Poll about Redsea tanks.

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Have you owned a RedSea Tank?

  • yes?

    Votes: 79 48.8%

  • no?

    Votes: 80 49.4%

  • If yes - have you had a failed seam?

    Votes: 7 4.3%
  • Total voters
    162
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Has not failed yet but not taking a chance. Replacing my Red Sea with an IM this week. Too many reported cases, their plumbing has issues. and overall I have been disappointed with the tank. Don't know what happened to this company, but back some years ago they were considered a quality brand. Not for me any longer.
 
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Had 3 Aqueon (10, 20L, 75) the 75 busted and replacing it with a glass cages acrylic. My 20 long has been a tank, but not a fan of Aqueon craftsmanship :face-with-tears-of-joy:

I agree with other posts I’ve seen about the floating front panel being a design flaw. Past that, I’d honestly say the biggest reason I’d never buy a Red Sea tank is I don’t think it’s worth the money. I can put something else together for less and enjoy it just as much, maybe more having built the system I put in it.

As a side note: as of the moment of me writing this, the stats are as follows:
64% Other Brands (39/61
36% Red Sea Tanks (22/61)
4.5% fail rate on RS (1/22)
 
I've had a reefer 170 for 4 years or longer. I added a reefer 300 g2 about 4 months ago. I wanted a complete system and one that looked nice as it is in our dining room. I looked at others but the demensions of the 300 were spot on with what I wanted.

I will say though that I would not purchase a used redsea tank nor would I purchase one of their larger tanks.

EDIT: sorry I just went back and read through some of the other posts. I just want to add if anyone here has ever disassembled a glass aquarium by seperating the seams do you believe that scraping algae could damage the seams to the point of failure? Personally I do not. It's not an easy chore at all disassembling one.
 
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exnisstech said:
I've had a reefer 170 for 4 years or longer. I added a reefer 300 g2 about 4 months ago. I wanted a complete system and one that looked nice as it is in our dining room. I looked at others but the demensions of the 300 were spot on with what I wanted.

I will say though that I would not purchase a used redsea tank nor would I purchase one of their larger tanks.

EDIT: sorry I just went back and read through some of the other posts. I just want to add if anyone here has ever disassembled a glass aquarium by seperating the seams do you believe that scraping algae could damage the seams to the point of failure? Personally I do not. It's not an easy chore at all disassembling one.
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My seams looked perfect before mine split, I never hit my seams while scraping. Also, I had the armored seams.
 
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Bought a RED Sea Reefer XL 300 G2 in Aug/Sept 2022 and finally set it up on October 2022. Zero problems with seams or anything else other than the ridiculous return adjustment valve :confused:

They have a lot of silicone on those seams now.
 
I own a 625xxl g2. I bought it right when they changed over nearly 2 years ago now. Right at the height of the failures. Not concerned one bit about it. They went above and beyond and addressed the issues. Stood by and did the right thing for the most part. I appreciate companies that do that. Can't say that about many companies in this hobby. I've had more than a few tanks and any one of them could possibly fail. Let's talk about how many Neptune and Mobius issues there are. Yep there's a bunch of those too but y'all just keep spending that money thinking there's gonna be a better end user experience and there never is...
 
Knowing there are 10's if not 100's of thousands of RS tanks currently in service around the world, I am confident in their product. I think other factors contribute to seam failures not just a design. Blasting side walls with wave powerheads, acquiring second hand not cared for tank, uneven installation, etc...
 
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Even if only 1% of them break, I still won't buy one. Any chance of failure that's big enough for there to be 20 pages of discussion about it is too high for me. I used to have one which was fine, but it was the smaller Max Nano. I also only had it for a year or so, not long enough for problems to arrive. Not sure why so many people are defending these tank's structural integrity like their honor depends upon it. Some of them don't even own a Red Sea tank. Red Sea is a multi-million dollar corporation, they don't need people defending them. Right now the poll gives about a 2.6% chance of breaking. Imagine if planes had a 2.6% chance of crashing. Would you fly on one? Now replace the airplane from my analogy with an aquarium, and put a fish in your place. The difference is that the fish doesn't get to make that decision, you do. I do like the tanks otherwise, if the G2s are around for a few more years without breaking, I could see myself buying one. If you have a Red Sea tank, good for you. It's a nice system, and generally quite functional. I personally don't think the risk is worth it, but that's a decision up to the hobbyist.
 
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A_Blind_Reefer said:
Just a heads up, might want to adjust your poll as there isn’t a checkbox for yes I encountered a leak. It says if yes have you had a leak, no way to select yes or no

Edit. Also, I’m not wanting to jinx myself here as I have a 750, with a small defect in the seam (which they have assured me is purely cosmetic) that started before they sent out the retrofit kit which is now out of the warranty period. I
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You did eventually add the retrofit kit, yes? They made some other changes with the v3 as well such as corner bracing and a 2"x1/8" aluminum lip that runs along the front of the cabinet under the front pane of glass.
 
Lavey29 said:
Knowing there are 10's if not 100's of thousands of RS tanks currently in service around the world, I am confident in their product. I think other factors contribute to seam failures not just a design. Blasting side walls with wave powerheads, acquiring second hand not cared for tank, uneven installation, etc...
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Agreed. While there are some legit failures that are concerning, many fall into that "grey area" you mention above.
 
DanDman said:
why? Only 1 persons on r2r has had a problem. Going by the poll.
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I went and counted, 10 different threads started by someone whose tank leaked, not counting leaks in the plumbing. There are at least as many from those who posted about issues with the seam failing, and either took the tank down before anything happened or never updated as to what happened. Just because they haven't said anything on this thread doesn't mean they don't exist. Who knows how many others have had a seam failure and not started threads about it? Given how many people don't use R2R and the number of people who didn't start threads about it, I'm estimating that over 50 people have had these issues, and quite probably many more. Maybe somebody's been counting? I haven't, but I might start now.
 
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Anemone_Fanatic said:
I went and counted, 10 different threads started by someone whose tank leaked, not counting leaks in the plumbing. There are at least as many from those who posted about issues with the seam failing, and either took the tank down before anything happened or never updated as to what happened. Just because they haven't said anything on this thread doesn't mean they don't exist. Who knows how many others have had a seam failure and not started threads about it? Given how many people don't use R2R and the number of people who didn't start threads about it, I'm estimating that over 50 people have had these issues, and quite probably many more. Maybe somebody's been counting? I haven't, but I might start now.
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There are many Red Sea owners not on R2R, so this isn't exactly a good metric. And not everyone on R2R who has a Red Sea tank saw this poll, either (I didn't).

I'd be more curious to see a breakdown of seam failures, ie: new vs. used, pre-G2 vs. G2/G2+, size of tank, where the seam failed (front, sides, etc.)
 
Was in the market for one of these types of tanks pretty recently and decided to go with a different brand due to the data. Even with the new generation showing promise I still wouldn't trust it in my living room when Innovative Marine and Glass Cages etc aren't having these problems. Whether that's due to market share I don't know but it definitely played a part in the decision
 
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IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 32 45.7%

  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

    Votes: 9 12.9%

  • No.

    Votes: 26 37.1%

  • Other (please explain).

    Votes: 3 4.3%
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