20 Gallon Tetra Aquarium Fish Tank Kit with LED Lighting & Decor - Complete Starter Kit for Freshwater Fish, Plants & Aquatic Pets - Perfect for Home, Office or Classroom Aquarium Setup

There are several components to this aquarium to review.Firstly, the tank itself. It seems made well, simple enough.Now the hood. It has perforated cutouts for a filter and such. It also has a rectangular feeding hole near the front. There are extra spaces in the back for the light cable and air tubing if so desired. The lights actually have to be placed into their respective slots on the underside of the hood and there is a channel for the cord. The light cord can come out the left or right side, depending on preference. There are also 2 hinges that need to be installed. We found installing them onto the hood first worked easier than putting them on the tank's rim first. Just make sure that the front lip of the hinge clip (shorter side) goes under the tank's inner rim or the hood will not go down flat/sit flush. I like the hood overall, but I am concerned about the light strips constant contact with water. They're not submerged in the water, but they stay wet nonetheless.The heater is not being used, so I can not comment on that. I did stick the exterior temperature strip on the outside of the tank.Now onto the other accessories. The fishnet is basic, simple. Tjere is also some aquarium starter to make tap water safe and a small sample of fish flakes. I highly recommend having your own fish food and aquarium solutions.The decor is sparse. They actually gave me the wrong decor for my tank. I did get the boxwood gravel mat, but the rest of the plants that were in my kit were the "GloFish" plants. They're really bright and cheap looking and are better suited for the GloFish version kit, which they are actually intended for. If I had wanted the GloFish accessories, I would have chosen the GloFish kit. All the rest of the decor in my picture was from my smaller aquarium or ones that I purchased separately. I'm glad I had my own stuff because the included decor is pretty chinsy.Lastly we're onto the "Whisper" filter system. Whisper is a bit of a stretch, more like humming filter. As you can guess this is not as quiet as they make it sound, but it is tolerable... well at least now it is. I did have an issue w/the filter being super loud for days. I was so annoyed because it sounded like a small aircraft taking off in my dining room and it could be heard throughout the house. I almost dropped the star rating severely because of the amount of noise this thing was making. I decided to tinker w/the filter system again to see if I got a defective one or if it was some other issue. I'm glad I did because it's way more quiet now, not a Whisper, but definitely not obnoxious. The tube that presses down into the pump had somehow gotten slightly loose. This was causing vibration and also the pump gear wasn't catching like it should. The result was the filter was super loud. Once I tinkered around and pulled the tube back up and pressed it back in until it clicked, then the noise dropped drastically. Also, I found that I can not use the bio sphere filter type mediums in the back of the filter either because they cause vibration too. The pump comes w/1 Large size filter. Make sure to buy/order more of those too for monthly changes.I upgraded from a 10 gallon Glofish tank to this larger 20 gallon tank and purchased a MingDak 57 Led Aquarium Underwater Submersible 18.5" "Blue" Light from Amazon. I use the suction cups adhered to the underside of the lid rather than on the glass for the blue light. I haven't had an issue with the light staying attached to the lid. If I do I plan to do what another buyer recommended, which is removing the suction cups, they twist off from the little clips that the light snaps into and drilling two small holes in the lid to attach the clips to the lid with small black screws and snap the light onto the lid. So far the light stays stuck with the suction cups, its submersible so if it does it won't hurt the fish or light if it should detach. I now have three options for lighting as shown in my pictures with both the white led lid lights and blue lights both on, or just the white led lights on, or just the blue light on. My fish seem to like the combo of both lights on at the same time. With the 10 gallon Glofish tank I only had two options for lighting and my three Glofish were cramped and hid on the bottom. In this larger tank I purchased two more Glofish and now have five, along with three shrimp, and large mystery snail. They love having room to swim and play. I could not be more pleased with this combo. The tank is a little wider and longer, but the main difference is the increase in height and depth of swimming area.My filter quit working after a couple monthsGreat fish tank comes with everything you need except for gravel.I really wanted this aquarium but I'm disappointed with the filter because it is leaking water. I love my aquarium and it was fairly easy to assemble; however the filter had my power surge smoking twice because of the water leaking onto the plug ?. I can't stop the filter from leaking. And I have to buy another filter for my aquarium and waste money because of a faulty filter. At first the filter was loud because I didn't know that it had to be primed. So I primed it and it was working great until it started to smoke and spark and almost caught ? fire because water was leaking on the plugs. Why's it pumping water out of the tank anyway?I decided to get this kit as an upgrade from a 5 gallon. Received aquarium in perfect condition. I really like the led lights. Very bright. I decided not to use the included filter & went with a sponge filter instead. Fish seem to enjoy having more room to swim around.NothingEs un buen inicio ya que tiene todo lo necesario aunque en mi caso fue para substituir un pequeño acuario ya que mis peces estaban creciendo. Me parece que al filtro le falta capacidad de filtrado ya que entiendo que si el acuario es de 20 galones el filtro debería poder limpiar 60. Aunque ya lo apoye con otro filtro interno (del acuario anterior que me ayudó a acelerar el ciclado) y un producto que se llama Purigen (recomendado) Igualmente al filtro se le rompió la válvula de regulación de agua haciendo que no subiera por el tubo, pero con un poco de cinta teflón lo repare. Lo demás está bien. El calentador está preconfigurado para la temperatura y no se puede cambiar aunque se mantiene entre los 24 grados. En resumen me agrado la compra y la tapa con luces le dan muy buen aspecto. Ahora que bajo de precio me dan ganas de comprar otro jaja.Una gran opción para los que se inician en la acuariofília (80 lts) La urna de cristal es de buen material y esta bien ensamblada. El calentador mantiene una temperatura de 24 a 26 grados y el filtro a pesar de quedarse corto cumple con su función. ( Se recomienda tener filtro de respaldo) La pantalla de led es buena. Por lo que respecta al alimento y al acondicionador, estaría mejor si mandan los botes aunque sean de 250 ml y no sobres de muestra....Buena pecera, fácil instalación, buen filtro, lo único que no me gusto del kit fue el termostato ya que al no ser regulable la temperatura puede subir mucho y la tienes que estar vigilando todo el tiempo, por lo demás es un buen producto a un buen precioExcelente precio por lo que recibes. Las plantas artificiales son muy bonitas y de excelente calidad, nosotros cambiamos algunas solo por gusto, pero el surtido que incluye es más que suficiente tanto en variedad como en cantidad. No me gusta que el filtro whisper funciona con cartuchos desechables, intentaré adaptar algún filtro de gruesos y biológico que se adapte a mi gusto. En general, muy satisfecho con la compra, de hecho ordené también la versión Glo que también está muy bonita.Llego en buen estado, facil de instalar, llego completo el kit, me encanto y a mis peces tambien