Red Sea Reefer Tank Seal Failure

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Just wanted to advise other Red Sea owners out there. Last week my seal blew on my less than 2 year old tank (Peninsula 500). I acquired it when it was 6 months old and because Red Sea will only warranty the original owner, they will not repair, reimburse, or replace the tank loss of livestock or damage to my condo or unit below. This has been truly tragic and devestating, I am working with my homeowners insurance but the worst part of it all is finding other people who had this problem and RedSea not standing behind their products. Check your seals frequently. #redseareefer


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ThrillAddict said:
Just wanted to advise other Red Sea owners out there. Last week my seal blew on my less than 2 year old tank (Peninsula 500). I acquired it when it was 6 months old and because Red Sea will only warranty the original owner, they will not repair, reimburse, or replace the tank loss of livestock or damage to my condo or unit below. This has been truly tragic and devestating, I am working with my homeowners insurance but the worst part of it all is finding other people who had this problem and RedSea not standing behind their products. Check your seals frequently. #redseareefer


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Did you happen to have the retro fit brace installed when this occurre?
 
dang man, sorry to hear that. Hopefully you get it all handled. And all these red sea issues is why I'm upgrading to an IM or Fiji Cube instead of red sea. I like red seas set ups and other products but I've seen to many tank failures.
 
I.AM.MR.MIKE said:
This was a second hand tank and we know nothing about how it was handled so how about before trashing all Red Sea you consider this.
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It certainly has been considered I was the one to take down and move the last tank that was only used for a handful of months four with fish. I've also considered all of the other posts where people have the same issue.
 
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Mike that's a fair perspective. It's the volume of posts from first time buyers too, it's all just too much. Oceanic simply never had this issue, the standard is available if a company wants to seize it.
 
I.AM.MR.MIKE said:
This was a second hand tank and we know nothing about how it was handled so how about before trashing all Red Sea you consider this.
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Out of any company that you see posted on here with tank failures, a majority are red sea. You really have to be an idiot with cleaning to destroy a seam that will leak as much as this is here.
 
I agree .. It's a second hand tank and we don't know if this tank was the batch prior to the new G Series that came out with the fix.

Never the less .. this is our worst nightmare
 
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I heard bad things about the previous generation of Red Sea and how this generation had these problems addressed (seams, main drain valve, reinforcement of the cabin etc). I have two tanks from them but both are new so can’t comment


I won’t lie second hand tank is something I can never do. It is already anxiety inducing to have 160 gallons in the house chilling.

I wish you the best of luck. What you are going through is awful and I hope you and your house can make a hasty and full recovery.
 
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