When we have to choose an aquarium, one of the options we have is to buy a complete aquarium kit, instead of buying all the components of an aquarium independently, or order custom aquariums.Obviously, this offers many advantages, especially if we are just starting out in aquatics and our knowledge is limited.
The great advantage of the complete aquarium set is that everything is thought through and selected so that there are no mistakes.The filter, the lighting, the heater, have the necessary power according to the urn in which they will be installed. There is no possibility of miscalculation.The only mistake can be in choosing the wrong complete aquarium, with a poor quality. So that you don’t have any problems, I have selected the best aquarium kits that are on sale right now, don’t miss them.
What is a complete aquarium kit? Cheap aquariums
Manufacturers of materials for aquatics: aquarium urns, heaters, filters, etc … know that when you start this hobby is done with great enthusiasm, but with very little technical knowledge.Most focus on the fish they are going to buy, whether they are cold water fish, hot water fish or if they prefer a marine aquarium. But few concentrate on the most pressing reality, the container where we are going to install this “Biotope”. In order to make this first contact much easier, manufacturers have created packages with everything that is needed. These packages are commercially called a complete aquarium kit.Each one includes a series of different accessories, but all include the aquarium urn (logical), lighting, filters and some more complete, heaters or decoration.They are usually inexpensive aquariums. By this I do not mean that they have worse quality materials … no, simply that it is not the same to buy a complete fish tank kit, which buy each of the accessories, either for a tank of 30 liters or 100.
Buying guide Which aquarium to buy?
Although I know that at the beginning it can be a bit confusing, we must necessarily get an idea of what we are looking for or want. We may want to buy a 100 liter aquarium, a 120 liter aquarium kit, or a 200 liter aquarium, but the first thing is to be clear about where we are going to put it. Perhaps we will have to be satisfied with some small fish tanks, accommodating our dreams to the reality of the space of our house.
Large aquariums are very good, even advised for beginners, because if you make mistakes with the water quality, the effect on the population of the aquarium is usually less harmful, that if the same mistake is made in a mini aquarium.
The key points to consider, before arriving at the aquarium store and choosing an inadequate aquarium kit are:
Aquarium Urn
As for the space we have, it is the most critical point.It does not matter if the fish tanks are cheap or expensive, nor does it matter if they are decorated fish tanks or if it is a designer aquarium at a fantastic price, the important thing is that they fit into the space reserved for the aquarium.Aquarium manufacturers, besides expressing the size of the aquarium in liters, also offer us the different measures of length, width and height of the aquarium urn.For example, an 80-liter aquarium measures approximately 60 centimeters long, 35 centimeters deep and 44 centimeters high.A further highlight of the aquarium urn is the material in which it is made, whether glass or plastic.Many of the curved panoramic aquariums are made of high quality, transparent plastics, which give the appearance of being entirely made of glass.Even in the glass there are different qualities: thicknesses ranging from 4mm to 10 mm, logically, the thickness of glass is chosen depending on the size of the aquarium itself and the pressure that will support its walls, depending on the liters they contain.Perhaps this is less worrying when we are buying a new aquarium, but we should worry that the glass is “optical”, which allows a clearer view of the interior of the aquarium, than a basic and normal glass.
Aquarium filter
Most complete aquarium kits come with an internal aquarium filter as standard.Internal filters are usually a great choice, especially for small aquariums. I am not referring to nano aquariums, aquariums of 30 liters or less, but to an 80 liter aquarium, which is usually one of the most chosen to start.The filters are important, since of their efficiency of work it depends on the quality of the water inside the aquarium, and logically, that the fish of the aquarium are in perfect conditions of health.Do not think that because it is an internal aquarium filter you will give up performance or quality. There are internal aquarium filters capable of performing all three possible types of filtration: mechanical, biological and chemical.Check that the chosen aquarium kit contains a filter, and that it offers performance.
Heater
Most of the aquarium kits do not have a water heater, although some remember that most of the aquarium fish are hot water, and if they have one.It is not an excessively expensive accessory that can be bought separately, but if the kit already comes with everything, so much the better.As for the qualities, because obviously there are heaters of all kinds, some more efficient than others.If you know that the fish you are going to raise are tropical or marine, which will necessarily need a heater, you should consider whether it is worthwhile for the aquarium kit to carry it as standard or not.
Lighting
All complete aquarium kits have cover lighting. Some complete aquariums have the option of differentiating between day and night lighting, which is more intense by day and dimmer by night.You will find different types of lighting for aquariums, although the most common are LED or fluorescent tubes.Many basic aquariums, mount the fluorescent tubes for being the cheapest, although the trend is to replace fluorescent lighting by LED lighting.Hobbyists who have fluorescent lighting, are changing to LED lighting for aquariums, although at first it is not very important … we just have to worry that is appropriate to the aquarium plants and fish that we will introduce. A detail, if we want to buy a kit marine aquarium, we will find that there is no specific one. Most marine fish need special lighting, which resembles the depths of the sea.One of the white light fluorescent tubes is usually changed for fluorescent tubes with blue light, so that the illumination is more similar to the one they would have in their environment.