While the JBJ NANO cubes are pretty unique, they have a bad history of
developing cracks unexpectedly...What you see is not really what you
get in terms of quality.....the glass in imperfect and full of minute
scratches due to the way their formed, and the mateirals used, and
they up and crack.........if they did not arrive cracked in the
mail..... JBJ blamed all the cracks on how they were orginally packed,
then repacked them all, then they still cracked, and they blamed it on
the shipper, who told them to take a hike, they then started to blame
customers for abusing them.....all alonog its been their inferior
product. So after all this time they claim they are quality items,
why have they increased the thickness of the glass and have taken them
to another manufacturer to be made starting in late 2005.......Its
like playing russian roulette, you never know when its gonna up and
bust......theh web based forums are full of horrow stories all
regarding the JBJ Nano cubes.......

Eclipse are nice units however IMHO lighting is minimal, but if your
willing to spend the price of what a JBJ Nano cube costs wait a week
or two more and buy a Aqua Pod, made by Current....Hands down its
virtually indesctructablke and much nicer n design and what comes
equipped with it. Pumps on these are top notch name brand pumps.Pumps
on the JBJ Nano cubes are junk and heat up water faster than a heater
does and are known to die rather quickly.

Check out the nano-cube fourms on the problems NANO cubes owbers have
experieinced



On 8 Dec 2005 12:40:22 -0800, wrote:
Greetings, I'm in the market for a compact marine fish only system and
have some questions regarding different options that are out there.
Here are my primary considerations:

1. Size. I live in a 1 bedroom apartment so I want something in the
15-25 gallon range. This is also why I want to get a system that is
"all in one" such as the nano cube, aquapod or eclipse.

2. Price. I want quality but not more firepower than I need for a fish
only system. It seems the nanocube and aquapods are better quality and
have better components than the eclipse models, but I'm not sure I
need
the bells and whistles. I certainly don't want to spend more than I
need to.

3. Noise. I really want to keep the noise (especially mechanical
noise)
to a minimum.

I've asked around at a few stores and if they have they nano cube thry
urge that system and if they don't they urge the eclipse. If anyone
has
any advice regarding my options I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in
advance.

Ryan

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