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Baby biOrb Aquarium with Halogen Light, Silver, 4 Gallons |  | Brand: biOrb
Category: Pet Products
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $69.99
as of 7/29/2010 19:24 MDT details
You Save: $10.00 (13%)
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 62671
Color: Silver
Media: Misc.
Size: 4-Gallons
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.6
Dimensions (in): 13 x 13 x 13.2
MPN: 10-100-94180
Model: 822728002292
UPC: 822728002292
EAN: 0822728002117
ASIN: B001GCU0YW
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Self-filtering aquarium keeps water healthy and clear for months at a time | | • | Built-in filtration system uses 5-stage method combining biological, mechanical, and chemical filtration | | • | All supplies and instructions included | | • | Silver trim looks great in home or office | | • | Measures 13 x 13 x 13 inches; covered by manufacturer?s warranty |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Baby biOrb comes with everything to set up a safe, stylish and simple to maintain desktop aquarium. Ideal for in a child's bedroom, office or quiet corner of the home.
Includes Bowl, Halogen light, Air pump, Plug top 12V transformer, Ceramic Media, Filter cartridge, Bubble Tube, Airstone, Tap water treatment and sample pack of fish food!
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 57
A joy.. with the right maintenance July 25, 2010
Prashanth Brahmandam
Its a beautiful addition to any living room or bar area. With clean, clear water, the diffused light on top making the entire aquarium glow, and with plants (purchased additionally) and gold-fish, this is quite striking.
A note on maintenance and care: It needs to be kept clean and devoid of algae, or it quickly loses its look. They say the algae can sometimes permanently cloud the acrylic making it just a wee bit duller than pure transparence. If you keep the aquarium away from any direct or indirect sunlight and maintain temperatures under 75F, algae will generally not develop. The filter can be cleaned and re-used a few times before replacing (less often than what biorb would suggest). When cleaning the aquarium ensure that the stones don't scratch the acrylic surface (which can happen quite easily if you're not careful while swinging a suction tube inside the aquarium). As you can guess, i did exactly that and the scars on the acrylic look bad from close range - irreparable :(
Useful home for pet fish July 16, 2010
Santhosh Lakshmi Narasimhan (CA USA)
Bought this as a gift for a friend. She found the Biorb handy for a first-time pet-keeper. The Biorb can be kept easily on a computer desk. The installation was very easy. The pump, gravel and other accessories that came along were good. A useful thing would be to buy the Biorb cleaner pump and an extra pack of gravel along with this.
I would have preferred to get her a 16 gallon one instead of a 8-gallon. The 8-gallon Biorb now houses 4 neon tetras and 2 guppy fish. If you are planning to house a few gold fishes I would suggest going for the bigger version.
I would not suggest the Biorb if you are planning to have salt-water fishes.
Gophie the Betta and his new Biorb June 5, 2010
Lesley, Florida (Longwood, FL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got the deal of a lifetime on my BiOrb, so I am much more forgiving with the review than some I have read. True, the BiOrb does come with everything you need to get started, with the exception of fish and water. It is a little tricky to get everything right, so maybe you can learn from my mistakes. I found the water was getting cloudy, so I pumped a gallon out of the tank and replaced with a new gallon (as per instructions). Didn't help... it looked like Gophie was swimming in the H2O equivalent of Los Angeles. Gophie the First couldn't take it anymore and died..bummer.
So... before my 4 year old could get back from preschool, I raced to Petsmart to find Gophie's twin. Found one. Put him in the BiOrb and have applied the following lessons...
First, there is NOT ENOUGH biological media (OK, rocks..)in the starter kit. You need at least twice the amount. Buy the 2lb bag on Amazon, it's the best buy out there. Also, the Stress Zyme in the starter kit isn't real clear with the instruction. You MUST use this, or your "rocks" won't grow the necessary bacteria to filter the water. However...you have to use it like this... 1ml per gallon of water at set up. Half that amount on the 7th, 14th, 21st...ok..you get the pattern...put it in every week. Do this, and you will LOVE the BiOrb. It looks cool, easy to care for and there are lot's of cool accessories... (like the pink base and top ring that I got for my daughter's room). OK, so the pump is a little noisy... it's isn't a 10, but it IS pretty close...
 Love the BiOrb April 13, 2010
A. Chen (Westford, MA, USA)
I've had this tank for a couple months now and I have to say that I really like it. I feel that as for appearances, there is nothing that beats the biorb. More importantly, my betta fish really loves his new home. He has so much more room to swim now and swims around a lot more than he did in his old tank. I do have to say that you do have to spend money to maintain the biOrb in buying new filters and maintainance kits, but it is worth it to keep your water clean, the tank clean, and your fish happy in a relatively easy manner. Overall, the aquarium is working fine and aesthetically, it looks amazing especially with the extra decorations I have added to it. I wouldn't get any other tank :)
THE BEST TANK for us! April 1, 2010
B. E. Rayburn (Cleveland, OH USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've owned the 8gal Biorb for 8 months now and I'm perfectly pleased with it. My daughters age 7 and 5 wanted a fish tank. I did not want a fish tank due to the number of people I know that have them and keep them poorly. I knew an unsightly algae-laden fish tank was NOT for us! I knew nothing about keeping fish except that it's a lot of hassle and very hard to do well. I researched a number of different options including types of tanks, coldwater v. tropical, types of fish, and care/maintenance. In my search for something simple I found Biorb. Our experience with this tank has been wonderful from the start. It was VERY easy to set up. We had our first fish happily swimming in just a day. The set up is quick but you do have to wait 24 hours before introducing a fish to the tank. We followed instructions to the letter and had no trouble. I change the filter about once every 5-8 weeks depending on how much feeding my girls are doing. The system itself is engineered just right in my opinion. It is true that taking the filter out does SEEM to make a mess of the tank at first but the floaty stuff is cleared up within a few minutes and then the water is crystal clear and stays that way. I recently discovered that I was doing the filter process backwards and removing the 1/3 water first. I now know that if I remove the filter first the disturbed floaty stuff on the ceramic media can better be suctioned out with the 1/3 of water that needs to be removed. The filter is VERY easy to remove and replace as well as the air stone. The air pump makes a quiet almost imperceptible humming unless it makes contact with another hard object such as a wall or table. Ours is always quiet because it rests on carpet. We started out with one fantail goldfish and have worked up to the the maximum three "large" fish. We chose three different kinds of goldfish so our tank appears to have fish variety even though they're simple coldwater fish. I could not be happier with the Biorb aquarium. It's beautiful to look at and the maintenance is a breeze. I would (and HAVE)recommended the Biorb to anyone that asks about it! Five stars for GREAT PRICE, EASE OF USE and BEAUTY too!
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