failure

So much talk of Red Sea tanks leaking on a weekly basis on forums, Facebook groups, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc.... so I thought I'd collect some data out of curiosity. I will share the results with sensitive info removed on 12/31/2024. If you unfortunately had a Red Sea tank leak on you...

My Red Sea 425 XL has a seal issue and I am currently speaking with them to get a replacement. So I might have to empty my tank, take it apart and rebuild a new one. 1) Any and all comments/tips/suggestions are welcomed! 2) If I am going to do this, I will also make some changes to corals and...

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...

I purchased these ai primes new in march 2021. Both fixtures had visible spectrum differences but ai said it was normal. Now I just noticed the lens melting and took it apart to find out the UV and Violet diode have melted and are completely fried. I do not recommend these lights. Too much power...

Seems like there's always a bunch of posts on R2R about people who are 'ready to give up' because 'x' coral or fish died... But I think that some amount of failure goes hand in hand with this hobby. Lets talk about our expen$ive fails and the lessons we learned from them...

Not sure if [EMERGENCY] is right, but I hope not so I'll leave it off... I have a several years old AGE tank with half inch low-iron glass. Today while doing some cleaning, I noticed this seam, and how far back the silicone has receded due to algae and whatever else it encounters in the tank...

So I went on vacation this past week to Hawaii (which was amazing btw, if you are a reefer I recommend going at least once in your life). I was gone for a total of 9 days. Before I left, I had everything in order - I hadn't changed or added anything to my 90 gallon reef in about two weeks, which...

So, it is bound to happen to all of us, eventually, if you have an old tank in operation. This happened on my old LeeMars 125 gallon that I have had for many many years. Acquired new bout 20 years ago or so to be sort of exact. This happened the day after I returned from a 10-day absence while...

Hey All, Im having a problem with one of my Kamoer Pro T stepper pumps. I’ve tried reaching out to CoralVue and Kamoer but haven’t received any responses. when I use the KamoerRemote app and use “manual” mode to dose something like 500ml, the pump starts no problem but eventually just stops...

Well, I'm blessed this time because the disaster could have been so much worse. My Tunze RODI solenoid that sits behind my 150 gallon tank and manages my top-off, failed big-time this week. By failed, I mean that the brass snapped (how does this even happen with low pressure purified water...