Top Fin Aquascene 2 10 Gallon

[ManWorld42]

Anyone own this product? It is suppose to be a 10 gallon acrylic tank
with a hood, an UGF and a air pump. How well is it constructed? Will
I be flooding my living room?

Also, I intend to keep either half a dozen topical fish or 2 goldfish.
Will that be too many for a 10 gallon tank?

Any recommendation for water conditioner and test kits?

Anyone with bad experience with the Tronic heater? All electronic
sounds impressive, but does it really work?

[Dennis Fox]

ManWorld42 wrote:
> Anyone own this product? It is suppose to be a 10 gallon acrylic tank
> with a hood, an UGF and a air pump. How well is it constructed? Will
> I be flooding my living room?
>
> Also, I intend to keep either half a dozen topical fish or 2 goldfish.
> Will that be too many for a 10 gallon tank?
>
> Any recommendation for water conditioner and test kits?
>
> Anyone with bad experience with the Tronic heater? All electronic
> sounds impressive, but does it really work?

Goldfish require a minimum of 10 gallons per fish, to be healthy and
long-lived. Check out the advice in rec.aquaria.fish.goldfish

Hope this helps,
Dennis

[TYNK 7]

>Subject: Re: Top Fin Aquascene 2 10 Gallon
>From: Dennis Fox
>Date: 10/16/2003 10:43 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: >
>
>ManWorld42 wrote:
>> Anyone own this product? It is suppose to be a 10 gallon acrylic tank
>> with a hood, an UGF and a air pump. How well is it constructed? Will
>> I be flooding my living room?
>>
>> Also, I intend to keep either half a dozen topical fish or 2 goldfish.
>> Will that be too many for a 10 gallon tank?
>>
>> Any recommendation for water conditioner and test kits?
>>
>> Anyone with bad experience with the Tronic heater? All electronic
>> sounds impressive, but does it really work?
>
>Goldfish require a minimum of 10 gallons per fish, to be healthy and
>long-lived. Check out the advice in rec.aquaria.fish.goldfish
>
>Hope this helps,
>Dennis

Yes, I agree.
Goldies require 10g per Goldfish.
I'd scratch the whole idea of Goldies and stick with smaller tropcials.
When considering what type to put in the 10g, make sure you do the research
first. Find out their max (adult) size and judge from there.
As for Top Fin being a good/bad product...
It's the same as a store brand vs. name brand.
If it were glass, I'd say stick to the name brands, as some cheaper ones use
thinner glass. Being acrylic, I have no idea. I'm sure that helps ya. = )~
Sorry, but I only have one acrylic tank to compare with and it's an Eclispe3 (3
gallon for a Betta).
I'm impressed with these tanks. I have it running right now in the kitchen and
ya can't hear a thing. Wonderful for bedrooms too, or folks that can't stand
the noise a pump makes. Hehe...what noise? I hear no noise...lol
These are more expensive tanks, so that's a down side.
*It does say it's acrylic right, and not just rigid plastic? That could be a
problem.
Other down isdes to acrylic vs. glass would be scratching easily. Be very
careful not to rub gravel across the viewing areas, and what you use to clean
any algae (to avoid scratching it).
As for test kits, get a "master kit". This has the most important ones you'll
need.
Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH (unless it's extreme...most fish adapt well to
most household pH's), and hardness.
Are you planning on doing a fishless cycle or are you going to cycle it with a
couple of fish?
There's a new product available at some stores (call around first..hard to
find) called Bio Spira. It's made by Marineland and has the "correct" live
bacteria starter. It'll be refrigerated. The other "cycling" products out there
all have the wrong bacteria in them and don't help at all. They're a waste of
money and time.
This product makes it it safe for the fish to be added in *I think it's 24
hours, without going through new tank syndrome.
Just a few things for you to think about. = )
If you have anymore questions please ask.