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About Aquarium Gear Review
Independent buying guides for home aquarium equipment: filters, air pumps and UV sterilizers, heaters and chillers, lights, tanks and stands, water testing and care, and reef gear.
Why this site exists
Aquarium gear is sold on tank sizes printed on the box, while the details that decide whether it suits your tank sit in spec sheets, manuals and dosing labels: the flow rate in gallons per hour, the heater's wattage and how its maker sizes it, the light's spectrum and coverage, the stand's rated load, what the test kit actually measures. We read those, put the numbers side by side, and say which product fits which tank and why.
What we cover
- Filtration and air. Canister, hang-on-back and sponge filters, filter media, air pumps and UV sterilizers, by flow rate and tank size.
- Heating and cooling. Heaters sized by the makers' own charts, betta heaters for small tanks, and chillers for warm rooms and cold-water species.
- Lighting. General, planted-tank and reef lights by length, output, spectrum and control.
- Tanks and stands. Betta, 10 and 20 gallon tanks, starter kits, and stands rated for a filled tank's weight.
- Water care. Test kits, water conditioners, gravel vacuums, cycling, RO water and automatic feeders, with the makers' dosing and test steps.
- Reef and saltwater. Protein skimmers, wavemakers and auto top-off systems for marine tanks.
How the guides are made
Guides are researched and written with the help of AI tools, working from the documents listed at the end of each page: maker spec sheets and manuals, standards and government pages, and owner reports. Figures are checked against those sources, and a guide names its source when a number comes from somewhere other than the maker. The full process is on our methodology page.
If you find a mistake, write to info@aquariumgearreview.com. Corrections are made on the page and the updated date changes.
How the site is paid for
Product links go to Amazon or to the maker's own store. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you; links to makers' own stores earn us nothing. No brand pays for a place in a guide, sends us its picks, or sees a guide before it is published.