19 liter aquarium 19 liter aquarium

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19 liter aquarium

An acrylic aquarium with a full-cover lamp from Netto

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The aquarium came in this nice little box.
The aquarium came in this nice little box.

I received this aquarium as a birthday gift in 2007, but I only set it up several years after I received it. The aquarium is almost square, but with a curved front. It includes a full-cover lamp with an E14 bulb. There is a hatch in the lamp where you can feed the fish without removing the lamp, and there is also a light switch on top of the lamp.

The aquarium is stated to be 19 liters, but that must be said to be optimistically set - in reality, the aquarium is probably 1-2 liters smaller.

An annoying detail is that the aquarium is not sealed at the top trim, so if you fill it up so that you cannot see the water level, I have experienced that some water leaked out between the trim and the acrylic.

Maintenance

Acrylic aquariums are VERY FRAGILE, especially when it comes to cleaning - it takes almost nothing to scratch them. If you, for example, get a solid algae attack, it is difficult to clean the sides without scratches appearing in the acrylic. I would not recommend acrylic aquariums at all precisely because of this problem.

Status

It may sound like I haven't been happy with the aquarium, but I actually have. It is nice and discreet, and the disadvantages I have mentioned have not prevented me from being happy with it. For a long time, it was the only aquarium I had set up, but I took it down in 2018 as it had become too scratched. Instead, I have bought a new 25 liter silicone-sealed glass aquarium at Junglefever in Rønnede.

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Quick Stats
Purchased

July 2007

Length

25 cm

Height

25 cm

Width

30 cm

Manufacturer

X-mile

Retailer

Netto

Billedgalleri

My latest aquarium - a 19-liter acrylic aquarium with a full-coverage lamp.

My latest aquarium - a 19-liter acrylic aquarium with a full-coverage lamp.

The aquarium came in this nice little box.

The aquarium came in this nice little box.

The box from the other side

The box from the other side

Even though there is plenty of room for explanations on the sides of the box, not even the dimensions and safety tips are listed.

Even though there is plenty of room for explanations on the sides of the box, not even the dimensions and safety tips are listed.

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