Marina 10 Gallon LED Aquarium Starter Kit for Beginners

Lee R.: Good price on sale

Canada on Aug 30, 2023

Amazon Customer: Everything came as advertised and working with no leaks. The LED lights are a little bit too bright for my liking wish it had a dimmer switch. The filter that comes with it works great but as with all cartridge filters they get expensive over time so i recommend buying an AquaClear 50 or something similar. Overall it's a great starter kit but it should probably come with a heater as well for the price. There is nowhere to buy aquarium stuff near me so this was my best option.

Canada on Aug 27, 2023

Heather PHeather P: I recently purchased this tank, in the 20 gallon size, as an upgrade to my 5 gallon Koller tank. I love my smaller tank, but keeping up with the water parameters was getting frustrating, hence the upgrade. This tank is live planted and will house my male Betta and 1 mystery snail. I just set it up today, so I’ll be waiting for my heater to arrive and the tank to cycle before adding my fish and snail.

The kit was easy to set up. The slim filter fits nicely on the back wall of the tank and it is whisper quiet. So far, my only gripe about this kit is the lid. It’s not hinged, so you have to unplug it and remove it to service the tank. My smaller tank has a hinged lid and it’s definitely something I’d prefer on this one. Another issue with the lid is the lights are very bright. This may be able to be remedied by adding some sort of colored or tinted acetate over the light strip. That’ll be a job for another day. The final lid issue (for me) is the large open hole in the back to accommodate the filter and the smaller feeding hole towards the front. If you have jumpers or climbers, you’ll need to cover these up. I’ll be adding some screen material to the top of...

United States on Aug 16, 2023

Amazon CustomerAmazon Customer: I purchased the five gallon size for Ernest Hemingway, who is my Betta Fish. I figured he must be getting bored in his three gallon and decided he needed an upgrade. I am very happy with this purchase. Everything works great and it arrived unscathed. As usual, Amazon delivery was wonderful. The only thing I don't like is that the light has only one setting and it is extremely bright. I can't help but think this must be hard on the fish and I wish I could tone down the brightness. Also, for a first time aquarium owner, it would be nice if the kit included gravel. No heater is included, but that is clear in the description so I purchased one separately. I also purchased a better quality thermometer and I just ordered a liner for the background. But overall, good value for the money. The same kit at our local pet store was $35 more.

Canada on Jul 31, 2023

Christine Van Rayn: Quiet and pretty. Plenty of room for fish, plants and decorations while still being small enough for the top of my dresser in my bedroom. Great for one Betta or several guppies.

United States on Jul 22, 2023

Sanjay: The aquarium is nice, it comes with a filter. The only reason I took a star off of it is because the lid doesn’t clip. I would have like that. Other than that it looks nice with led lights.

United States on May 06, 2023

Fredrik skagerlund: Bra kvalite på detta yngel allvarligt. Till ett bra pris.

Sweden on Jan 28, 2023

Eternal Senshi: Last year I purchased this kit but in the 5 gallon size.

This is more or less the exact same kit but with a larger tank. I was expecting the pump to be bigger and all the pipes that are connected to also be bigger as well but no. This appears to be the exact same except that it uses 3 filters instead of 2.

The tank so far is much quieter than the 5 gallon. That one was really loud and you could hear the hum of it if you were in another room. I had to offset the lid that sits on top of the filter tank in order to quiet it down.

I currently have 1 betta and 3 blue eye gertrudae. There is enough room for all of them to do their own little things. There is enough space for a Mopani log which I have glued some Java fern onto. There's enough space to also throw in a large sized cave and a Buddha statue.

All in all, I think this is great for beginners. It comes with everything you need to start a tank. The instruction booklet on how to keep your tank healthy and tankmates happy is invaluable. If you are a parent getting this tank for your children, I highly recommend reading this together.

My only gripe is that I used scissors on top of the box to open...

Canada on Jan 04, 2023

J&JJ&J: 2/25/22 UPDATE: I'm deducting a couple stars because we're having more issues with vibration noise from the filter unit. Disassembled and cleaned out the impeller (which looked fine), but it will still occasionally get pretty loud. I had to wedge a little rubber gasket between the intake tube and the plastic overhang that dumps water back into the tank because they were rattling against each other. Also had to stick a little pad under the back cover which was similarly rattling. A little disappointed this has popped up after only a couple months of use. Right now a similar Top Fin kit is available at the local Petsmart for half the price (we bought a 10 gallon Top Fin kit, and the filter is very quiet). I would likely go with the Top Fin unit over this one if we did it over again.

ORIGINAL REVIEW:
Santa dropped this 5 gallon kit under our tree for our 4 and 7 year olds with no one in the house having experience keeping an aquarium and the wife insisting we don't get anything too big. Per the aquarium instructions, we filled it with water and placed it next to the basement drain for a couple days to test for leaks--no problems. Then we set up the filter, got our...

United States on Jan 31, 2022

Amanda: I bought this for my betta and he loves all the space in the ten gallon! The tank was very easy to set up. I really like the slim filter, it doesn't take up a lot of space and it's pretty quiet. Plus you can customize it easily by replacing the cartridges with other media. I put in some ceramic rings for more efficient biological filtration, and some filter floss to help clarify the water. The adjustable flow is also really nice, I keep it on low mostly, but even when I've put it on medium/high my betta didn't have much trouble getting around. (he's a strong swimmer though, so if you have a betta that doesn't like to swim much, or really small fish you should probably keep an eye on them in case the current from the output is too strong)

Visually the tank has a very clean, modern look. I wasn't sure about the black silicone in the corners when I first ordered this, but it actually looks better than the clear silicone and doesn't detract from visibility because it's very slim. It also frames the whole tank really nicely when you look at it straight on. The lid is much better looking than some of the other lids on similar aquariums of this type and it has cutouts that fit the...

United States on Jan 29, 2018