Aqueon(Petco) vs TopFin(Petsmart) Aquariums

[MrFishkeeper1]

From all of your experience overall are Aqueon(Petco) or TopFin(Petsmart) aquariums better. Which brand has lasted longer for you? Which brand has leaked for you? Have either cracked for an unknown reason? Or have they both been unreliable for you?

 

[BigManAquatics]

Both have worked good for me. No leaks or cracks in either brand for me.

 

[Papasmerf73]

I have both but prefer Aqueon. They seem better made. Plus I can never find glass lids that fit the Top fin whereas Aqueon makes a great glass lid for every size. I have 6 Aqueon, 1 top fin and 1 Marineland. All are doing great (knock on wood).

 

[BigManAquatics]

That is the one issue with topfin. The rims do seem a bit different sized compared to the aqueons. Fits fine with the Aqueon deluxe hiids, but the versatop lids...not so much.

 

[ChrissFishes01]

The Top Fin rims are a little funny, but the majority of my tanks are actually Top Fin (I worked at Petsmart) and I've never had issues with them. As far as plain-jane rimmed tanks go, they're about like every other basic brand out there - good enough.

 

[Debbie1986]

I have two 6 gallon ascents, one 10 gallon , two 20 gallon long, one 20 gallon tall, one 38 long and a 55 gallon all Aqueon. I had a 36 bow front Aqueon I gave to co worker that I ran for just over 2 years. No issues with any of them so far.

I had a few small 'betta' size Top Fins that I got rid of back when I was running 15 tanks, half of which were Bettas.

I disliked their filters.

I do like my Biorbs ( both were returns I got with a steep discount at Amazon), but they are not betta friendly so I'm limited on what I can do with them - which is how I got into Guppies and Mollies now.

I would say 2/3 of my tanks have been Aqueon

The tanks I actually threw out in trash were acrylic Top Fins, namely 2 three gallon tanks. don;t get me wrong, the tanks were fine no leaking - I just upgraded to 5 gallons or larger. Oh and the waterfall tank is trash. worse design ever. I threw that tank out after it sat empty for months - even when just trying water plants in it, it just didn't work.

 

[MrFishkeeper1]

Sorry I haven't checked this, holidays are busy. Anyways I mostly ask because I see so many reviews on both petsmart and petco saying their tanks cracked for some unknown reason and I had a feeling it was the people mishandling them. So far I think my suspicion is correct, thank you all for the votes and replies