And here is where the thread goes down the drain.
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I have the 250 but had a custom stand built that is 43” tall. Stand did have to get put together once inside because of size
Hello,
In short it doesn’t matter, if a tank is custom built, or automated built. Both tanks can fail, due to people just being human. It happens, does anyone plan for it Nope. Every tank is ideally inspected by a set of human eyes.
Because we can not monitor the process 24/7, we may never know there is a failure. We could never know if there is going to be a failure, until it happens. Saying a custom tank is better than a manufactured tank is the same as saying Toyota is better than Nissan. They both have strong points, and week points.
In response to the op, I have never owned one of those tanks. Yet, our local aquarium has several, and since I have volunteered there a lot, there have been no issues. Does this mean if you go buy one tomorrow it will be 100%, (well I sure hope so for your sake, but you just ultimately don’t know). Any tank can fail, it’s a risk we all take getting into this hobby. I have never had the luxury of owning a new large tank. Yet, the ones I have purchased used have been amazing.
@Rob.B. This is not something that I heard. I owned a ML 300 DD for 3 months before it blew a seal. It was on a ML stand. That's the only way ML will honor their warranty. And they did honor it. I will not purchase another ML tank unless I am prepared to build an adequate stand to support it. I have several friends with 250 DD and 300 DD units. Each of them built their on stands and the longest running one has been up for over 5 years. The issue with ML is not their tanks but their stands. Giving them due credit, they will replace the tank if it ruptures on their stand. So the question becomes if you purchase the tank, are you willing to void the warranty by building your own stand? GL in your search.