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Biorb life 45 l

  • 18-01-2013 10:44pm
    #1
    Wex1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭


    Hi all, looking for some advice. Looking at buying one of the above second hand. I know the globe biorbs get v bad press so just wondering is the potrait one better ? I'd have preferred a 60l but this 45l is pretty good value. Anyway any opinions on them ?i would like a tropical set up. I am a complete newbie.


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  • #2
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,737 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    I have a BiUbe and all I can say is to stay as far away as possible. The internal filter is a nightmare to clean and I was always afraid of trapping fish under it. The best thing I ever did was get a proper filter. The air pump is also very noisy. The curved sides make it impossible to net fish if you need to. They look good, but that's about it.


  • #3
    Wex1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭Wex1977


    kylith wrote: »
    I have a BiUbe and all I can say is to stay as far away as possible. The internal filter is a nightmare to clean and I was always afraid of trapping fish under it. The best thing I ever did was get a proper filter. The air pump is also very noisy. The curved sides make it impossible to net fish if you need to. They look good, but that's about it.


    Thanks for advice. They do look good ( that's the problem !!).my head says no to one but my heart says yes !!


  • #4
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,737 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Also, because of the shape of them there's little surface area so the gaseous exchange is terrible.

    You can listen to your heart if you want, but you're head will spend the next few years getting to say 'I told you so'.


  • #5
    Thunderbird2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,250 ✭✭✭Thunderbird2


    Could you not just bend the net to match the curve of the tank ??


  • #6
    kylith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,737 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    That'd make it useless for my big tank unfortunately. I'm much too lazy to buy a second net. I've found that the best thing to do is to drop the water level to a couple of inches and then use the net to block off escape on each side and chase the fish into it. The Biorb Life has flat sides so catching the fish should be easier, but it looks like it'd be fiddly trying to get the net in and out of the hole at the top. You'd also have to take the entire bubble tube and filter sponge out through that hole every 8 weeks.


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