JBJ Nano Cube Sucks

Warning - do not buy a JBS Nano Cube (12 gallon). The product looks great but when you get into it there are problems:

1) No heater and it doesn't look like an after market heater can be fitted in.

2) Instructions are horrible - here they are

(1) Fill the tank with water...
(2) The first plug starts the circulation pump.
(3) The second plug turns the light on.
(4) Flip the switch to on.

That's it!

I made the mistake of buying two to be used as hospital tanks (1 marine and the other FW). Today I admitted my first patient - a Guarami with bugeye. The currant is so strong that I have to turn the circulation off periodically to allow the fish to rest. I can't find a switch to lower the circulation power and, of course, there aren't any instructions on this topic. Also, the "help" telephone rings without an answer.

This is a piece of #%*!

Bill Schultz

Although I have not heard from JBJ regarding my concerns, I did visit a local fish store that carried the Nano Cube. They didn't have one set up but the employee examined the tank and found the answer to two of my concerns:

1) No heater and it doesn't look like an after market heater can be fitted in.

He found that in the upper right hand side of the tank in the back there is a pull away piece of rubber that will provide space for a heater cord. I purchased two 50 watt 6" heaters and now my hospital patient(s) will have heat.

Also to this problem: "The current is so strong that I have to turn the circulation off periodically to allow the fish to rest."

He pulled the motor apart and found a slide that regulates the flow. It appears that the factory setting is "wide open." The best setting seems to be almost shut.

Bill Schultz

Don't do it.

Since my last post another problem has been discovered. The front lid of the saltwater tank doesn't seat properly and it permits leakage down onto the front of the glass - I'm always wiping the tank and its a pain.

Bill