RedSea mini tanks? anyone have one

bent240LV · 08-29-2004, 02:38 AM

i saw them at a store today and petco has them for cheap. kinda inteerested in getting one, i think they come with like a 7w PC and hang on filter wondering if anyone has one and how they like it

rockstar · 08-31-2004, 02:33 AM

ive got one in my house, i have a little zoanthid colony, a couple of mushrooms, some leather coral fragments, a bit of calurpa, and a peppermint shrimp, its pretty cool and works out well its also pretty inexpensive to start and maintain. got to top of very regularly though =P.

later,
rockstar

bent240LV · 08-31-2004, 03:58 AM

cool i think i might get one

bent240LV · 08-31-2004, 04:02 AM

what involved i the maintenace besides the regular water changes etc?? is the filter that comes with the tank good enough???

jokermgp · 08-31-2004, 03:47 PM

I had one for about a month and loved in until algae started its inevitable crawl up the sides of the tank. It's so small that I found it hard to keep cleaned off. No matter how carefully I tried to scrape the sides I'd end up with water sloshing over the top. I ended up abanoning it. I hope you have better luck with your's.

BTW...I found that one of the small t-rex under the tank reptile heating pads did a really good job keeping the tank warm.

Cheers...Michael

bent240LV · 08-31-2004, 06:02 PM

do you still have it ill buy it!

dhoffroad · 08-31-2004, 11:58 PM

the biggest prob that I have seen is toping off. other than that go for it.use the filter for water movement an dtake all the media out of it .good luck

rockstar · 09-02-2004, 02:39 AM

the filter is just a sponge pad, so its not really that "advanced". i use a toothbrush to clean the walls of mine.