Underwater River with Air Pump Small

I recommend this set! I have a small tank, just 5.5 gallons, & this small aquarium bubbler works very well, great value for your money. It is a really cool-looking effect to have in the tank. The air pump is the perfect strength for my tank & is quiet. I do agree with the other reviewers who said that the suction cups that are supposed to hold the river in place aren’t the greatest (two of mine barely work, two don’t work at all) but I took care of that by using my gravel to weigh it down so it works properly. The only small complaint would be that the little bridge that’s supposed to sit on the end that bubbles up is too light, therefore the bubbles actually move it around & it goes sideways. But other than that, it’s fantastic.

This looked super fun on the videos posted here. The bubbler portion of this kit did not have enough holes. It would create one large bubble and make a loud burping noise. Returned it!

The media could not be loaded.  I almost didn't buy this due to the lack of actual pictures of the product or a really good description of it, but I'm glad I did. It actually looks really nice inside the tank. I will say though that it didn't really come with clear instructions, nonetheless it was pretty easy to set up and figure out. It took a while for the air stone to adjust, at first it was just letting out a few bubbles that would merge together under the plastic and it didn't look nice at all. After a while the air stone opened up, creating smaller bubbles (thus giving the river effect) and it looks really awesome. Another thing, on the box it says it comes in two sizes, but doesn't really tell you which one is inside the box you receive. All I can say is the one that I got fit in my narrow 5 Gal tank.

The pump wasn't working. But even thou it is working, it would not be strong enough. Got a bigger power pump and the bubble wasn't coming out as much as expected. Display overall was nice.

So, this is a really cool product. However, like the others said, the pump that it comes with is worthless. I had to use one of my others, which wasn't a huge deal. I tested out the pump with a short tube an a tiny air stone and it didn't even manage to make that bubble. So...I am not sure what the pump would ever manage to make bubble. I think it would be beneficial if they stopped selling it and either kept the price or lowered the price of the product.Speaking of price, $15 is really good for what you get. You get multiple suction cups, tubing, the plastic/rubber bridge and bubbler, and more. It is a really cool product, despite the crappy pump. However, my rubber tube that creates the bubble came folded and I had to get creative to make it stretch all the way across the plastic bridge. So it came slightly damaged; the tube was bent to the point of no return. I still got it to work, though.Because of the fact that the product works, looks cool, and is only $15, I'm giving it four stars. However, the useless pump (literally useless) and damaged rubber tube definitely made this purchase a bit annoying. That being said, I would definitely recommend this, so long as you can put up with annoyances and buy your own pump. Hope this helps people and I commend the people who make this product for thinking outside the box :)

This river looks great in our tank! A tip for if you have frogs, pull it away from the back wall a little so you don’t have to worry about them getting out when they inevitably sneak under the bubbles. After we pulled the river from the back of the wall, one of our super weird danio fish decided it’s her favorite place to hide too.When ours arrived the little plug that goes on the unused end of the bubble distributer had a hole in it but I was able to plug it with some superglue before we ever placed the river in the tank. If your bubbles ever start to look weird or uneven it’s probably because the suction came loose on one side so just clean out the gravel and re-stick it. If you install before adding gravel and water you might not have this problem but we installed after our tank was up and running.

While the idea behind this is amazing if you have an already established tank it will be a pain in the behind to set up.So the product comes with extra peices that dont show on the box, nor tell you what they are for.I have sand as my floor, and even when I push most of it to the side I am lucky if I can get one suction down in it to STAY down.There is no "right" way to install it. I put it on backwards a few times, not meaning too and the bubbles shot up the front of the tank vs back - again, established tank makes this harder to set up.It comes in with a closed cap for one side of the tube bubbles. Also comes with two peices of tubing - one with a blue jack inside to "out" it. It didnt work for me - I had to force it out and switch it around until I could see bubbles.The pump it came with barely produced any bubbles at all, so I had to switch to the one I just bought that I was going to do other things with but - cest le vie. Maybe the smaller one I will use in the 10g with the Axi.All in all I love the concept, I love the design, but its to much of a hassle for me to keep splashing water around trying to get it to stuck down, and even when I threw some gravel down to hold it down and give it a "beach" design, didnt stay down. The tubbling also would be in the front o fthe river which makes no sense to me, since the bubbles come out the tube and down it to float upwards - but how do you hide a tube UP FRONT in the tank? Makes no sense - Id rather just keep the bridge and buy a little beach decor to now. So not worth the money. :(