Red Sea 500 S Max upgrade?

[MrsJones84]

Hi All! I am new here... we have had aquariums off and on over the years. Just started back up with a 30 gallon tank. My goal is a beautiful reef tank. I had a complete crash out leaving my LFS last weekend after they talked me out of every fish I wanted to put in my tank because it was "too small"... Anyways we have been looking to upgrade to a bigger tank.

We found a Red Sea Max s 500 being sold used for $850. Price wise it seems like a steal. I did see reviews about red sea having failures and seams popping etc... most seem to be with their other models of tanks... Just looking for some input on this tank.

 

[exnisstech]

I won't bring another red sea tank into my home.
This is my reefer 170 that had a seam fail.

This is a verticle and horizontal seam failing on my existing Reefer 300 g2

Now I get to look forward to moving all this out to another tank. Fun stuff

PS. Kudos to your LFS for not selling fish too large for your tank. That doesn't happen often enough IMO

 

[BryanM]

Not worth the risk IMO.

 

[NanoSteam]

If you're looking at used, I would stick with brands such as Waterbox, Innovative Marine, Eshopps, JBJ.

 

[W31Olds]

I have a Max S-650 that's about 4 or five years old that I picked up used from my LFS. Overall, this series seems to be decent tanks. Mine was complete with lights, a regal skimmer, and a 25 watt UV, 300 watt heater and all pumps. Probably depends on what you get with it but just for the Tank, stand, sump maybe $500.