Berneyle Pittman
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2025
I ordered and received a 16 gallon BioCube in September. While in use, it developed a continuous small leak around the top of the tank where the glass and top connect. Initially I didn’t see it until I saw my wood case start coming apart where the water slowly soaked into the stand seams and the drawers.I checked the warranty and saw the BioCube had a year warranty covering leaks. I called CoraLife customer service and told them my problem. Without hesitation, the gentleman sent me a new 16 gallon BioCube as well as the wonderful stand made there for the BioCube. Because of the difficulty returning my original BioCube, they advised me to keep it. The new BioCube and stand arrived by FedEx within 5 days. I was so impressed by their customer service! I highly recommend the BioCube and CoraLife who makes it.
Bob
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2024
Wanted to stat up a new reef tank that was easy to take care of. I would suggest getting a circulation pump if you are adding a lot of rock like me. Tank cycled within 3 weeks. Easy to setup and get going. Glad I decided on this model. Just perfect for what I wanted. I have 15lbs of rock and 15lbs of sand. With probably add another 5lbs of sand next week. That will give me about a 1” depth. Hopes this helps out on what you need.
justdeb1107
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2024
I've had my BioCube 32 up and running now for four months. In that time, I have already outgrown it. That said, it's a great way to get your feet wet if you've never kept saltwater fish.Pros: Automatic Lighting. The sunrise, sunset, and different channels are pretty nifty for the money. They don't have the PAR and spectrum to grow SPS, though I suppose if you ran all 3 light channels together for 8-10 hours a day, and put the SPS at the top, center you could keep it alive. All my LPS and soft corals do very well in it, though. I do recommend getting their A/B daily additive to supplement the tank. I do 8 ml each on a daily basis and everything is growing like crazy.It is also a compact, attractive unit, especially paired with the stand. Small footprint, and the all-in-one design means you don't need to hassle with a sump.Cons: WAY too little space in the back chambers. Makes it difficult to perform routine maintenance, especially if (like me) you install the UV sterilizer and protein skimmer. Every. Single. Time. the little sponge between chambers 2/3 clogs with algae, which is often, I can barely get my hand down to pull it up because of the UV on the return pump line. Inevitably, I knock the UV off the return nozzle, or pull it apart from the water hose, and it's horrible to try to re-attach. If you have the skimmer in chamber 1, it often spews microbubbles into the display. Argh.Stock media rack is flimsy and bags of media get stuck in the chamber when you try to remove it. After a while, most people who are into their aquariums exchange the stock rack for an InTank brand media basket. I've done so, and it's WAY better to deal with. Wish I had started out by spending the dough and getting the InTank media basket and Tunze 9001 skimmer instead of the BioCube brand. May still just chunk the BioCube brand skimmer and go that route.Water changes: because of its small volume, you absolutely must stay on top of weekly water changes to avoid nutrient buildup and the problems it causes. That's true of any tank, but especially in a tank this small. I also installed a small auto topoff to combat evaporation. Can't imagine running a tank this size without one.Lid: I'm not sure why they don't put a piston support up under this thing so you can open the lid halfway and it stays up. I end up propping mine halfway with a kitchen utensil. If you open the lid all the way, the lights glare into your face and the tank is dark when you're doing maintenance.Lastly, for the money I spent buying this new, I wish I had gotten a larger used tank to start with off Marketplace and just got a bigger tank to begin with. If you really enjoy the hobby, you'll outgrow it in less than a year. The market value of a used one of these is about $200, even with the stand. I got a 210 gallon system with all the equipment I could ever need for less than a thousand dollars. No need to get that crazy, but I recommend a 75 gallon or more to start with. Then you would have room for while.P.S. Do NOT put a tang in your BioCube unless you have a larger system to transfer it to when it grows. My tang will go into the 210 eventually.
Carla
Reviewed in Canada on October 23, 2021
The display on top clouded over, unable to read. Otherwise good tank
josef
Reviewed in Canada on December 13, 2020
good size to work with
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on January 5, 2019
Perfect set up for beginner, easy to set up and had everything I needed to get startes
celine theriault
Reviewed in Canada on May 9, 2018
satisfaite
Shakespeare
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2017
The media could not be loaded.
Saul de Nova
Reviewed in Mexico on November 6, 2017
Buscando un acuario con luces Led para cuidar mi consumo de luz, encontré esta opción a un muy buen precio y con todo para reiniciar mi afición, con muchas características muy atractivas. Timer para el manejo de los leds, simulación de amanecer y atardecer, elementos de filtrado ocultos y con muchas opciones para usar distintos filtros químicos y biológicos, el mecánico viene incluido, buen tamaño, muy buena visualización de todo los habitantes del acuario, como las principales.La única queja es el ruido que produce el ventilador de la tapa para la luces Led, pero parece que hay opciones de conseguir un ventilador mas silencioso, que aún tengo que resolver.En general una muy buena compra y el servicio de Amazon me dejo muy satisfecho.
Mr Helpful
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2016
I've had this about a week, and am in the process of getting it cycled. This is a high quality, quiet tank. The built-in LED lights are bright. The three independent, programmable lighting channels are very nice. (Daylight, Sunset/Sunrise, Blue so-called moonlight). This comes with a 3-level media shelf already. The only thing that is somewhat annoying is that the filter media shelf is a tight fit. It should be easier to take it out or put it back in. Overall, this is an excellent tank.If you are wondering if you should save some money and buy the first generation bio-cube DON'T. I bought the 29 gallon gen I biocube. This has flourescent 10k and actinic lighting. It also has TWO LOUD cooling fans. The fact is has two fans is important here. These spin and similar BUT NOT IDENTICAL speeds. So, you get the thrumming out-of-sync noise added on top of the fan's normal noise. If this is in a living room (or similar) fine. Not so great in a bedroom.