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Review on Enhanced aquascaping with biOrb Cube 30 Aquarium – LED included by Randy Bin

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Sad end predicted for Biorba

Well boys and girls as they say. All good things must come to an end." That is Biorba's destiny. I'll give them two years at most. I bet on Biorb based on my past experience. I used to have three Biorbs of different sizes. That cube was a gamble. I'm a bit older now and was hoping the tank would be easier to clean.My tanks have never needed much cleaning other than filter changes, but I usually wipe down the walls and tend to the plants a couple of times a year (my tanks are fully planted Anyway, the round shape was getting heavy and my sideburns pulled up. My previous experience with Biorb has ALWAYS been "high quality". Not anymore! Biorb Cube 60l is a complete flop. The quality is terrible. Fluval, Aqua-clear and Dennerle are better, much better. Why that? Biorb glued the lid on because the construction was too weak to hold water. So they just glued the lid on f to hold the sides together. Makes cleaning almost impossible! The filter is too small! Too small! Also, the bottom holes of the filter are so big that the filter sucks up all my young shrimp! The air pump is ridiculously small! The operating instructions apply to all aquariums except Cube! A small detail, but I think my purchase should at least be mentioned in company literature, right? My old tank still works after 15 years, but the filter is stuck and I can't get it out. A piece of medium must have worked its way under the tightly clamped filter. This new cube will be a replacement. Will the new cube last 15 years? No chance. But then I won't either, so what the heck.

Pros
  • beautiful thing
Cons
  • I don't remember but something happened