Tetra 55 gallon aquarium starter kit?

[FishBoy185]

Couple questions about fish

Im am soon buying the tetra 55 gallon starter aquarium kit from petsmart and have read the reveiws and their saying that the filter and the heater suck so I will replace those 2 and buy better ones. But my question is what do you think of the kit? and where are some other places that i can buy cheap aquariums?
Thanks in Advance

Brian.

 

[Arklatex]

I bought a 20 gallon starter kit from petsmart a year ago. I have had no problems with it at all and it is still running with all the original equipment except the light. I upgraded so I could have live plants. The only way to get a cheaper kit is through garage sales/craigslist. But you buy at your own risk...

 

[FishBoy185]

Thank you I will.

 

[Lucas82]

I don't think you can go wrong with a 55 gallon starter kit from PetSmart. I would upgrade to Aqueon filters, Aqueon heater, and a better light set up just because all lights that come with those don't look as good as 50/50 lights to me. The reason I say Aqueon filters is because I have 3 different aquariums and I have 2 Aqueons on my 45, 2 Tetra whispers on the 33, and 2 Penguin bio wheels on my 55, and the Aqueon is by far the most quiet. All the listed filters however do an excellent job keeping the tank clean. Good luck, post some pics when you get it set up.

 

[Leatherback1]

I think your tank is going to look awesome when you set it up.With a 55 gallon tank you have a lot more flexibility in which fish you are able to stock it with.I'm not going to suggest anything because I only have a 10 gallon.All i know is that many fish i wanted to buy for my 10 I couldn't because either they grew too big or their activity was too high for my size tank. In a 55 gallon you can stock pretty much anything you want but I still advise researching each fish before you buy it.Hope it works out send pics when you've stocked it!

 

[FishBoy185]

Thanks everyone and I will put a lot of pics

 

[Fishguy856]

I currently have this exact setup from petsmart, everything stock, fully cycled, and have no problems with anything whatsoever. Go for it

 

[Oscar98]

The aqueon starter kit from petco is pretty good too. But good luck!

 

[FishBoy185]

But where are some places online where I can have a tank shipped to my house?

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

I bought the 29 gallon starter kit it's awesome!

 

[Lucas82]

Honestly I would buy a tank at a store in case of damage in shipping. I had a used 55 gallon bust on me and it was not fun.