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Poster Info
Member Posts: 224 Registered: February 2012 Location: Colorado Springs
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Marineland BioWheel LED Aquarium Kit (20 Gallon)
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Reviews
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Date of last review
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2
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10677
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Mon April 30, 2012
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Average Price
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Average Rating
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100% of reviewers
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$100.00
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4.0
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Description:
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Kit includes:
20 gallon tall glass aquarium
Hood with LED light array, switchable between white and blue
Penguin 150 BioWheel HOB filter w/media
Heater
Sticker thermometer
Net
Misc sample packs (flake food, water conditioner)
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Keywords:
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starter kit 20 gallon biowheel LED aquarium penguin 150
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pjoo1120
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Registered: February 2012 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 224
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Review Date: Mon April 30, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: $100.00
| Rating: 4
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Great LED hood, decent filter
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Cons:
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No substrate, crappy thermometer, everything else mediocre
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Background: got the green light from the wife to start a tank, so I rushed into it and bought a kit (didn't want the offer to expire!).
The good stuff: the LED hood is great if you aren't going to heavily plant your tank. It is a very clean white which can be switched to a cool deep blue for nighttime viewing. The LED array itself is very durable, lightweight and doesn't generate heat (vs incandescent or fluorescent). The Penguin 150 is a reputable filter. Heater works but can't speak to it's quality because it's only been in use for four months.
Pretty much everything else is bad:
- The tank itself is a 20 gallon tall. Looking back I wish I would have gotten a long instead.
- The thermometer is the exterior sticker type which I never bothered to even install. I bought a several submersible thermometer.
- Samples were pretty worthless and were throwaways
While this is a starter kit, it did not include substrate.
If you are looking for a quick start and don't care much about specific components, then this may be right for you. But for me, it was a hasty decision. If afforded the time, I would have researched each component separately and gone with a 20 gallon long as mentioned before. I've had to swap out the filter for a submersible because the 150, as good and quiet as it is, wasn't quiet enough and was keeping my baby up at night. So pretty much I now have a tank that I don't like the dimensions of and a decent filter that I don't use. Most of the other things I don't use. The only thing going for it right now is the LEDs. 
------------------------------ The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.
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pjoo1120
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Registered: February 2012 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 224
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Review Date: Mon April 30, 2012
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: None indicated
| Rating: 0
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I forgot to mention, the net's handle isn't even long enough to reach the bottom of the tank by a long shot.
------------------------------ The early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese.
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