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Starter Tank 24L by Pets at Home

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The 24L starter tank by Pets at Home is the perfect tank if you are buying your child their first fish.

The tank includes filter and plastic lid.

To help personalise your tank just add a backdrop, ornaments, plants and gravel.

Approximate Dimensions (Packaged):

41.5 x 26.5 x 29cm.

Approximate Dimensions (Product):

40 x 25.5 x 28cm

Approximate Product Weight (for Delivery charge calculation):

4.7kg.

Ref: 33005

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Starter Tank 24L by Pets at Home

Avg. Customer Rating:

2.7 stars

(based on 11 reviews)

33% of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Customers most agreed on the following attributes:

Pros:

Fits anywhere (7), Easy to attach filter (6), Durable (4), Easy to clean (4)

Cons:

Dirties easily (4)

Best Uses:

Small room (6)

Describe Yourself:

Beginner (7), Casual fish keeper (3)

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Pleased overall

By Emma G

from London on 7/5/2013

Pros:

Easy To Clean, Fits Anywhere, Looks good, Sturdy

Cons:

Filter Instructions

Best Uses:

Kids First Fish, Small Room

Describe Yourself:

Aquarium Novice

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Starter Tank 24L by Pets at Home:

We bought this for my son, it's in a family area of the house and looks nicer than many more expensive tanks, simple & minimalist & not plasticky.
Having read helpful reviews online (thank you) I removed the instructions very carefully from the inside tank wall so it left no residue.
I attached the filter to the rear wall but felt our little black moor & oranda were struggling in the current, so have re-sited it into the rear corner of the tank, with the black bobble just above the waterline. They seem much happier now and are freely swimming around the whole tank.

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[5 of 7 customers found this review helpful]

Wouldn't recommend

By Eysha

from Burton on trent on 15/2/2013

Pros:

Easy To Attach Filter, Fits Anywhere

Cons:

Suction Cups Give Way

Best Uses:

Small Room

Describe Yourself:

Casual Fish Keeper

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Comments about Starter Tank 24L by Pets at Home:

I am currently using this tank for my White Cloud Mountain minnows to breed. The tank itself is quite nice and simple. But the filter/pump instructions were rubbish as it did not explain how to assemble the thing properly it's meant to be a starter fish tank how would someone know what to do. It's also creating so many small bubbles in my tank , and my fish are struggling to swim against the current which suggests the pump/filter is too strong. Oh, and the suction cups keep coming off too.which is vEry annoying.

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[2 of 4 customers found this review helpful]

Poor lid!

By Steggy

from Northwich, Cheshire on 22/1/2013

Pros:

Easy To Attach Filter, Fits Anywhere, Sturdy

Cons:

Gaps In Lid, Paper Glued To Inside

Best Uses:

Small Room

Describe Yourself:

Aquarium Novice

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Comments about Starter Tank 24L by Pets at Home:

Kids loved the tank. Got a small black moor and 2 platys.
After 3 days one of the platys jumped out of one of the gaps in the lid and 5 year old found it dead on the floor - not good! Needs to have a full lid.

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[3 of 5 customers found this review helpful]

False Economy

By Bowie's Left Sock

from Thurso, Highlands, Scotland on 20/1/2013

Pros:

Easy To Attach Filter, Easy To Clean, Low Glare

Cons:

Dirties Easily, Poor Instructions

Best Uses:

Cold Water Fish, Office, Small Room, Temperate Fish

Describe Yourself:

Casual Fish Keeper

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Comments about Starter Tank 24L by Pets at Home:

The tank is a nice shape and size... But it came with poor filter instructions, a novce probably wouldn't know how to set the filter up... And the filter is terrible. It stops working due to needing cleaned out every 4-5 days.
I thought this was going to be a great buy but after 4 or 5 months with it, not impressed at all. Not great for beginners because due to the filter, it makes fish keeping a lot more effort than it needs to be.
Also, the paper on the inside left a lot of gluey residue which was very tough to clean off.

Service & Delivery comments:

Delivery was great. Arrived in good time, good condition.

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[4 of 6 customers found this review helpful]

Poor filter instructions

By Snozzle from Merseyside on 5/1/2013

Pros:

Cheap

Cons:

Paper Glued Inside Tank

Best Uses:

Goldfish

Describe Yourself:

Aquarium Novice

Comments about Starter Tank 24L by Pets at Home:

Poor filter instructions: don't know how too set filter up...
All paper glued too inside of tank: major scrape and clean before setup...

