How Red Sea Tanks are made

[solitude127]

Anyone see this? Pretty neat

 

[Daniel@R2R]

This is COOL! Thanks for sharing @solitude127!

 

[AdamNC]

With all that automation, now it's easy to see why they cost so much. They gotta pay for the machines.

 

[Lowell Lemon]

Made in China...big supprise. Nice factory though.

 

[GoVols]

Made in China...big supprise. Nice factory though.

FWIW:
It is Red Sea's own factory with their employees

Would have been nice to see how they build the S-Series tanks.

 

[AdamNC]

Made in China...big supprise. Nice factory though.

Well it’s got to be built somewhere. As long as they keep up the quality.

 

[Live Water]

Yeah, they charge way too much for tanks being made in China, I would never buy one.

 

[Live Water]

Charge way to much for tanks made in China, thought this was an American company, would never buy one.

 

[BkReefBaby]

I thought this was a German company. What isn’t made in China nowadays!? They still are great tanks

 

[Lowell Lemon]

FWIW:
It is Red Sea's own factory with their employees

Would have been nice to see how they build the S-Series tanks.

@GoVols ,
I did notice the Red Sea logos on the wall were just banners...willing to bet they were just put up for the video and this company makes many brands of tanks to order for many companies. They might make ADA, Aquamaxx, and Landen as well. The level of equipment seems way to expensive to just be doing the Red Sea Brand alone. This is a high production facility that I may have talked to about my own private label tanks a couple of years ago.

 

[GoVols]

@GoVols ,
I did notice the Red Sea logos on the wall were just banners...willing to bet they were just put up for the video and this company makes many brands of tanks to order for many companies. They might make ADA, Aquamaxx, and Landen as well. The level of equipment seems way to expensive to just be doing the Red Sea Brand alone. This is a high production facility that I may have talked to about my own private label tanks a couple of years ago.

You are totally wrong on that one.
Kevin Davies (Red Sea Kev) is a good friend of mine and is head of Red Sea world wide support, in England.

That is a Red Sea owned factory that is managed by Red Sea and has their own employees.

They might do other products, but it is owned, managed and operated by Red Sea and their employees.

 

[Potatohead]

Charge way to much for tanks made in China, thought this was an American company, would never buy one.

The device you posted this with... American made?

 

[kilgoretrout]

That was awesome. I could care less where they are made; I have an old S400 Max and its a bit nicer than my custom made frag tanks by an American builder. A very reputable one.

FWIW, I do not think the logos/banners are semi permanent. They appear permanent and made out of something like plastic. They could have gone out of their way to do that, but who cares.

 

[Mark Gray]

Very cool I almost bought one but I am getting a custom built instead

 

[Live Water]

The device you posted this with... American made?

Nope but it also wasn't ridiculously priced.

 

[Live Water]

The device you posted this with... American made?

If you're gonna support slave labor you might as well get a deal.

 

[Potatohead]

If you're gonna support slave labor you might as well get a deal.

lol

Obviously things made in countries with real labour standards is better, but there’s only so much we can do. The Red Sea stuff is high quality, China doesn’t necessarily mean bad every time. There is a ton of shady stuff come out of there (copies and ripoffs) but typically the products sold by companies run in the west are of better quality.

 

[GoVols]

There currently just about 175 people on this thread right now.

Can we just take a deep breath / come to peace on this thread and enjoy Red Sea's video?

If just want to troll, then please move on.

 

[squampton]

Cool video. I have a Reefer 170 and yes it was expensive, however it's really nice tank and built well. I could not get anything as comparable with tank, stand and sump for the price I paid. (I don't live in the US).

I could obviously buy a stock tank, pay someone to build me a stand, use a 20 gallon for a sump, but it would not look nearly as nice.

 

[AquaART]

If you know anything about international business, you’d know that China has been increasing its minimum wage for nearly a decade. Why do you think so many manufacturing plants are moving back to the USA and Mexico? Heck, even Foxconn is planning on a billion dollar manufacturing facility in the states. That said, the quality of products coming out of China has gotten to the point where I generally don’t question it much. Think about brands like Skimz or Jebao, they are quality products despite being developed (perhaps some reverse engineering) in China and carrying a ‘fair’ price tag.

I have a RedSea 450 and challenge you to find me any tank, made on the US, China, Mars or wherever that is manufactured to the same standards and finish with the same quality as my 450, for the same price.