New aquarium required.

[Radley.jim]

Hello all, new to this forum. I am currently in the process of swapping my rimless aquascape aquarium over to an aquarium with a lid. I work away during the week, so wanting a simpler setup, wIth a lid as lost a Hellboy Betta due to a leap of faith in my absence.

The options that I have seen for the size that I am contemplating are

Waterbox Eden 40
Fluval Roma 125
Eheim Vivaline 125
Aquael Optiset 125

Does anyone have advice on which to go for or avoid?

 

[Spartacus]

Hello,

If it helps Waterbox have just pulled out of the UK so it might be a problem getting the Eden?

There is another possibility and that is the Oase Styleline 125 for £410 with stand / filter and light.

Oase Styleline 125 Black Aquarium and Cabinet | Charterhouse Aquatics

Clear, timeless design and powerful technology: everything for a functioning ecosystem with minimal maintenance effort

charterhouse-aquatics.com

Good luck in the hunt 🙂

 

[Radley.jim]

Hello,

If it helps Waterbox have just pulled out of the UK so it might be a problem getting the Eden?

There is another possibility and that is the Oase Styleline 125 for £410 with stand / filter and light.

Oase Styleline 125 Black Aquarium and Cabinet | Charterhouse Aquatics

Clear, timeless design and powerful technology: everything for a functioning ecosystem with minimal maintenance effort

charterhouse-aquatics.com

Good luck in the hunt 🙂

Thanks for the recommendation. Would you say that the Styleline is the stronger option? Waterbox is on the list as they have the last few options at 50% discount, so £225 for the aquarium seemed a deal if the quality was still there.

 

[Spartacus]

Ah cool sorry I didn’t realise it was still available.

I have purchased a Waterbox 3620 myself in the clearance. For the money them seem to have a good reputation from my research (research enough to make me order)

Not taken delivery yet so can’t comment on quality of the Waterbox. Oase stuff seems good George Farmer had the Styleline and has some vids up.

Waterbox does seem like a decent setup for the money with the free delivery and half price sale. 🙂

 

[Radley.jim]

Ah cool sorry I didn’t realise it was still available.

I have purchased a Waterbox 3620 myself in the clearance. For the money them seem to have a good reputation from my research (research enough to make me order)

Not taken delivery yet so can’t comment on quality of the Waterbox. Oase stuff seems good George Farmer had the Styleline and has some vids up.

Waterbox does seem like a decent setup for the money with the free delivery and half price sale. 🙂

Yeah seems a good deal for waterbox, if they fulfill the orders?! Seem George Farmer with the Oase Highline aquariums, the are just a lot more, and deeper than what would work in the space that I want the aquarium to sit.

 

[seedoubleyou]

Hello all, new to this forum. I am currently in the process of swapping my rimless aquascape aquarium over to an aquarium with a lid. I work away during the week, so wanting a simpler setup, wIth a lid as lost a Hellboy Betta due to a leap of faith in my absence.

The options that I have seen for the size that I am contemplating are

Waterbox Eden 40
Fluval Roma 125
Eheim Vivaline 125
Aquael Optiset 125

Does anyone have advice on which to go for or avoid?

I had the Eden. The glass and silicone work were spot on. The glass lid is great too.
The cabinet quality wasn’t the best but nothing cosmetic or that overly affected the set.

Lighting is restricted as the tanks are aimed at using an AI blade. I had one of those too and it was a great light IMO.

 

[Conort2]

Yeah seems a good deal for waterbox, if they fulfill the orders?!

I just purchased a waterbox 3620 as it was too good a deal to turn and they appear to have a good reputation.

I hadn’t heard anything since I purchased the aquarium over a week ago and was getting a bit worried as the lead time said 3-5 days, so I contacted them. They replied extremely quickly and informed me that due to the sale they are extremely busy but all orders would be fulfilled.

Cheers

 

[castle]

Aquael optiset, I have this and I am happy with it. I think I have the 200.

You can see this here: Current build status of my heavy driftwood tank

 

[Radley.jim]

I had the Eden. The glass and silicone work were spot on. The glass lid is great too.
The cabinet quality wasn’t the best but nothing cosmetic or that overly affected the set.

Lighting is restricted as the tanks are aimed at using an AI blade. I had one of those too and it was a great light IMO.

Ok good to hear that the quality of the aquarium is up there with other reputable brands. Had a couple of waterbox cubes in the past, and always been great attention to detail for the aquarium itself.

Do you think that something like a fluval plant 3.0 would fit under the lid?

 

[Radley.jim]

I just purchased a waterbox 3620 as it was too good a deal to turn and they appear to have a good reputation.

I hadn’t heard anything since I purchased the aquarium over a week ago and was getting a bit worried as the lead time said 3-5 days, so I contacted them. They replied extremely quickly and informed me that due to the sale they are extremely busy but all orders would be fulfilled.

Cheers

Thanks for the heads up on that. Willing to wait for a deal, so long as the finish is worth it. Only main thing that I've heard it the trim on the aquarium top and bottom is a little cheap and nasty. But looked at photos and some posts on hear and all seems good.

 

[Radley.jim]

Aquael optiset, I have this and I am happy with it. I think I have the 200.

You can see this here: Current build status of my heavy driftwood tank

Thanks, I will take a look at the build now.

 

[seedoubleyou]

Do you think that something like a fluval plant 3.0 would fit under the lid?

Possibly. Their site lists all the measurements. So you can work out lighting options before you buy.

 

[Radley.jim]

Went with the Waterbox Eden 40, has just been delivered today. Been contemplating putting a Fluval 407 on it. Is that way too much of a filter for this tank?