Red Sea Peninsula 500 fail

[Karinw]

I just joined as a member just to inform you of the disaster that happened to me 3 days ago (yes, during Christmas. Talking about bad timing!).

In 2020 I bought a Red Sea Peninsula (500 liter), as a replacement of my old tank. Reading all the horror stories about seams failures I kept a close eye on them, but never saw anything out of the usual.

Then three days ago, in the evening, we suddenly heard a bit of water falling on the floor and within 2 seconds we had a waterfall in the living room. The bottom seam of one of the large sides had cracked open over an area of about 20 - 30 centimetres. The tank was completely empty within 5 minutes.

Even though we had large plastic containers just in case, we haven’t been able to save any of the fish or corals. We managed to catch most of them and get them in the container, but by the time we could catch them they were already damaged and in shock that they didn’t make it until the next morning.

I don’t know if I will get a new tank again, as I never want to go through this again. But if I do get a new tank I would NEVER buy a Red Sea tank again in my life. And I was a big RS fan before this happened!

Btw: the attached video was made when the tank was almost empty…

 

[BryanM]

I'm sorry that this happened.

I just got in to the hobby myself, and had purchased a redsea 425xl. 4 months in I read one of the horror story threads, then googled more, and then placed an order for a waterbox replacement tank.

I found this thread with a spreadsheet that someone compiled, made my choice w/WB.

if you really enjoyed it, I'd encourage you to get a new tank.

 

[mjszos]

Sorry this happened to you, really unfortunate the number of Red Sea issues. I had a seam failure myself, fortunately I caught it before the worst happened.

If you decide to get into a new tank, I have had a great experience with Innovative Marine - the tank I purchased is beautiful, the stand is rock solid, and their customer support was spectacular.

 

[BryanM]

IM is definitely another solid tank!

 

[Karinw]

Sorry this happened to you, really unfortunate the number of Red Sea issues. I had a seam failure myself, fortunately I caught it before the worst happened.

If you decide to get into a new tank, I have had a great experience with Innovative Marine - the tank I purchased is beautiful, the stand is rock solid, and their customer support was spectacular.

Thanks!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I just joined as a member just to inform you of the disaster that happened to me 3 days ago (yes, during Christmas. Talking about bad timing!).

In 2020 I bought a Red Sea Peninsula (500 liter), as a replacement of my old tank. Reading all the horror stories about seams failures I kept a close eye on them, but never saw anything out of the usual.

Then three days ago, in the evening, we suddenly heard a bit of water falling on the floor and within 2 seconds we had a waterfall in the living room. The bottom seam of one of the large sides had cracked open over an area of about 20 - 30 centimetres. The tank was completely empty within 5 minutes.

Even though we had large plastic containers just in case, we haven’t been able to save any of the fish or corals. We managed to catch most of them and get them in the container, but by the time we could catch them they were already damaged and in shock that they didn’t make it until the next morning.

I don’t know if I will get a new tank again, as I never want to go through this again. But if I do get a new tank I would NEVER buy a Red Sea tank again in my life. And I was a big RS fan before this happened!

Btw: the attached video was made when the tank was almost empty…

So sorry this happened to you!

 

[revenant]

I just joined as a member just to inform you of the disaster that happened to me 3 days ago (yes, during Christmas. Talking about bad timing!).

In 2020 I bought a Red Sea Peninsula (500 liter), as a replacement of my old tank. Reading all the horror stories about seams failures I kept a close eye on them, but never saw anything out of the usual.

Then three days ago, in the evening, we suddenly heard a bit of water falling on the floor and within 2 seconds we had a waterfall in the living room. The bottom seam of one of the large sides had cracked open over an area of about 20 - 30 centimetres. The tank was completely empty within 5 minutes.

Even though we had large plastic containers just in case, we haven’t been able to save any of the fish or corals. We managed to catch most of them and get them in the container, but by the time we could catch them they were already damaged and in shock that they didn’t make it until the next morning.

I don’t know if I will get a new tank again, as I never want to go through this again. But if I do get a new tank I would NEVER buy a Red Sea tank again in my life. And I was a big RS fan before this happened!

Btw: the attached video was made when the tank was almost empty…

red sea has really flushed their rep down the toilet. My god I am sorry about this. So so sorry.