Anyone know anything about this tank..?

[Deleted member 149562]

Personally as someone who has an Aqua 80, owned other Aqua 80's and an Aqua 60 in the past.....if you can afford and have room for the 80, I would go with the 80 and not the 60/65

The 80 and its stand is still well under 150 quid and you have a little more variety of stocking in the 80....I like the Aqua series cos they have top and bottom frames and are well made....but the 80 is by far the better aquarium over the 60/65 variant

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Is a quid the same as a pound?

It is

 

[NannaLou]

I need to educate myself. Is a quid the same as a pound? And I don’t even know how much that is in US dollars. I will look it up.

Yes, a quid is the same as a pound, and having just googled 1 Great British Pound is worth 1.36 United States Dollars.

 

[NannaLou]

Personally as someone who has an Aqua 80, owned other Aqua 80's and an Aqua 60 in the past.....if you can afford and have room for the 80, I would go with the 80 and not the 60/65

The 80 and its stand is still well under 150 quid and you have a little more variety of stocking in the 80....I like the Aqua series cos they have top and bottom frames and are well made....but the 80 is by far the better aquarium over the 60/65 variant

I haven’t quite got the space for the 80. And from other opinions, I’m questioning whether I want to get a “kit”. I’ve seen another tank:
which has the same 60 x 30 footprint but taller and giving a 72 litre capacity, which would also allow me to get an Eheim heater and filter. I’m struggling to identify suitable lights online, I seem to end up in and endless loop of cheap Chinese imports through eBay …

I was going to have Endlers in my upstairs tank, but that plan hasn’t quite worked and now contains guppies…another tank is therefore needed for the Endlers… I’m not suffering from MTS …it’s all perfectly logical and clearly very sensible

Any links to lights would be appreciated

 

[FishHobby99]

Yes, a quid is the same as a pound, and having just googled 1 Great British Pound is worth 1.36 United States Dollars.

Thanks, it’s been on my mind for a long time to check. So I guess a quid is like how we say a buck instead of a dollar.

 

[FishHobby99]

I haven’t quite got the space for the 80. And from other opinions, I’m questioning whether I want to get a “kit”. I’ve seen another tank:View attachment 145347
which has the same 60 x 30 footprint but taller and giving a 72 litre capacity, which would also allow me to get an Eheim heater and filter. I’m struggling to identify suitable lights online, I seem to end up in and endless loop of cheap Chinese imports through eBay …

I was going to have Endlers in my upstairs tank, but that plan hasn’t quite worked and now contains guppies…another tank is therefore needed for the Endlers… I’m not suffering from MTS …it’s all perfectly logical and clearly very sensible

Any links to lights would be appreciated

Right! You are still in the denial phase

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Thanks, it’s been on my mind for a long time to check. So I guess a quid is like how we say a buck instead of a dollar.

The word 'quid' is from quid pro quo.

 

[Essjay]

I’m struggling to identify suitable lights online,

What about the aquasky and nicrew lights that everyone else talks about?

That tank does tick all the boxes, though I'd check with the seller exactly what they mean by glass lid. One which just sits on the tank and has to be lifted off or sections which slide over each other?

The seller also has his own website, just google the seller's name without the _ in the middle.

 

[FishHobby99]

I recently bought the Fluval Aquasky 2. It’s ok. I think someone here found a comparable one for less. Maybe $76 vs the $125 I paid. I wanted the sunrise/sunset feature. It’s easily adjustable through their app which I installed on my iPad. Don’t know what they mean by glass lid. I have a glass lid on the 48” long tank, & the light is below the hinged glass lid. One wouldn’t need a lid at all for this LED or any other one I ever saw.

The Fluval may be overpriced because of some useless bells & whistles, IMO. It can be programmed to simulate a thunderstorm , complete with strobe like flashes of light. Never would use it. Sounds scary for me & the fish. It has passing clouds & some other features that I find unnecessary. Fluval has a video up that briefly displays their goofy light show.

So, this light is nice, but possibly overpriced & one could probably get the essential features for less in another brand.