I purchased my RS250 Reefer in September of ’19. Recently, I had noticed some degradation in the black seam at the bottom center of my front glass but didn’t think too much of it. This week I thought maybe it was larger than I remembered it so I took some pictures and sent them off to the Red Sea support folks.
2 days ago they told me they were going to send me a new display tank !
My first thought was, this is really good warranty/customer support – the display tank is certainly an expensive item with shipping. The next thought was, wow, this is going to be really difficult to swap out – and what corals/fish might be lost in the process…
I’m waiting for RS to answer some questions I’ve sent along, like when might the new tank arrive, will the replacement tank come with the return and drain pipes – or if not, should I at least replace the “O” rings to maintain the seal.
So I thought I would start a thread for those that might be interested and share my journey through this process…
I actually built my (small) home office furniture around the dimensions of the tank so I don’t have much room to play with. Hopefully I can start and finish this in 24-36 hours and minimize the impact.
I’m expecting to move the coral & rocks into 2-20gal long tanks into my 70 degree basement where I don’t have to worry about keeping the temperature down – only need heaters to raise the temp and I’ll put a pump in each to keep the flow going.
I think I’ll end up with 2-32gal Rubermaid cans to store the DT & sump water and keep that close to my tank.
I’ve done a little searching on R2R to see what others have done but would certainly appreciate any thoughts and ideas that I’m probably not thinking about.
Onward and upwards – I guess… More to follow.
Joe
ensions of the tank so I
2 days ago they told me they were going to send me a new display tank !
My first thought was, this is really good warranty/customer support – the display tank is certainly an expensive item with shipping. The next thought was, wow, this is going to be really difficult to swap out – and what corals/fish might be lost in the process…
I’m waiting for RS to answer some questions I’ve sent along, like when might the new tank arrive, will the replacement tank come with the return and drain pipes – or if not, should I at least replace the “O” rings to maintain the seal.
So I thought I would start a thread for those that might be interested and share my journey through this process…
I actually built my (small) home office furniture around the dimensions of the tank so I don’t have much room to play with. Hopefully I can start and finish this in 24-36 hours and minimize the impact.
I’m expecting to move the coral & rocks into 2-20gal long tanks into my 70 degree basement where I don’t have to worry about keeping the temperature down – only need heaters to raise the temp and I’ll put a pump in each to keep the flow going.
I think I’ll end up with 2-32gal Rubermaid cans to store the DT & sump water and keep that close to my tank.
I’ve done a little searching on R2R to see what others have done but would certainly appreciate any thoughts and ideas that I’m probably not thinking about.
Onward and upwards – I guess… More to follow.
Joe