Agreed, my next time will be a RedSea or Waterbox. I went with IM this time but only because I was in a semi-rush (that ended up taking a year to do anyway.. ) and didn't care to look into it that much. I'd have gone with wither of those had I done my research. Nothing wrong with IM, I just like the setup of in stand sumps more than AIO.
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They told me they didn’t even have one laying around they sell one a month and it usually always gets shipped with scratches or cracks and it would take multiple tries to get one perfectly delivered because they ship terribly.
You’re the type person everyone needs as a friend!
Jesus, I'd be flippin furious with a dealer if they were talking about the product this way. Again, go to the tank forums on R2R you'll see an endless supply of WaterBox, RedSea etc. Can't be that bad can they?
Great point they do this for a living they probably would have more experience on a day To day basis...I feel the same way if I am going to spend 3-4 thousand dollars on a large build the last thing I want is an issue down the line while it’s filled with valuable fish and coral. I’ve read some sad threads on tanks falling apart and water spilling everywhere and idk how I would handle that....
The main complaint was glass sumos being terribly unreliable and not long lasting at all. The claim was sump water is constantly increase and decreasing wearing the seam/glue down quicker as a pose to an acrylic sump.
Yess! These are the people I want to meet!
Sounded like my first LFS he wasn’t really pushy on selling me anything just pretty honest showing me the leaks on the display RedSea they had in the store and even pulled out his phone and showed me his custom tank he made.
Good question profit maybe? They had some jbj in stock and small Waterbox. They main things this LFS pushes is garlic power drops , vibrant, melafix, and Salifert test kits.
Thanks for the feedback I won’t pressure you for your RedSea comment
