What's up with the recent Red Sea Tank failures? 750XXL ? *UPDATE* Design Flaw CONFIRMED by Red Sea !!!

[drawman]

So what they say is the holistic truth? Is it possible that they, or any other company, would not disclose full data for optics sake?

I think he was being sarcastic. Seem like Red Sea has taken this approach on FB:

 

[iMi]

So what they say is the holistic truth? Is it possible that they, or any other company, would not disclose full data for optics sake?

Oh, come on... corporations never lie about things like that, except maybe Enron or BP or Wells Fargo or Sears or GE or Deutsche bank or Amazon or Boeing or WorldCom or Uber or... You know what, never mind.

 

[Ross Petersen]

Oh, come on... corporations never lie about things like that, except maybe Enron or BP or Wells Fargo or Sears or GE or Deutsche bank or Amazon or Boeing or WorldCom or Uber or... You know what, never mind.

Lol... for sure

Corporations ignore/hide the flaws = consumers share feedback = products evolve.

I guess positive is the new morally correct as Susan David from Harvard put it best.

 

[Bacon505]

I always been wondering about all the over hang and gaps on all the redsea reefer tanks. I even asked in the RS facebook group and the response i get that the overhang and gaps between the tank and stand are normal. Im no physicist but a 1/2” glass pannel holding that much water with no support is not normal.

 

[iMi]

I always been wondering about all the over hang and gaps on all the redsea reefer tanks. I even asked in the RS facebook group and the response i get that the overhang and gaps between the tank and stand are normal. Im no physicist but a 1/2” glass pannel holding that much water with no support is not normal.

That looks so awesome though... lol

 

[Marco S]

@Bacon505 Yours is hanging over a lot more than mine, (and any other tank I've seen). Mine sits right on the seem and gives full support to the tank and my mat sits flush with the stand. Unless you cut your mat custom...it's not on right.

 

[Bacon505]

@Bacon505 Yours is hanging over a lot more than mine, (and any other tank I've seen). Mine sits right on the seem and gives full support to the tank and my mat sits flush with the stand. Unless you cut your mat custom...it's not on right.

No, that mat is what it came in. The back is already fushed with the tank and that’s how much it overhang. If i close the cabinet door then it’s flushed. I did questioned about the mat before i filled the tank and RS facebook group said it will flatten once filled with water. Well, its filled about a year now and the mat still not covering any of the corners.

 

[Marco S]

No, that mat is what it came in. The back is already fushed with the tank and that’s how much it overhang. If i close the cabinet door then it’s flushed. I did questioned about the mat before i filled the tank and RS facebook group said it will flatten once filled with water. Well, its filled about a year now and the mat still not covering any of the corners.

The fact that it does not go all the way to the edge of the stand on the side, but overhangs in the front makes my think that you have it on wrong. It should go all the way to the edge of the stand on all sides, but not overhang at all. At least that is the way mine is as well as every other RS tank I have seen.

Here is an example I found online...

 

[Tang22]

The fact that it does not go all the way to the edge of the stand on the side, but overhangs in the front makes my think that you have it on wrong. It should go all the way to the edge of the stand on all sides, but not overhang at all. At least that is the way mine is as well as every other RS tank I have seen.

Here is an example I found online...

+1 I tend to agree with @Marco S something doesnt look right with that overhang posted by @Bacon505

Just for reference here is a picture of the overhang area of the V3 750XXL. As you can see it is reinforced with a metal lip to support that front overhang now.

 

[BurgerFish]

For the price of redsea tanks they must be all reinforced with steel frame and made from real wood.

 

[Doostur]

 

[MnFish1]

Seems like they would have to answer. Sorry for that mess!!!!!!!!!!

 

[eeeeek]

+1 I tend to agree with @Marco S something doesnt look right with that overhang posted by @Bacon505

Just for reference here is a picture of the overhang area of the V3 750XXL. As you can see it is reinforced with a metal lip to support that front overhang now.

That's the version # stand. My version 1 stand did not have the metal support lip and looked just like Bacon's in terms of overhang. In retrospect, it looks like it was a pretty big design flaw that was addressed in later version. For reference, I bought my 750 XXL in February, 2019. It was a version 1 tank and stand.

 

[Cjeippert]

+1 I tend to agree with @Marco S something doesnt look right with that overhang posted by @Bacon505

Just for reference here is a picture of the overhang area of the V3 750XXL. As you can see it is reinforced with a metal lip to support that front overhang now.

Too bad they do not do that with peninsula 650. I just had to get mine replaced. The 750 is not that much bigger that they should not do the same for the 650. At least red sea new 1000 monster tanks are Euro braced and stand is metal.

 

[Ross Petersen]

Too bad they do not do that with peninsula 650. I just had to get mine replaced. The 750 is not that much bigger that they should not do the same for the 650. At least red sea new 1000 monster tanks are Euro braced and stand is metal.

Sounds like Red Sea is honoring their product and making some positive upgrades ...

 

[Doostur]

Sounds like Red Sea is honoring their product and making some positive upgrades ...

Hopefully this thread has made them step up to the plate. And owners have benefited from it. I know it caused them to make that retrofit kit. I'm not sure who runs their facebook group page, but the muting, removing users and deleting posts just because they post a problem needs to stop. Its shady and overall not a good look.

 

[Cjeippert]

Sounds like Red Sea is honoring their product and making some positive upgrades ...

I looked at the replacement tank and it has those hard plastic guards on the seems on all sides but not on the short side with the overflow. Not sure why they would skip that panel

 

[Ozzydeanizzy]

This is an old issue, the tanks and stands were replaced if they had failures. The other 750XXL tanks received a free reinforcement to solve the issue.

Do you know if they replaced any of the 625xxl or would still?

 

[ScottB]

Do you know if they replaced any of the 625xxl or would still?

Not to my knowledge. Those tanks are fine. The 750 fails are really old news by now. Unless you own an unregistered tank and therefor have not gotten the supports, you are okay.

 

[Brian_68]

It is shocking to see how bad they were engineered earlier.