to say we are currently in the process of giving out little fish a new home.
We are 2 weeks into the cycle and after much testing for the amonnia levels......we have NITRITES!! lol.
Now hopefully in another 2 weeks we ill have some good nitrate levels and we can start getting ready to move out fish to their new home.......Their new 300 litre Juwel Rio!!

I am currently soaking some bogwood in the bath, I must be mad!

b road blaster

to small i would say bigger the tank easier to look after,when i first started keeping fish i had small 5 gallon tank and i was a nightmare.Ok i was inexperienced but never got it runing right over time got bigger and better set ups now on a 180 gallon tank and it pretty much looks after itself

Hysteria1983

Bloomin' 'eck what do you keep in there a shark? lol Thats over 800 litres!!

Where do you live the sea life center?

b road blaster

only 2 silver sharks lol lol

Hysteria1983

Nice plants.... do you pump any co2 in there?

b road blaster

thanks, no none at all just got one of the fetilizer sticks in there and plenty of oto's to keep them clean and free of algae

Hysteria1983

I am gonna whack some oto's in, they will do the work for us!

Do you have any planting substrate under your gravel?
We are looking at getting some live plant in there, but if it is going to be a load of hassle I will have to think more about it. BUT, also want to get it right before the fish are in and we need to messing about

b road blaster

oto's are just the best for cleaning up,I use sand rather than gravel as i think it looks better (imo) i just bury the plants in it along with the wolly stuff the plants have round the roots. Then just let them get on with it maybe i'm just lucky but they have allways grow really well, apart from the one's the plec's have eaten

DaveBeck

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Didn't realise you had that set up Russ

looks good.

got 2 tanks myself but always after pointers(not near your size, 40 gallon and 55 gallon)

b road blaster

ello dave how the devil are you (hope you got the car sorted) yeah love me fish did see some where you had a tank or two mate

DaveBeck

iTrader: (12)

Russ, its an impreza. Never sorted. Got some bits to finish but looking at good things.

Hows things with you? hard to get hold of you boys since site went down

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

We have the round biorb and its a a few glasses of water to change each week to keep the tank clean

paulg1979

iTrader: (1)

I have a 60L one and is very easy to look after. As long as you do 10% weekly water changes and change the filter every 6 weeks your water should stay crystal clear. Mine has. I have 18 small fish and no deaths and its been 4 months. I got the white one which has now moved out the lounge to the kitchen ready for my new 240L Marine tank



Recently added blue background and real plants

fatscoobfella1

iTrader: (1)

Quick crappy phone pics of our Biorb..

Hysteria1983

Hope it continues to run ok for you. Mine was never as simple as that, but mine is half in the window, and requires a bit more TLC! lol.

Jamie

What the fek is that ??

Hysteria1983

....... A fish tank.

The clue is sort of in the last 27 posts! lol.

paulg1979

iTrader: (1)

Yes I bet its a little hard to look after near a window.

dpb

I reckon its a basking shark