Bad experience with Ciano 80 aquarium

teddyhead

So I picked up a Ciano 80 , a 74 litre aquarium , needed a new home for my small community. Did not cycle the Tank for long because I already had the water,gravel and plants from previous tank. Anyway , the ciano has an all in one box/cover to fit the filter and pump , quite tidy. Its like the unit you get with a juwell , but flimsier , waaayyy flimsier. The ciano box/cover is not bonded to the glass ,like the juwell model is. It simply hangs from the edge of the tank. This 'hanging on the rim' mechanism , causes the unit to sway slightly in the water, creating a hinge effect. This plastic box , sits against the tank wall ,occasionally moving ever so slightly, providing a gap for small fish to enter , then closing and killing them .The design is so shockingly cheap and crappy ,Im just devastated at the loss of some great little fish to such a poorly designed aquarium.Apparently ,smaller models provide sucker things to stick the wall ,thereby alleviating the need to 'hang' the unit over the edge. These are not provided with the Ciano 80 model.

Yes putting fish in a new tanks poses many risks , one does not expect fish getting squashed by a terribly designed filter/heater cover. Avoid at all costs Rant over.

Barr

Sorry to heat that , I am looking at a Ciano 120 at the moment , so hoping the filter setup will be better than the 80 version

teddyhead

On further investigation , the product is not bad and the mishap with my fish was probably due to a miscommunication between me and the pet shop guy about use of third party items. So I need to alter or delete the thread. Anyone know how to do that?