I just bought the 14g at a Chicago area store for 179, the stand for 99.
First impression, I like the build, quality looks good. The back filter area is much different than the NC (I replaced my NC 6 with this). In order to use the middle bay as a mini-fuge, you need to get more water in the overflow, i took a dremel to mine to make it wider. I added a MJ900 to replace the stock pump, it was a bit tight of a fit. The tubing that came with the tank is pretty weak, I need to replace it as it has a slight kink in it. Tank ran at 4 degrees above ambient temp of 72 degrees, and just under 1 degree more with lights running all morning (I dont think I let the tank run long enough like this though). Took most of the day to transfer the 6g contents over and re-scape the tank.
Adding more LR soon, then I get to decide what fish I am keeping in the 14g.
First impression, I like the build, quality looks good. The back filter area is much different than the NC (I replaced my NC 6 with this). In order to use the middle bay as a mini-fuge, you need to get more water in the overflow, i took a dremel to mine to make it wider. I added a MJ900 to replace the stock pump, it was a bit tight of a fit. The tubing that came with the tank is pretty weak, I need to replace it as it has a slight kink in it. Tank ran at 4 degrees above ambient temp of 72 degrees, and just under 1 degree more with lights running all morning (I dont think I let the tank run long enough like this though). Took most of the day to transfer the 6g contents over and re-scape the tank.
Adding more LR soon, then I get to decide what fish I am keeping in the 14g.
