Tetra Water Wonders

[JStrider]

I've Seen these at the new Walmart in my area and thought they looked pretty nice.

http://www.tetra-fish.com/sites/tetrafish/catalog/productdetail.aspx?id=1276&cid=3259

has anyone used these or heard anything about them?



I'm kinda looking for a little tank for my cube at work, put a betta or maybe some red cherry shrimp in it.

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Tetra Water Wonders

How much was it?

I know Global fish has the odyssea 3g for like $50 and it has a Compact Fluorescent bulb so it would support low light plants decently if you wanna go with that cause the RCS would love it!

[JStrider]

Re: Tetra Water Wonders

I think it was around $35

If I did plants, it would probably be java moss and ferns, easy lowlight stuff.

I'll have to look up that odyssea setup.

Edit:  do you have a link to that odyssea one?  I cant find it online...

[Fire_chair]

Re: Tetra Water Wonders

I've got two of the smaller, 1.5 gal, ones and they're great. The only thing I don't like about them is the light, it's not bright enough, but it's not a big deal.

[crudnugget]

Re: Tetra Water Wonders

That looks like it would be a cheap and easy tank to turn into a really cool nano-tank.  You could get one of those clip on compact fluorescent lights that has about 10 watts and it would be perfect for java fern/moss.  

Just kind of curious about how many gph that built-in filter pushes, also does it come with a heater?

[JStrider]

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the filter isnt built in, its one of tetras other products packaged with it... rated for tanks from 1gal to 10 if I remember correctly.

I dont think it came with a heater.

[JStrider]

Re: Tetra Water Wonders

well I decided what the heck and went and bought it.

quality seems pretty good.

the light it came with isnt LED its actually a 10 watt halogen... anyone know if that would be any good with low light plants?

the pump is the tetra whisper micro filter that uses the medium filter pads, its their smallest model that uses an impeller pump and not air bubbles

I also bought a little heater.

now I just need to figure out what to stock it with.... I'll haveta make another thread for that.

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Tetra Water Wonders

Get the spiral compact fluorescent for it and it should be gtg!

Stock?
Jellybean tetras
Microrasboras
Shrimp
Nerites

[Nickintex]

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or a betta

[rrocket2002]

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Red Cherry Shrimp

You could use a small piece of drift wood (with character)wrapped with Moss, Java Fern and Marasila Minuta...(**Spelling)

The drift wood could be your center piece with Java Fern in the Back Ground and Minuta in the foreground.

[eklikewhoa]

Re: Tetra Water Wonders

Switch the top for the coralife 2x9w, pick up a bottle of Seachem Excel and break into some higher light plants!

[dblondfemme]

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would you need a heater if you have shrimp?

[JStrider]

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probably wouldnt need the heater for shrimp...


I was alread leaning towards something like rauls idea  and maybe eventually after the plants have filled in a bit get a beta or some other centerpiece fish to keep the tank from getting overpopulated with shrimp

[JStrider]

Re: Tetra Water Wonders

got a clamp light and a

14W  5500K Compact Flourescent bulb

pulled the light that was on there off, was able to do it with no damage other then cutting 2 wires.

now I need to find some wood or a cool rock and some plants

[ghoastgirl1]

Re: Tetra Water Wonders

So many fishtanks...!
I can only imagine what will happen when he gets a house!