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[4 of 6 customers found this review helpful]

Great for first time owner

By Tiliah brown from Peterborough on 7/11/2012

Pros:

Easy To Attach Filter, Easy To Clean, Fits Anywhere, Low Glare, Sturdy

Describe Yourself:

Aquarium Novice

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Starter Tank 24L by Pets at Home:

I have had this tank for a week and am finding it a very reliable, sturdy product which really suits my little oranda. The filter is not too loud yet is quite powerfull. It is easy to clean on a weekly basis and it is plenty big enough for a few plants and an ornament or two as well as up to 4 gold-fish sized fish. Am adding two or three mini fish next week or so to keep coraline the oranda company : )
Only con is that the filter assemble instructions are not very clear, but the filter does attach easily to the side.
Again, very good little tank which i would recommend to anyone.

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[6 of 7 customers found this review helpful]

Great tank - basic, but works well

By Matt

from Portsmouth, UK on 3/11/2012

Pros:

Easy To Attach Filter, Easy To Clean, Fits Anywhere, Ideal As Quarrantine Tank, Perfect Size For Shrimp

Cons:

Not Suitable For Fish

Best Uses:

Shrimp tank, Single Tropical Fish, Small Room

Describe Yourself:

Casual Fish Keeper

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Starter Tank 24L by Pets at Home:

I use this aquarium as a specialist tank for Cherry Shrimp and Bamboo Shrimp. It's perfect for this, with the addition of a small heater (I've gone for the Superfish 50W Nano).

It's a good tank for the money, seems well made, and the filter is pretty powerful, so lends itself well to modification (required if you are going to have baby shrimp in the tank). As such, even with the media basket wrapped in a fine filter mesh, the flow is good.

As with all small tanks this size, it is NOT suitable for fish as anything other than an emergency/medication tank, or a quarantine tank. For shrimp, snails, or other inverts however it represents very good value for money. The filter is almost silent (unlike some other small filters I have tried), which was surprising (just don't have the venturi attachment on unless you like the sound of bubbles!).

Please make sure you do a fishless cycle to get the filter established before you use the tank (if you don't know what that is, just Google it). Filters are NOT for "removing fish poo", they are for processing biological waste in the form of mostly ammonia, which if your filter is not established properly, will kill your pets over a prolonged time or shorten their life span (ammonia poisoning). This applies equally to all aquarium filters, not just the one in this tank!

The advice on the bottom of the tank is better than some, but completely ignores the requirements for most fish to be kept in groups - this is NOT a fish tank. The only exception I can think of may be a single Betta.

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[3 of 4 customers found this review helpful]

Noisy Filter

By Jeannette

from Cambridgeshire on 31/10/2012

Pros:

Fits Anywhere

Cons:

Dirties Easily

Best Uses:

Small Room

Describe Yourself:

Aquarium Novice

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Comments about Starter Tank 24L by Pets at Home:

Noisy filter and appears to circulate the water a little too fast. My small fish struggles when the filter is on, spends most of it's time hiding in an ornament. When I switch the filter off, he comes straight back out again. Only had this tank a week and I'm already looking to replace.

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[2 of 5 customers found this review helpful]

Filter is rubbish..dont buy this tank!!

By Stephen Walker from Liverpool on 29/9/2012

Pros:

Fits Anywhere

Cons:

Dirties Easily, Doesnt Stay Clean, Instructions Rubbish, Noisy filter, Rubbish Filter

Best Uses:

Keeping Dirty Water

Describe Yourself:

Aquarium Novice

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Comments about Starter Tank 24L by Pets at Home:

Filter just keeps pushing fish poo round the tank, doesnt actually do anything!!! waste of money, do not buy.... taking mine back to the store to demand a refund, absolute rubbish!!!

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[3 of 5 customers found this review helpful]

DONT BUY IT!

By fern

from midlands on 6/9/2012

Cons:

Dirties Easily, Leaks, Not Sturdy

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Comments about Starter Tank 24L by Pets at Home:

Filter was awful, may aswell not have one, tank just didnt feel sturdy and started to leak quite after buying, just not what i expected from pets at home very dissapointing, to add to that when i went to the local store to ask for advice staff were rude and unhelpful, personally i wouldnt buy another tank designed by pets at home ive now bought a biorb insted!

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