Features:

• It's under the hood
• The filtration and lighting for our Marineland Eclipse System 12 Aquarium Kit is under the hood!Kit includes a 12 gallon curved-front acrylic aquarium, three-stage filtration, and compact fluorescent lighted hood with feeding port

Editor Reviews:

Product Description:
21"W x 11.5"D x 17.5"H. The filtration and lighting is under the hood! Includes a 12 gallon curved-front acrylic aquarium, three-stage filtration, and compact fluorescent lighted hood with feeding port. With fish food, water conditioner, and more.

Rating : - Had for over a year with no problems
This was a first fish tank purchase for a daughter who wanted fish. We ended up putting 2 female bettas in it, but contrary to what I read and was told, they didn't get along. After a month or so, this big aquarium was home to one betta. That was fine with me, hardly needed any maintenance and I have changed the filter maybe 3 times in a year. After a year, I thought I would try 2 more female bettas. Nope, still didn't work, so I ended up getting the Marineland Eclipse 3 gallon tank, and the Hex 5. I trust them and they are nice a quiet. With one betta in each tank, overkill, I know, it makes keeping them clean easy.
One thing with the 12 gallon one, it is a pain taking the light part off when you want to change out some water. The 3 gallon will be even more of a pain as there is a very small opening for feeding the fish, but the 5 gallon hex tank seems to be the best design of them all. Still, if you try to put more than 2 or 3 fish in the 3 or 5 gallon tank, you will be doing more work as the filter is smaller and the water will needed to be monitored more. Good Luck. Marineland.com has replacement parts for all these models, haven't needed them though, , yet.