Reefer 250 seam failure...

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A little over 3 year old Reefer 250 front seam about to fail. we noticed a few days before Christmas that sand was seeping into the front seam, honestly ignored it for a few days. it rapidly got worse with more and more sand pouring into the seam, did some searching in this forum and was shocked/horrified to find that these commonly fail. We were up till 1am the day after Christmas moving all the fish, rock/coral, and sand into a 40g emergency tank. I am so dissappointed right now that a $2000 tank would fail like this so quickly. the 40g emergency tank is 10+ years old and cost maybe $50 brand new and it holds water better than a $2000 tank?

We are in contact with Red Sea but we are out of warranty and i dont have my receipt anymore so not expecting for a good answer from them...

I personally would love to upgrade to a Reefer 350 G2 but my wife does not trust them anymore if Red Sea doesnt replace the tank then we probably are going to be looking at Seapora/Aqueon 90g Reef Ready/Megaflow tanks with an eShoppes or Trigger systems sump. I know how to drill tanks but i want something quick and simple to setup. Has anyone heard of a G2 system having seam issues?

does anyone have tips for making sure the corals stay healthy after the move? we have many aquariums but this is our only tank with coral we are fairly new to coral keeping...we have a Seachem Tidal I put polyfill in with chemipure, we have a Fluval 307 canister running, as well as a Reef Octo HoB Skimmer..I moved the Prime 16 lights and Nero 5 powerheads. I am monitoring salinity and temperature daily and will probably do 10-20% water changes maybe twice a week?

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I think you'll be fine with your typical water changes, ie: whatever you performed before. Sorry to hear about your Red Sea. If you do get a new one, make sure it's a G2 with the armored seams.
 

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Very sorry to hear about your ordeal. Very frustrating.
I went through the same thing a couple of months ago. Total failure. Instantly and catastrophic.


Lost everything. Fortunately some locals took the livestock but was all gone to me.

My tank was only about 3.5 years old.
 

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Tank construction, Those idiots touch the glass with a dirty glove , boom seam failure in short order , lol
 
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Same here: 5 years old redsea 525,
 

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I m not decide yet, probably will buy a temporary tank and move all stuff there and then try to cut off a front glass and then glue it back (its more like a dream for now) . I have full tank of corals.
 
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heard from Red Sea today, they wont replace the 250 they are offering $500 off a new G2 purchased through them. We will likely pickup a 170 or 200 G2
 

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heard from Red Sea today, they wont replace the 250 they are offering $500 off a new G2 purchased through them. We will likely pickup a 170 or 200 G2
I wont ever go rimless again.. My RedSea did the same :( lost everything. I went acrylic (with all its problems) this time but if I ever would go back to glass it would be euro braced. $ 500 isnt worth it.
 
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