The NoClean Aquarium

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mikoolio

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Hello,
I was wondering if anyone had thoughts on the NoClean Aquarium. It's more than sixty dollars, which is crazy. I was wondering if other companies had basically the same excact thing but cheaper? Also, is it possible to make one yourself? How would you do it? Does anyone recomend it, or discourage me from getting it?
 
Looks like a neat product and I guess it makes water changes easier, but ~$70 for a drilled glass jug? Yikes!

You could get a 10gal with a quality filter and heater for the same price.
 
Just the name would make me not recommend it.
 
basically a tall, skinny tank with a 1-pass undergravel filter? ! ?

even if it was free, you'r spend a fortune in de-chlor.

if you really want something that small, get a nano with a real filter
 
I don't know that you'd spend a fortune treating the water that you wouldn't anyway. I mean, you're going to have to treat the water you put in the tank anyway, and with something like Prime, you only need a drop or two to dechlorinate the water sufficiently. However, that narrow design seems insufficient for a betta to be able to relax, and a half gallon of volume means you're going to have to do frequent (albeit easy) water changes. The inability to have a heater (it doesn't look like you're going to have sufficient room for one) seems problematic for bettas.

All that said, I'd rather spend $70 on a 10 gallon, with an AC 20 or Fluval C1, heater, light, substrate, plants/decorations, etc. 20 long wouldn't be much more.
 
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Algae need 3 things to live: oxygen, food and sunlight. Oxygen is limited in the aquarium because there’s no moving water. Betta breathe air from the surface with their labyrinth organ so this is safe for the fish, too. Most other fish (including algae eaters) require oxygenated water, which is achieved by the use of filters and bubblers, thus elevating the incidence of algae growth.
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Isn't that just a glass canister from the dollar store? + a $0.20 copper elbow piece from the hardware store. A couple of washers and silcone with some tubing and presto - It's $70 of resale value.

The free bad information to help kill fish is great as well.

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Why do you have to remove fish rocks and decorations to clean an aquarium? That part makes no sense! Unless they are talking about the tiny betta bowls that are so small they shouldn't house anything living except maybe some lucky bamboo, and then you don't really need to change the water....

I do remember when I worked at the petstore there were people who thought (even with the big aquariums) that you would at some point need to take out all the fish, gravel, decorations etc. and really clean the tank at some point. They were so relieved when I showed them how to use a gravel vacuum properly and assured them that was all they needed to do on a regular basis. But, there were a few people who still thought that once or twice a year they should (for some unknown reason) do a whole tank teardown. I tried to explain why, apart from stressing the fish, that was a bad idea because it would get rid of most of their BB. (they would wash everything, and put in all new filter parts....). Oh, and when I introduced people with large tanks, or lots of tanks to the python (or the aqueon when we switched over), they were so extra happy!!

Emily
 
qwe123 said:
The concept is brilliant for water changes in a normal size tank imo... someone invent that!
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You could essentially do the same thing on a larger scale with a reef-ready tank. Plumb the overflow to a waste hose. Then when you add water it is drained out the waste hose.
 
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