BiOrbs are style over substance. If you just want something pretty to fit in with your ikea furniture with a few guppies and not much else they’re fine if you don’t mind spending silly money.
If you want to seriously keep any more adventurous fish species though you’ll need to invest in a larger tank with better filtration (Orbs undergravel filtration is dated and poor).
# 28 March 2010 at 6:29 am
Chrissi K said:
Well um… if you like that look…
But in general an orb-shaped aquarium is a waste of space, there’s not much swimming room and not much surface area. Pretty much the worst shape in terms of what fish want and need.
# 28 March 2010 at 6:29 am
bennett.annie21 said:
NO!!!
Biorbs are the next generation of appealing lies.
They advertize them as the goldfish bowl of the future. The smallest goldfish grow to be 6- 10 inches. ALL fish require surface area in tanks for gas exchange. Biorbs have a very small hole at the top. No oxygen for the fish.
No fish other than a handful of guppies or minnows will have a chance. They are pretty, but if you want to seriously get into fish keeping, go with a traditional tank. They are relatively inexpensive, and in the long run you will apreciate the larger size and healthier fish
# 28 March 2010 at 6:29 am
mwm0788 said:
They look amazing….
that’s the only good thing about them….
there the worst thing you can buy…..in every way…
bottom line…i’ll keep it simply.
they have a small top which means no matter what you do very little air
can get in them…
so little air means small amount of fish…
A ten gallon tank (37.5 litres) can hold ten inches of fmall fish..
A bio-orb of the same size 3 inches of fish…
Any bio-orb smaller can hold 2 tiny tiny fish max or they suffocate and you get to watch them die slowly…
hard to clean, hard to decorate and no swimming space and with all that glass alot of algae…
pass on this…
# 28 March 2010 at 6:29 am
Ccmj said:
I like the biorb tanks a lot, I have a baby biorb (over a year) with a betta and a biube pure. A lot of people don’t like the old biorb’s because they are round and don’t have a lot of surface area, however, if you are avoiding the biorb tanks because of that problem, the new biorb life tanks have more surface area because the are square/rectangular tanks. You can find out a lot of information about biorb fish tanks at http://www.everythingbiorb.com – They have articles, video’s, and tutorials about biorb tanks and supplies.
# 28 March 2010 at 6:29 am
shayne said:
hi
i had a 60 litre biorb as a marine tank for 2 years, i did away with there pointless filtration and added an ecco pro filter, 8 k live rock and 5k of sand, 2 x clowns and a yellow goby never had any fish die or problems, recently bought the orca 120 l needed the stronger light for soft corals.
BiOrbs are style over substance. If you just want something pretty to fit in with your ikea furniture with a few guppies and not much else they’re fine if you don’t mind spending silly money.
If you want to seriously keep any more adventurous fish species though you’ll need to invest in a larger tank with better filtration (Orbs undergravel filtration is dated and poor).
Well um… if you like that look…
But in general an orb-shaped aquarium is a waste of space, there’s not much swimming room and not much surface area. Pretty much the worst shape in terms of what fish want and need.
NO!!!
Biorbs are the next generation of appealing lies.
They advertize them as the goldfish bowl of the future. The smallest goldfish grow to be 6- 10 inches. ALL fish require surface area in tanks for gas exchange. Biorbs have a very small hole at the top. No oxygen for the fish.
No fish other than a handful of guppies or minnows will have a chance. They are pretty, but if you want to seriously get into fish keeping, go with a traditional tank. They are relatively inexpensive, and in the long run you will apreciate the larger size and healthier fish
They look amazing….
that’s the only good thing about them….
there the worst thing you can buy…..in every way…
bottom line…i’ll keep it simply.
they have a small top which means no matter what you do very little air
can get in them…
so little air means small amount of fish…
A ten gallon tank (37.5 litres) can hold ten inches of fmall fish..
A bio-orb of the same size 3 inches of fish…
Any bio-orb smaller can hold 2 tiny tiny fish max or they suffocate and you get to watch them die slowly…
hard to clean, hard to decorate and no swimming space and with all that glass alot of algae…
pass on this…
I like the biorb tanks a lot, I have a baby biorb (over a year) with a betta and a biube pure. A lot of people don’t like the old biorb’s because they are round and don’t have a lot of surface area, however, if you are avoiding the biorb tanks because of that problem, the new biorb life tanks have more surface area because the are square/rectangular tanks. You can find out a lot of information about biorb fish tanks at http://www.everythingbiorb.com – They have articles, video’s, and tutorials about biorb tanks and supplies.
hi
i had a 60 litre biorb as a marine tank for 2 years, i did away with there pointless filtration and added an ecco pro filter, 8 k live rock and 5k of sand, 2 x clowns and a yellow goby never had any fish die or problems, recently bought the orca 120 l needed the stronger light for soft corals.
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