A good fight ... because these little cube aquariums are really cute, I'm undecided on your next purchase from the Box Cube of WAVE and the Nano Cube of Dennerle.
In the living room I have now given up on the desire to keep the orchids in the mini-Serretta IKEA , because of the greenhouse does not have ANYTHING, and by Christmas it certainly replace it with a small cube-shaped tank in which to bring ONLY Caridina, maybe sort of Crystal Red.
Both are open aquariums but have a sliding glass top, with neon lights to mount screwed to the edge of glass.

  • nano cube (Dennerle) Nanocube Dennerle
    The well-known German company has recently brought to market a line of 3 aquaria with dimensions similar to a cube, filled with gravel that have a volume of water actually cubic, and therefore more interesting than the average small aquariums (see Mirabello and the like)
    They are sold in sizes 20 x 20 x 25 (10 liters gross), 25 x 25 x 30 (20 liters gross), 30 x 30 x 35 (30 liters in total) and in 3 different versions: single (aquarium + aquarium mat under- , + black background), plus full and complete (super comfortable).
    Prices range from 20 euros more or less the smaller 10 liter nano cube without accessories, up to 120 liters of 30 euros in a "complete plus".
  • The Dennerle was well prepared to manage this kind of attention to the product, focusing communication, packaging and accessories right on the right destination, the aquarium for Caridina (or for the Mexican Cambarellus patzcuarensis ), and adding to your site a good number of pages dedicated to Nano Cube , from advice on lighting a few accessories "dwarf" , as a 25 watt heater, including a simple guide to ' set up the first days of ripening of the nano-aquarium. He tried in practice to get to buy another tank who already has one (or more ... like myself, as it would be the fourth!), Rather than offering it as yet another mini-aquarium packages for beginners, " caging "scalar Coryodoras, Ancistrus, herds of characins, etc..
  • wave box cube 25, piccolo acquario d'acqua dolce Wave Box Cube 25
    On sale now for a couple of years, is one of the aquaria used to date to prepare nano-reef and caridinai, has dimensions 25 x 25 x h30
    Its cost varies from 35 to 60 euros, and is usually sold in combination with a neon lamp 9 watt PL (the Solaris) and seep out "a backpack" Wave Falls (flow adjustable). The lamp is a bit ' miserable ... so either there is another, equal, or take directly to the Solaris 18 watt.
    I must say that the small filter I've used it for several years on a 6-liter in the office and does his little work agregiamente. Not the best build quality and if you have snails in the tank can be "cumbersome" to confine them to avoid the pump impeller, but on balance is a good filter for easy maintenance, which is easy to handle and mechanical filtration organic (adding some razor) and always having a good oxygenation due to the return canscatella water aquarium.

Now that I've presented, I conclude by saying that if you decide to take a 30 liter then the choice would fall on the Wave box for economic reasons (35 vs. 80 euros, more or less), if you do not want an aquarium "pushed" to the level of planting, and with very little fertilizer and without CO2. Otherwise, the version "plus complete" offers 30 liters of interesting accessories, like the corner and a small internal filter heater.
The only flaw is the lighting for both ... that I think might be good only for mosses and plants with minimum requirements, because 9 out of 30 liters or 11 watts are just a few. And a single Solaris 18 watt bulb costs a 50ina euros, while Dennerle asks for nano-lamp only 11 watts less than 30 € or so.
But I admit that 10 liters of Dennerle is what attracts me most ... is really a small show, much to think it might be nice to have 2 nano-aquariums from 10-liter side by side instead of a single 30-liter, perhaps with the above holder is from 30-40 cm to enlighten them both ... just a cheap ceiling light with 4 tube t5 by 8watt (only 32 watts) costs about $ 100 ... eurini mica few!
Alternative to solve the lighting problem is to find a decent and cheap IKEA ceiling light, light bulbs with "screw" instead of neon, and then buying a nanocube "smooth", without accessories, gravel or other, the rest choosing us to our taste , in complete freedom. :-)
On Ikea lamps suitable for aquariums, and their bulbs / lamps, I'll definitely another article ... stay tuned! ;-)