Swirl marks/haze on brand new Reefer 350

[FiveGallonSea]

I'm at a loss here and I'm looking for any direction possible. I will be contacting Red Sea come Monday. I have a one month old Reefer 350 and the front and right side glass are filled with swirl marks and haze all of a sudden after cleaning the tan the same way I have for years with my previous Red Sea tank too. The weird thing is the left side glass is not affected in any way. The swirls are only seen if a light is flashed at the tank with the lights off and they are everywhere. I can't help but suspect that this is a defect. I've tried to capture it in some photos but it is so much worse than what the photos show.

Does anyone have any insight on this? My first gen didn't have anything like this. Just the wonderful seam failure.

 

[blaxsun]

What are you using to clean the glass in your Red Sea tank?

 

[FiveGallonSea]

What are you using to clean the glass in your Red Sea tank?

A Flipper Max.

 

[blaxsun]

A Flipper Max.

Is that with the metal blades or just the plastic ones?

 

[FiveGallonSea]

Is that with the metal blades or just the plastic ones?

It has the metal blade but I don’t even use it. I just use the felt side to clean the glass and manually clean near the sad bed.

 

[blaxsun]

It has the metal blade but I don’t even use it. I just use the felt side to clean the glass and manually clean near the sad bed.

Try going over the same areas with the metal blade. I found I ended up with lots of swirls, etc. when just relying on the plastic blades.

 

[FiveGallonSea]

Just wanted to update this thread. I have resolved the swirls with some elbow grease and the tank is back to looking good but I now have another problem I'm currently trying to work out with Red Sea. When it rains it pours.

 

[dbroncos]

Just wanted to update this thread. I have resolved the swirls with some elbow grease and the tank is back to looking good but I now have another problem I'm currently trying to work out with Red Sea. When it rains it pours.

Glad it worked out but what is the other issue?

 

[blaxsun]

Glad it worked out but what is the other issue?

^ This - and out of curiosity, what was the fix for the swirl marks?

 

[A_Blind_Reefer]

^ This - and out of curiosity, what was the fix for the swirl marks?

I was really looking forward to a let’s discuss swirl marks in new RS tanks thread….hopefully It’s not a seam issue!