Thank you very much, that is the kind of feedback I am looking for! I do want to go with the Red Sea but it is also $1000 more which could be used towards goodies to go IN the tank... at least that was my thought. The more I research, and the more I think about it, that $1000 might be better spent making sure I had a quality setup that I am happy with...Hi Eric! Welcome to the fishy family!! I had the JBG... I really did not like it. It was a pain finding things that would fit in the back, like skimmers, etc. I never felt like the filtration had good flow through... lots of room to flow around the media. The rim was too wide to mount some of the lighting options I tried, so I suspended my light from the ceiling. Don't even get me started on cleaning those rounded corners.
I'd go Red Sea. Better quality, just nicer tank.
Enjoy the ride and best of luck!!