Favorite rimless aquarium brand

p1u5h13r4m24 · Jun 21, 2018

I currently own a Red Sea reefer nano. It is my first tank with a sump, and I am looking to upgrade. Looking at another Red Sea reefer, but I was wondering what else is out there?

Picesduh · Jun 21, 2018

ELOS and SCA Aquariums both make rimless tanks. I ordered a Euro brace from SCA last month because I wanted the extra support. Or and WaterBox too, but I don’t like their marketing

pecan2phat · Jun 21, 2018

Waterbox Aquarium
http://waterboxaquariums.com
CadLights Aquarium
https://www.cadlights.com/index.php...=61_90&zenid=3e79ccd316bf518e1d48ba664deeb2f8
SCA Aquarium
http://www.scaquariums.com/category-s/101.htm
ELOS
http://www.elosamerica.com/store/#!/AQUARIUM/c/22919312/offset=0&sort=normal
IM
http://www.innovative-marine.com/nuvo-aquarium/nuvo-EXT.html

JoshH · Jun 21, 2018

As mentioned above, ELOS, SCA Aquariums and Miracles, Red Sea, Innovative Marine, Deep blue, Waterbox..... then you get into custom manufacturers....

p1u5h13r4m24 · Jun 21, 2018

Thanks everyone. I really like the dimensions of the reefer 450. Waterbox dimensions aren’t very attractive to me. We seems to go with more width and less length. I will look into the others mentioned!

p1u5h13r4m24 · Jun 21, 2018

Thank you! I really like the dimensions of the reefer 450. Wb seems nice, but they seem to favor depths rather than length with their dimensions. I will look into the other tanks. Thank you all!

Greybeard · Jun 21, 2018

If you're looking at custom, Planet Aquariums made my rimless, and did an excellent job.

doughboy · Jun 21, 2018

if you are happy with your red sea, I say stick with red sea.

Tripptastic · Jun 22, 2018

Picesduh said:
ELOS and SCA Aquariums both make rimless tanks. I ordered a Euro brace from SCA last month because I wanted the extra support. Or and WaterBox too, but I don’t like their marketing

I totally agree with you on their lack of QUALITY marketing. For example, their biggest competition is basically the Red Sea Reefer since the tanks are basically the same (tank, stand, sump package deal) and when you look online, Red Sea has made a TON of professionally recorded videos about the tanks and the features. A potential buyer is able to see the tank from every angle. Even BRS has made a handful of Spotlight videos on the Red Sea tanks and set up. If Waterbox was smart, they would send BRS a tank or two and let them set them up and play with them. I have become spoiled by BRS and their video content. Whereas Waterbox looks like they do most of their filming on a cell phone.

With all that being said, I did order a Waterbox Reef 70.2 and I'm super excited. I decided them because I appreciated many of the features that they offered. Hopefully I will get my tank in the next week, and then I will start a thread so other people on the fence can see the tank first hand.

JoeyD · Jul 29, 2018

Tripptastic said:
I totally agree with you on their lack of QUALITY marketing. For example, their biggest competition is basically the Red Sea Reefer since the tanks are basically the same (tank, stand, sump package deal) and when you look online, Red Sea has made a TON of professionally recorded videos about the tanks and the features. A potential buyer is able to see the tank from every angle. Even BRS has made a handful of Spotlight videos on the Red Sea tanks and set up. If Waterbox was smart, they would send BRS a tank or two and let them set them up and play with them. I have become spoiled by BRS and their video content. Whereas Waterbox looks like they do most of their filming on a cell phone.

With all that being said, I did order a Waterbox Reef 70.2 and I'm super excited. I decided them because I appreciated many of the features that they offered. Hopefully I will get my tank in the next week, and then I will start a thread so other people on the fence can see the tank first hand.

So with that being said why decide with Waterbox? I am also making a decision on whether to go with RedSea or Waterbox but to me it looks like Waterbox has made some nice changes on their setup from Tank to the cabinet so as of now I am leaning to Waterbox, I am sure that in a short time they will improve their marketing techniques. I do appreciate their attempt in a short time to publish a large amount of videos compared to the time that RedSea has been in the market.

kkegley21 · Jul 29, 2018

Seems I am not the only one looking at all of these tanks. I don’t like the Red Sea sumps and the size of the compartments in their cabinets.

Tripptastic · Jul 29, 2018

JoeyD said:
So with that being said why decide with Waterbox? I am also making a decision on whether to go with RedSea or Waterbox but to me it looks like Waterbox has made some nice changes on their setup from Tank to the cabinet so as of now I am leaning to Waterbox, I am sure that in a short time they will improve their marketing techniques. I do appreciate their attempt in a short time to publish a large amount of videos compared to the time that RedSea has been in the market.

For me, I choose Waterbox because 1) They are the new kids on the block, with a name to make. They will accomplish this by having features that their competition doesn't have. 2) I have ALWAYS wanted a square or cube tank, and the 70.2 satisfied that desire. With the 24x24 nominal footprint, it fits perfect in my living room. Check out my build thread, it's slow but only because I'm a perfectionist.

Tripptastic · Jul 29, 2018

JoeyD said:
So with that being said why decide with Waterbox? I am also making a decision on whether to go with RedSea or Waterbox but to me it looks like Waterbox has made some nice changes on their setup from Tank to the cabinet so as of now I am leaning to Waterbox, I am sure that in a short time they will improve their marketing techniques. I do appreciate their attempt in a short time to publish a large amount of videos compared to the time that RedSea has been in the market.

I'll add one caveat. Waterbox has seriously stepped up their videos. While I don't care for the live stream, they have gotten rid of the cell phones for shooting video and have stepped it up to a professional recorder and looks like they built a set too.

Their website looks amazing now, I just wished they offered more pictures on their equipment online. I still vote that they need to give a tank to Marine Depot or BRS, and let them do a feature video on it. Both companies make great videos!

JoeyD · Jul 29, 2018

Tripptastic said:
I'll add one caveat. Waterbox has seriously stepped up their videos. While I don't care for the live stream, they have gotten rid of the cell phones for shooting video and have stepped it up to a professional recorder and looks like they built a set too.

Their website looks amazing now, I just wished they offered more pictures on their equipment online. I still vote that they need to give a tank to Marine Depot or BRS, and let them do a feature video on it. Both companies make great videos!

I agree now that Marine Depot is selling Waterbox I am sure we will see some videos from them. I have decided to go with the 170. 4 and hope to have some posting by the end of the year.

JoeyD · Jul 29, 2018

Tripptastic said:
I'll add one caveat. Waterbox has seriously stepped up their videos. While I don't care for the live stream, they have gotten rid of the cell phones for shooting video and have stepped it up to a professional recorder and looks like they built a set too.

Their website looks amazing now, I just wished they offered more pictures on their equipment online. I still vote that they need to give a tank to Marine Depot or BRS, and let them do a feature video on it. Both companies make great videos!

I agree now that Marine Depot is selling Waterbox I am sure we will see some videos from them. I have decided to go with the 170. 4 and hope to have some posting by the end of the year.