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Review on ๐Ÿ  Tetra LED Cube 3 Gallon Aquarium with Pedestal Base: Enhanced SEO-friendly Version by Melissa Wilson

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Ideal for Betta seniors

My daughter has had a nameless champagne and a blue rooster for two years. He got stuck in a crappy little glass bowl and then moved into a 1.5 gallon aquarium with nothing but Squidward's house and some gravel. She rarely seemed to change his water, let alone add more - the tank was half full when she got home last month. His 17-year-old son called him Jerry. He said he needed a name. Then my cat with disabled front legs used her head to knock the fish AND its 1.5 gallon tank off my kitchen counter shortly after she moved in. I managed to get it off the ground at 3am and it just so happened that it had bottled drinking water at room temperature, otherwise it would have been a cat treat. For days he lived in a cheap plastic salad bowl until she got here. I haven't spent time building a "community" or anything like that. I figured he lived in a salad bowl for four days, how many more 24 hours? I installed it, filled it up, waited 24 hours and threw it in. He is old but strong and loves his new home. I repurposed the gravel and Squidward's house, sprigs of golden pothos and a few semi-aquatic small species of elephant ears, some moss balls and some interesting granite boulders I pulled out of the driveway, and a shell I found in Galveston , added. removed the water filter from the old tank (identical to this one but smaller) to use on the new tank and used the air line that came with the new one for the air stone. Jerry didn't complain, although initially he didn't seem to have the strength to swim much - the water filter apparently hadn't been cleaned in ages and was barely pushing the water through. After I cleaned it and added it to 3 gallons, Jerry blew it all over the tank. Now he just freezes and swims around curiously like a healthy male Betta should. He uses Pothos as a hammock and his color and fins (is that a word?) have improved. Now he needs a snail to clean pothos leaves. Jerry gives this tank a 4.96 out of 5. I agree with my review, but would take it a step further and add: Easy installation - if you can't figure out how to set this up without the exploded view, this tank might not be for you. That's literally three or four very understandable works. The pump is quiet enough - if it doesn't hit the wall, it's just a minor background noise. The LED isn't too bright, but where the tank is it gets enough bright, indirect light that brown moss starts to grow on Dum Dum's head and some pothos leaves - which is why Jerry needs a snail. I think we'll call him Gary.

Pros
  • Equipped with a Tetra 3i filter to keep the aquarium clean and create the perfect environment for small tropical fish
Cons
  • Useless features