Interpet Fish Pod Glass Aquarium Fish Tank, 120 L

This tank looks beautiful and comes with everything you need to start keeping cold water or freshwater tropical fish! I looked around many big brand pet stores and garden centre aquatics for a good tank and all of them wanted more than the £165 I bought this one for and that was for just a tank alone, with no filter, heater etc. Many of which were smaller tanks than this too. Furthermore, they expected you to get it home yourself or pay even more money for delivery. This superior tank on the other hand, showed up the next day at my doorstep with no delivery charge!The curved edges to the glass make the tank look a lot nicer in the room than other tanks I have previously owned with straight corners.I have had the tank up and running for about two weeks now with two tropical fish for the moment and some plants. All of which seem to be doing very well. The heater is performing excellently! I have set it to 25 degrees and the thermometer that came with the tank that I have placed on the opposite side to the heater is showing the exact same temperature.There are only two negatives about this thank, neither of which would stop me from purchasing this tank though.Firstly, if you keep tropical fish in the tank then you'll end up with a lot of condensation gathering on the inside of the tank hood. This is unavoidable but when you lift the hood on the tank up it causes a large amount of water to fall down the back of the tank which could drip down the wires and get into the electricity socket. So remember to have a "Drip Loop" on your wiring and a towel at the ready when lifting the lid. (There is a smaller flap for feeding the fish though, so don't worry, you won't need to do this every time you put food in the tank.)Secondly, the tank would be better if it had three lights rather than two. The tank looks great with the two lights it has but I like to have a moonlight blue light on in the evening as my tank is in my bedroom. This looks best with just one light on rather than two as otherwise it is too bright. Due to there only being two light sockets, I have to unscrew one of the hot lamps with a towel manually and change it for the blue lamp. If the tank had three lamp sockets I could just simply turn off the two daytime bulbs and flick on the moonlight one.Having said that though, this has been a great purchase and I would 100% recommend it.

I am not sure whether would recommend as very disappointed with the filter. Its very noisy and does not keep water clear enough so have had to buy a different make. The lights are poor quality too and do not give particularly good lighting. Also the tank was very unstable on the recommended unit so had to fix a further top onto the unit and secure this to the wall. The only good thing is that if you are on limited budget this is a good size tank for the money as other makes of similar size are twice the cost...

Mine arrived today. Meant to be an Amazon Prime Saturday delivery, but decided to come on Monday instead. I was a bit worried with the state of the packing, but everything looks OK so far. It also seems very good value.I haven't set it up yet, as I'm still undecided whether to go for the stand (even though they say there is no warranty without it), as it's useless for stashing an external filter in.And on that subject: I'm assuming the small hatch in the front of the lid is for fish feeding, but what is the hatch on the right at the rear of the lid ? It's shaped internally into a rectangle. Perhaps an external filter pipe I/O ?After having it for a while now, I'm completely sold on it. It's really good value for money. OK, I had to buy the stand, but it's very cheap on here and looks great with the tank on top. It's also OK for putting an external filter in as long as you're not bothered about losing the shelf.The condensation cover is good, as are the two 18 watt daylight lamps provided along with a spare. The heater is also well thought out and easy to use. I ran the supplied internal filter for a week, and it was fine. Very quiet, but not as quiet as the TetraTec EX700 external I replaced it with, but it will be a good spare.Overall it's a great tank for the money. Once I was used to the bow front all was good.Buy it now !

Quality of the tank is very good, it is well made and looks pretty good. The tank comes with a Interpet PF3 filter which is too noisy to use and needed to be replaced after a couple of days as it just wasn't bearable. The filter could be heard vibrating in the tank throughout the whole house to the point it was impossible to watch TV in the same room and kept the whole house awake at night. The tank has a cheap internal plastic cover which is too flimsy for the job. It needs to be thicker and will be the next thing I will need to replace. I emailed Interpet customer service about the filter but it is a web only service and response times up to 5 days. So far I haven't heard back from them so I have resorted to buying a new filter and kind of given up on them. So if you buy factor in that it is a good quality tank but the filter is likely to need replacing with a quieter one fairly early on (£30). It is worth googl'ing "Interpet pf3 filter noisy" to get an idea of the extent of the issue. There are better deals out there especially once you add a new filter to the price of the tank so I do feel a little robbed. The set-up is fairly complete - for a 120L I just purchased 16kg of gravel, a glass cleaner, a net, some more tap safe liquid and a cheap test kit. I waited 7 days for the tank to cycle before gradually adding plants and fish.Update: both bulbs have failed after 6 weeks of use for 10 hours per day. I'm hoping I was just unlucky. They started to dim to about 60% brightness after about 4 weeks.Update: Third bulb stopped working after just 2 days.Update: Changed rating from 2 stars down to 1 star due to problems with filter being too noisy, bulbs not lasting, poor lighting, flimsy cover, and now the heater is leaking after 6 weeks. In summary - an expensive option as, if you have the same as my experience, you'll need to buy a new filter (£30), new heater (£20), New lights or lots of bulbs(£60)!!