AFishNamedDucky
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Red Sea Reefer 350 G2 catastrophic failure
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Rob3D2018
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See post #10 at the start of this thread. The sump area in the middle of this opening does not have support. There needs to be a post in this area.
victoria casella
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Mine is 750 g2+ bought in July 2024 by Aug the seam failed….
gmavrom
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This helped me decide Not to buy a Red Sea G@ 350 and go with a WB 110.4 instead. They were saying that the G2 tanks no longer had the leak issues. Guess not!
reneeL
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I am glad you did not get a Red Sea. My RS was set up in March and failed by October. We are still dealing with the problem. Trying to set up another tank. Went for a Planet aquarium, it is not as easy of a setup but hoping it lasts for years and years.
Michael71
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I hate to see threads like this and really feel for all that have experienced these problems and losses. Thank you for sharing your experiences though. Red Sea was at the top of my list when i first started researching for a new build and has been removed from the list because of the seam issues and poor support. Hopefully by sharing your heartbreaking experiences you can prevent fellow hobbyists from experiencing the same. I hope your all your future endeavors in reefing are strife free and wish all the best of luck getting some sort of recovery from Red Sea.
BryanM
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I went with waterbox myself, after buying a redsea.
I picked up a Red sea 525xl for free from a guy that the front seam failed on, I just completely dismantled the tank and I will be rebuilding it myself, and I do think that the silicone is also playing a roll in these failures. The silicone was scary easy to remove in parts, and did not seem to have much if any adhesion in areas where the tank was not even leaking. Just an observation I made as I was taking it apart and removing all the old silicone.
BryanM
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Interesting, feeling better about replacing mine.I picked up a Red sea 525xl for free from a guy that the front seam failed on, I just completely dismantled the tank and I will be rebuilding it myself, and I do think that the silicone is also playing a roll in these failures. The silicone was scary easy to remove in parts, and did not seem to have much if any adhesion in areas where the tank was not even leaking. Just an observation I made as I was taking it apart and removing all the old silicone.
reneeL
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I still have the Red Sea 425 G-2. We did discover that the front seals were really easy. My husband was thinking we could fix it. If we did it would also get a extended support under the front glass.
Does anyone want a free Red Sea to reseal? Come pick it up.
Does anyone want a free Red Sea to reseal? Come pick it up.
Where are you located at?
reneeL
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Aransas Pass, TX near Corpus Christi. 10 miles from Rockport. The tank red sea plumbing and piping and stand. Just need to get it out of the house.
We used the sump for the new aquarium. This is day 2 for the new tank. All the livestock that were refugees are now in their new home.
I'm in Colorado, so that is probably a little far for me.
reneeL
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If you know someone closer, please let them know.
Distance depends, it is way over over a $2,000 when new. Compared to free. Yeh, it would be a bit of work because you need 2 people to lift it. We put furniture dollies under the stand so we can move it out of the way. That took all our power. We could not lift the tank off the stand. Had to have movers put the new tank on the new stand.
Distance depends, it is way over over a $2,000 when new. Compared to free. Yeh, it would be a bit of work because you need 2 people to lift it. We put furniture dollies under the stand so we can move it out of the way. That took all our power. We could not lift the tank off the stand. Had to have movers put the new tank on the new stand.
reneeL
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Not sure if I answered this or it was for me. I live in Aransas Pass, TX . Corpus Christi is the biggest city near us. Not good LFS our Petco stores are way better.
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