Draining 2 or 3 gallons(!) of water is a bit overkill for preventing water overflowing when putting your hand and forearm in the tank. I used to remove like 12oz, if memory serves.
Wtf? You’re trying to repurpose a FRESHWATER product to salt? OF COURSE the lighting is not going to work for your purposes! I own FIVE of these. They are absolutely PERFECT - but not for you. Aquaclear 20 gives me TOTAL control over filter options. This tank is NOT FOR YOU !
Did you have to add a salt water conversion to this, as I am thinking of buying a second hand 46l fluval edge tank and buy siliconing some acrylic triangle bars into the edges which is really cheap, keeping jellyfish. I just have to sort out the flow rate to be on minimum. But then I saw a conversion kit to buy to use for salt water, do you need one?
This is an aquarium designed for freshwater planted tanks, as such the lights aren't as bright as those for marine aquariums purely because plants do not require as intense a light as corals do.
I have the Fluval Edge 46 l. and sometimes I get tired of it due to the small hole on top of it. But on the other hand, I really like the way it looks. I do have another tank 32 litres with an ordinary top (the whole lid lifts up) but it´s not as good looking as the Fluval. I believe that the 46 l is worse because you have put almost all your arm in it and therefore reduce a higher amount of water before tucking your arm in compared to the 23 l. I´m actually thinking of buying the 23 l. Catching a fish in it is not the easiest either. My fish likes it. I have had a lot of ancistrus babies without planning and of course the guppies and the platys as well.
I think he's right about the lighting issue but yes, I was a little surprised he didn't know about using a magnetic algae scrubber for the bubble problem and cleaning. But i don't think it was "terrible".
you should subscribe to Rico's Reeftank RU-vid channel he have a refund community and all is welcome and he do live reef chat like every single day looking forward to see you become part of the community
Good honest review... I just bought the white one just recently and haven't even taken it out of the box. Hope you could create a video series to chronicle how you turn this into a pico reef tank. Cheers!
Reef Snob it is. they were having a problem with some of the corners of the tanks. looks great though. for this reason I am thinking about getting a aquamaxx 17 gallon.
