Hydroponic Garden Aquaponic Fish Tank Plants Growing System Self-Cleaning Seed Sprouter Tray

The media could not be loaded. Great starter aquaponic system for the money. Easy to set up from the included instructions. It comes with clay balls as a growth medium but you shouldn't use those if you are growing sprouts in the seed tray. The pea sprouts germinated quickly in the tray by spraying them with water three times a day or so and covering them with the included cheese cloth. Once they sprouted they really took off! I harvested a bit already and added to a salad. Quite tasty! The tank is really only big enough for one fish, so I chose a male betta and I added a couple small shrimp to keep the substrate clean. The pump is quiet and works well. The only draw back is if you need to take off the top and add or rearrange anything the pump has suction cups at the bottom and you have to reattach it to the tube every time. Pretty much a two person operation. Otherwise a very good purchase!

During assembly it seemed as though I was going to break the tube for the pump in order for it to fit the lid. With the help of someone braver putting more pressure, it actually did fit well. However it made me nervous about what water changes would be like since it would be a pain to disassemble each time with the pump.After a mystery leak for still an unknown cause (came from the lid only and stopped the second it was unplugged,so I think the pump must have been slightly off the tube by accident and it was suctioning water and dumping out the top because it has NEVER recurred and I’ve had this going nonstop for a couple months, just test yours for a couple days first out of precaution), I reduced the water level to only about max 2/3 out of precaution for my ghost shrimp. It evaporates and I have to add a bit of dechlorinated water each week which works out way better than I thought for water changes instead of me having to take anything apart to remove water. The photo is before I added the weekly water.This would be too small for anything but a single fish (think betta, others would be lonely), or else just ghost shrimp like I have. Be sure you know husbandry of your critter before you assemble this, because the instructions had unsafe info for fish and shouldn’t be followed for anything but the assembly info.Also be sure to rinse your plant very well before adding to the top. My mint were washed before and still I was surprised that they came with aphids. To keep my shrimp safe I’m not using any products to stop them, am just in a cycle of removing them with water periodically until I can eventually stop the cycle.Overall I’m very happy with the tank!

Very pretty but as most reviewers noted, it's a bit small and some fish will hate it. Fish big enough to handle the water influx will feel cramped, fish small enough to like their little studio aquarium might be overwhelmed when the upper chamber drains. The dainty little pump is easily blocked by vegetation so it's not easily compatible with any kind of aquascaping.A nice starter set to see how a bell siphon system should operate and the upper trays are cleverly and conveniently assembled. If it were a bit larger for the same price it would be better.

Twice the pump stopped working, so the water stopped flowing. And then came the flood......it slowly drained down out of the top into the lower tank, overflowing onto our daughters new dresser! Ruining the wood!!! Now we have a 5 gallon bowl, because the top is useless now. We can't use the hydroponic top, so the plants we bought for our daughter have to be returned to Amazon and she is very upset! This thing is garbage! And if you don't fill it up the water coming out of the top makes so much noise my daughter has trouble sleeping at night. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND PASS ON THIS!!!!

Tldr; I would not purchase. I prefer our Back to the Roots version.1. Looks nice in the photos, Not great when looking from above. (BttR looks better if you can get the 3 trays to line up)2. Quiet except when discharging water into the tank, then you hear bubbling. (BttR is a constant trickle, can be loud of water is low)3. Terrible to access inside of tank. Removing lid is a certified pain in the donkey. Cleaning is difficult. (BttR SMOKES this. Easy access and maintenance or cleaning. Absolutely the reason I recommend theirs).4. Feeding hole is a large square in the top. (BttR has a tiny hole on the top front. Could be larger for placing the vacation tablets. Because ease of removing top, not an issue.)5. Fish are healthy, not a huge difference with the BttR.Overall value is ok. I purchased because it shipped faster. I should have waited for the BttR.

I got this tank to try something new. I have a beta and our last tank broke, so I found this one and thought why not? Set up was easy and my beta seems happy. At first he seemed to struggle with the filter and water coming back into the tank, so I added something to kinda split the tank up so he had a place to rest and hide. I have had it for 2 weeks without any issues. Water is clear and plants are growing. I used the seeds that it came with. In the future I might try different plants but for now I'm happy with the set up and my kids love watching the tank. It's pretty quiet, only noise is the water going back into the tank. This was my first time using a tank like this and overall I'm really happy with it.