Aqua Japan aquarium 190

Calireefer92 · Jul 2, 2020

Hey reefers I just purchased this aqua Japan 190 gallon aquarium wondering if anyone has some experience with this brand.

count krunk · Jul 2, 2020

I have never heard of it and I thought I knew them all haha. What are your thoughts on it? What is glass thickness? Looks solid from the picture.

What overflow drain style are you going to run in it?

creativeballance · Jul 2, 2020

I was about to get one a month ago.

How is yours?

Calireefer92 · Jul 3, 2020

count krunk said:
I have never heard of it and I thought I knew them all haha. What are your thoughts on it? What is glass thickness? Looks solid from the picture.

What overflow drain style are you going to run in it?

I have a Red Sea 425 so this one is my first the glass feels really nice I’ll have to get measurements for you. It sucks that the stand did not come with instructions when I bought it from a lfs.

Calireefer92 · Jul 3, 2020

count krunk said:
I have never heard of it and I thought I knew them all haha. What are your thoughts on it? What is glass thickness? Looks solid from the picture.

What overflow drain style are you going to run in it?

For the overflow I’m gonna have my favorite lfs come do the drain setup

Calireefer92 · Jul 3, 2020

creativeballance said:
I was about to get one a month ago.

How is yours?

I don’t have it running right now as I’m moving in 2 months but it’s going up In October. If you happen to get one if yours comes with instructions can you send me pictures that would really help me out finish the build on the stand

Aquavaj · Jul 3, 2020

Did you mean to say 180? AFAIK they don't make a 190. I have their 180 with the stand and 120g sump. Mine isn't set up yet cause I moved shortly after buying it. The build quality I would say is similar to SCA. It's 1/2" glass with the 3 front being low iron. While the brand has Japan in it, it's not made there (China). The only thing I'm not too fond of is the stand. It's just laminated mdf held together with cam locks and a few tiny dowels. However the top is one large piece instead of separate smaller ones. I'm going to reinforce the stand when I get around to setting it up.

Calireefer92 · Jul 3, 2020

Aquavaj said:
Did you mean to say 180? AFAIK they don't make a 190. I have their 180 with the stand and 120g sump. Mine isn't set up yet cause I moved shortly after buying it. The build quality I would say is similar to SCA. It's 1/2" glass with the 3 front being low iron. While the brand has Japan in it, it's not made there (China). The only thing I'm not too fond of is the stand. It's just laminated mdf held together with cam locks and a few tiny dowels. However the top is one large piece instead of separate smaller ones. I'm going to reinforce the stand when I get around to setting it up.

The lfs told me 190 60x30x24

Calireefer92 · Jul 3, 2020

Aquavaj said:
Did you mean to say 180? AFAIK they don't make a 190. I have their 180 with the stand and 120g sump. Mine isn't set up yet cause I moved shortly after buying it. The build quality I would say is similar to SCA. It's 1/2" glass with the 3 front being low iron. While the brand has Japan in it, it's not made there (China). The only thing I'm not too fond of is the stand. It's just laminated mdf held together with cam locks and a few tiny dowels. However the top is one large piece instead of separate smaller ones. I'm going to reinforce the stand when I get around to setting it up.

If you can help me with the stand that would be great

Aquavaj · Jul 3, 2020

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Calireefer92 said:
The lfs told me 190 60x30x24

I know the tanks they make are all standard sizes. 120 - 4x2x2; 150 - 5x2x2; 180 - 6x2x2. Is that a new line of tanks that they're making?

I dont have the instructions for the stand anymore. They were pretty much useless anyways.

DylanE · Jul 3, 2020

Considering one of these vs SCA. That stand design makes me a nervous with no central support. Is it particleboard or plywood?

creativeballance · Jul 3, 2020

Calireefer92 said:
I don’t have it running right now as I’m moving in 2 months but it’s going up In October. If you happen to get one if yours comes with instructions can you send me pictures that would really help me out finish the build on the stand

I ended up getting a gently used Planet Aquarium 125 instead. The store I was going to order the Aqua Japan from suddenly didnt have it in stock anymore. I was in a hurry, due to my tank about to split its seams.

Aquavaj · Jul 3, 2020

DylanE said:
Considering one of these vs SCA. That stand design makes me a nervous with no central support. Is it particleboard or plywood?

I'm not sure if the 120 and 150 has a center support but I can say for certain that the 180 does. There's also 4 vertical support beams but the instructions don't say where they should go so I placed 2 at the center back wall and 1 one each side. It's not particle board but MDF so it wont fall apart if wet but will swell up. The laminate is heavy duty and repell splashes but a leak will probably destroy the stand. The weak spots are the holes for the cam locks where water can enter. I'm going to seal mine with clear silicone. SCA stands I believe are MDF as well, atleast my 120 pnp was.

creativeballance · Jul 3, 2020

MDF is pretty much the same as particle board, but more flammable and toxic.

Calireefer92 · Jul 3, 2020

Aquavaj said:
I'm not sure if the 120 and 150 has a center support but I can say for certain that the 180 does. There's also 4 vertical support beams but the instructions don't say where they should go so I placed 2 at the center back wall and 1 one each side. It's not particle board but MDF so it wont fall apart if wet but will swell up. The laminate is heavy duty and repell splashes but a leak will probably destroy the stand. The weak spots are the holes for the cam locks where water can enter. I'm going to seal mine with clear silicone. SCA stands I believe are MDF as well, atleast my 120 pnp was.

I got 4 support beams on my stand that I have no idea as well where they go and I have a **** load of extra screws left over

aquariumreefers · Jul 6, 2022

Hello any links on how to build the stand

lisavillarreal · Jul 30, 2023

Aquavaj said:
Did you mean to say 180? AFAIK they don't make a 190. I have their 180 with the stand and 120g sump. Mine isn't set up yet cause I moved shortly after buying it. The build quality I would say is similar to SCA. It's 1/2" glass with the 3 front being low iron. While the brand has Japan in it, it's not made there (China). The only thing I'm not too fond of is the stand. It's just laminated mdf held together with cam locks and a few tiny dowels. However the top is one large piece instead of separate smaller ones. I'm going to reinforce the stand when I get around to setting it up.

You wouldn’t happen to have the manual for getting the cabinets doors on would you? We bought a used one. But can’t seem to get the doors on right.