Red Sea Reefer leak failures….or not?

[Anomaly]

Reefer XL300 purchased in August of 2021. This happened tonight, the seal gave way and flooded my living room.

 

[jmichaelh7]

Reefer XL300 purchased in August of 2021. This happened tonight, the seal gave way and flooded my living room.

WOA! Sorry to see this happen to you! Hopefully everything got transferred safely.

Was the tank bought used or new?

 

[Anomaly]

It was purchased new

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Another day , another Red Sea leak. The hits just keep coming.

 

[mckinney0171]

Anyone who buys one of these better be prepared for a house flood. May want to give your insurance a heads up prior to putting water in it.

 

[piranhaman00]

Ya this is getting crazy

 

[OrlandoAIOReef]

We need to go storm their warehouse lol

 

[Flame2hawk]

IT’S HORRIBLE AND I’M SORRY. WHAT GETS ME IS THAT THEY DONT WANT TO ADMIT THEY HAVE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM. AS SUCH, FAILURES WILL CONTNUE. STAY AWAY FROM RED SEA TANKS! I HAVE A XXL 900 AND LIVE IN FEAR EVERY DAY….BOUGHT IT NEW ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO….

 

[Lebowski_]

Person selling this tank must be on this forum and getting nervous:

 

[FlyPenFly]

Didn’t BRS just finish a move or two with their bigger Red Sea from Ryan’s house to the office then I think to fish store?

 

[Rabid]

resurrecting the thread. Just coming from freshwater into saltwater.
Bought my first tank used but in good condition, of course this is a red sea reefer 350. Now i see this threat and it's giving me anxiety.
I've set it up and filled it with freshwater, to check the plumbing and leaks after i transported it.
It has been filled with water for 1 week now, no signs of anything.

But i just used alot of money on this... is there anything i can do proactive now, before scaping. like applying more silicone at the seams?

 

[nereefpat]

is there anything i can do proactive now, before scaping. like applying more silicone at the seams?

I would build my own stand that is completely flat/level/square/strong or beef up the Red Sea stand. A lot of problems come from the stand being made of cheap material and sagging in the middle. More silicone won't help, but adding bracing could help if done correctly.

 

[jp_75]

Any issues with G2 series?

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Any issues with G2 series?

I have the G2 200XL and so far , zero issues. I have not heard of any failures with the G2's either. My tank was released just last year so maybe its still too new to have issues but who knows.

 

[Flame2hawk]

Any issues with G2 series?

Sorry to say but a Custom tank builder recently mentioned he repaired a 525 G2 seam. These set ups are aesthetically beautiful but unfortunately thats where the benefits end.

I can’t continue with the uncertainty and angst so have decided to replace my 2 large Red Sea tanks with a custom built large tank over the next several months…..this w/b my 2nd custom build. It w/b over 9’ and over 800g’s. Including sump. Goodbye and good riddance Red Sea!

 

[dyno]

I’m in the club now I guess :-(

 

[dyno]

 

[AquaLogic]

True. Honestly ANY tank could leak from ANY brand. If you are that worried about it maybe a tank isnt the thing for you.
If you think redsea is shady and covering up details and whatnot there are many other brands to pick from. Its all personal preference anyways for the most part.

You can always go acrylic. Much lower chance of failure.

 

[Acroyear61]

I just had a split back seam on a gen 1 ver. 3 and they offered a complete (stand and tank) replacement G2+ to fix the problem. Question is do I set the G2+ back up or are they having the same issues as before?

 

[Cell]

I just had a split back seam on a gen 1 ver. 3 and they offered a complete (stand and tank) replacement G2+ to fix the problem. Question is do I set the G2+ back up or are they having the same issues as before?

Too early to tell. I think I've seen one account a G2 seam failures and it was the side panel.