| If you're interested in having a freshwater home | | | | mechanical portion is accomplished via the filter and |
| aquarium, or tropical fish tanks, but don't have the | | | | filter media itself, the biological portion is much more |
| time or the money to spend on a whole elaborate | | | | intricate, yet is developed effortlessly and naturally |
| set up, then this is the perfect solution. It's called a | | | | over time by the growth of beneficial bacteria that |
| "biOrb" (made by Reef One), and it's essentially a | | | | clarify and clean the water. |
| clear acrylic bowl with a filter system specifically | | | | The basic system comes with a low voltage light, |
| developed to work as part of an intelligently | | | | with an available option of an LED light that |
| designed, low maintenance system. This scientifically | | | | re-creates the lighting found during a 24 hour day. It |
| designed set up makes the perfect freshwater home | | | | actually produces lighting for "sunrise", 'daylight", |
| aquarium, not only because it promotes crystal clear | | | | "sundown" and "moonlight". A 12 volt air pump that |
| healthy water for your fish but because it's so easy | | | | provides air and water circulation is also included. |
| to maintain. You won't need to do the frequent | | | | The biOrb comes in 8 gallon and 16 gallon sizes, and |
| water changes that are necessary with a typical | | | | while both are suitable for freshwater fish, there's an |
| goldfish or betta bowl. The cartridge based filter is | | | | option available for the 16 gallon size that will easily |
| inside the biOrb and incorporates several types of | | | | convert it for use with saltwater marine fish and |
| filtration including mechanical & biological. The | | | | small animals. |