Elite 95

[youngfisher]

Well, went up p&h and spotted the Elite 95, with EVERYTHING! inc.heater,filter,fish food. the lot!!!

for... £80!!!!!!

Its about 2.8ft long.

So, anybody have experiance with this tank?


Any advise? Im going to make it into a cichlid tank with oceon rock etc.

I got with it:

All Glass aquarium - 80 cm x 30 cm x 40 cm
95 litre capacity
Silver canopy and frame
Elite Jet Flo 100 Filter
150 W Elite Heater
Sun-Glo Fluorescent T8 fluorescent- 20 watt 61cm
Nutrafin food and accessory pack
Nutrafin Biological Supplement and Aqua Plus Conditioner
Decorative ornament
Care Guide
LCD Thermometer

 

[Davo86]

Elite is the beginner range from Hagen, which is the same company that produce the Fluval products,
As you would expect this range is quite basic although it is fairly reliable and "does the job" which is the main thing,

The only thing with the elites is that you can't trust the heater thermometers, the heaters work fine but you may have to fiddle with the thermostat a bit to get the required temperature your after, (i.e. my heaters stats are all 3C out, i.e. atm my heaters set at 27C but the tank sits exactly at 24C)

95Litres is also a bit on the small size for most african cichlids so you will need to have a word with someone in the african section about which species are suitable,
AFAIK even the smallest, least aggressive mbuna species require around 30G ??

 

[youngfisher]

Im only going for a couple small Malawi cichlids. - Yeah I have that problem on my other tank already, had to keep fiddling with it, but once you get it set right its fine.