KatieJ
Aquarium Advice Freak
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- Jun 8, 2011
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Hi all! I'm not at all new to this wonderful hobby (had a 55g community freshwater once and currently have a happy, healthy male betta) and have plans to get an Amazon biotope aquarium after I settle back in for my sophomore year of college. The housing regulations didn't have any specific requirements in terms of tank size, and I was looking at cube-type aquariums that are all-in-one, like the Oceanic Biocube, JBJ Nano cube, and Aquapod. Trouble is, I'm a little lost on what to choose!
I think my top pick is the Biocube, kind of wanting to go with the 29g since, after all, bigger = better, but the Aquapod and JBJ ones look pretty similar... didn't people say the Biocube was a higher quality or something? Then again, I heard the bioballs in the back were nitrate factories... would I want to take those out and replace them with filter floss or something?
Since I'd like the aquarium to be an Amazon biotope, I figured I would stick with low-light plants since this would be technically my first time dealing with them (I had a couple of Amazon swords and anacharis, but they died since I apparently didn't know enough about ferts/lights/etc. :'D But I digress.). What tank would be better in terms of light and cost, and filtration efficiency? I mostly am looking at tetras (neons or cardinals, diamonds and/or poooossibly black phantoms) and a few otocinclus, so I'm looking at something definitely 24 gallons and up.
Any help would be appreciated! :>
I think my top pick is the Biocube, kind of wanting to go with the 29g since, after all, bigger = better, but the Aquapod and JBJ ones look pretty similar... didn't people say the Biocube was a higher quality or something? Then again, I heard the bioballs in the back were nitrate factories... would I want to take those out and replace them with filter floss or something?
Since I'd like the aquarium to be an Amazon biotope, I figured I would stick with low-light plants since this would be technically my first time dealing with them (I had a couple of Amazon swords and anacharis, but they died since I apparently didn't know enough about ferts/lights/etc. :'D But I digress.). What tank would be better in terms of light and cost, and filtration efficiency? I mostly am looking at tetras (neons or cardinals, diamonds and/or poooossibly black phantoms) and a few otocinclus, so I'm looking at something definitely 24 gallons and up.
Any help would be appreciated! :>