Aquatop Pisces Bullet Shaped Glass Aquarium - Nano Aquarium Kit, for Salt & Freshwater Fish Tanks - Mechanical, Chemical & Biological Filtration

- I spent a lot of time looking at various aquarium options before buying this model. I like it so much I'm thinking about getting another. I did make some changes from the stock setup but am really happy with the result.- To my knowledge there is no other tank with this unique shape. I have found countless bow-front tanks but this one with one continuous layer of glass from side to side is both one-of-a-kind as well as visually appealing. Visitors to my home have remarked on it's unique design, which is suited to the placement: it's in a room where it is near a high-traffic doorway and stair, so visible from both sides and front. I see it from the side when I'm in the kitchen, so it gets a lot of eyeball time. Adds a little pressure on me to maintain it well, but you get an aquarium for the purpose of looking at it right?- The rounded front surface seems to slightly magnify the size of fish in there. I am keeping neocardinia shrimp in there and they only grow to 1-1/2 inch max so I appreciate this effect. (I have a separate large bowl which has this effect even more)- I like that the filter is in the tank. Allows me to position the aquarium right up against the back wall and there's no HOB external filter to look at. Unlike some tanks that do this though it's not just a plastic divider in the rear of the tank--it's an actual plastic rectangular box that takes approx 2/3 of the width and height of the glass back wall. because it's centered on the back wall there is some volume of tank on the back sides that I place Amazon swords into and is an active section of the tank. More aesthetically appealing in MHO than a blacked out section in the back (Fluval flex, Marineland contour/portrait).- The filter section has a dedicated space for a heater device. (See photo) It's 15/16" wide/long and 7" deep. Aquatic sells a dedicated heater for this space but it has a preset temp which I didn't like so I purchased one of the many small 50w heaters with an external controller and it works great. I love this feature (space for heater in the filter box) and appreciate minimizing the number of view distracting items on the back wall of the aquarium. I found I need to be careful to clean the filter box intake (on the lower front side of the box)--if it gets too clogged the filter intake can't keep up with the pump and the filter water level goes down a little.- Speaking of, the filter comes with small sections of foam that can be attached to the filter intake, which has prevented tiny baby shrimp from getting sucked into the filter box. Works well but can get clogged with debris so I remove it every 3-4 weeks (clean it in tank water when I do a water change).- The filter flow is fairly fast and this is the only downside. Purchasers of small tanks are likely to keep shrimp or a betta, neither of which do well with a lot of current. Tanks like this should come with a SPEED ADJUSTMENT knob to allow users to dial up to just the right filter output. I wish this was a more common feature on aquarium kits. Aquatic: if you are listening, please add this feature to make this the PERFECT AQUARIUM KIT!- The kit comes with cartridge-style media for growing good bacterial and chemical (charcoal) filtration that I decided not to use. I cut a section of sponge for the lower section and 2 small bags of ceramic media for filtration, and found that this setup works well. Consider attaching a pull-up line to the sponge and bags so you can retrieve them for tank water rinse out when the filter starts to have clogging. the inside of the filter is narrow so hard to get your fingers deep in there. You could also use a metal clamp or forceps for this though.- The kit comes with an adequate light that looks modern and attaches at the filter clamp section, illuminating the aquarium from about 3 inches above. I elected to go with a different light (I needed to cover the aquarium and found the stock setup leads to glare on the plastic cover) but this was my preference and was worth the $20 cost of a different light.- Love this aquarium. 5 stars. Hope this helps

This tank is very underwhelming. The light is good and just about what you would expect from an all-in one nano kit. The filtration is atrocious. I’ve never seen a filter as bad as this one. My tank has been setup for a week and I have had to unclog the intake sponge on it almost every other day because I wake up to the pump drawing air. The pump itself also isn’t a typical internal pump like you would find on any other nano tank with built in filtration and it just seems over engineered for its purpose. Any other $10 pump on Amazon would have done the job just fine. I guess it is nice that the filter is optional if you want to use your own but then you have to find a way to mount the light and fit that between the glass top. The glass on the tank itself is good quality and the seals are perfect so it has that going for it. I also wish there was better power cord management on the back of the aquarium. Having the cords visible on the back really ruins the aesthetic of an otherwise sleek and clean design. I will say that it is nice that aqua top includes a spray bar attachment for the filter and intake sponges and that shows they listen to customers. I would probably go with a Fluval Spec V or an Imagitarium 6.8 gallon if I had a do over, though.Update: The pump was clogged internally and impossible to clean. I tried to replace it with a $10 universal pump off amazon and it wouldn’t fit. I tried to order a replacement but Aquatop was sold out. I had to go with a $50 hang on back canister instead. DO NOT BUY THIS TANK.

I received this aquarium and it is exactly as depicted. I truly appreciate the smaller size and the rounded edges. I am setting it up to be a shrimp tank the RIGHT way this time. On previous occasions I’ve had shrimp in a ten gallon tank with guppies and, well doesn’t matter this is a review on Amazon I don’t need to tell my whole fish keeping journey. I love the build quality and the value for money is excellent! The functionality is also stellar, it is a tad bit noisy when I don’t have the filter lid on correctly (my fault, also the filter lid is kinda hard to put on.) Cleaning the filter has been a breeze!

It was easy and intuitive to put together even without instructions, it's size is decent and manageable. The only issue I had is that the glass lid came with a shattered corner, but that's mainly cosmetic that I "fixed" with glue and a paper towel to keep it from chipping more until a replacement comes. It does the job and is fairly cheap. Would recommend that shipping packages it with insulation and maybe stamp mark FRAGILE on it for future shoppers though.

I love this tank. The length of the tank gives my little fish lots of room to swim and there is more surface area for oxygen exchange than other 5 gallon tanks. The glass is clear and the tank is well built. It is a good package for the price. I plan on using it for a long time with one adjustment... the filter. The filter arrives already set up with the cylinders at the bottom and the filter cartridges at the top. The intake for the filter is at the bottom, which means the water flows through the cylinders before being filtered by the cartridges. The plastic compartment insert and built in slots prevent you from adjusting this setup. This is a problem because it is backwards. The cylinders for beneficial bacteria growth should be after the cartridges filter the water. Right now the cylinders are building up a lot of nasty smelly gunk which is throwing off my water parameters and interfering with the growth of the beneficial bacteria. This doesn't mean you shouldn't buy this tank package. Here is the modification I am planning... remove the plastic compartment insert, put foam in the intake compartment to filter the water, then put the cleaned cylinders in the output side around the pump intake where they will stay clean and grow the bacteria my fish tank needs. I also purchased the recommended heater, but found it was way too strong for this small tank and had to buy a smaller one.