Are my tanks seams beginning to fail?

[Should I]

did everything survive

 

[THE_MAD_REEFER]

I’ve seen a few people with this issue. Honesty…I wonder if Waterbox is a ticking time bomb too? But I truly love my Waterbox and have had no complaints or issues these past few years. Unfortunately this is going to be more prone to happen with a rimless tank. It bothers me how most all rimless tanks aren’t supported by the front doors/it overhangs which to me is setting every tank like that up for failure eventually. I’d take peace of mind and support with a custom built stand over the aesthetic of the manufactured one and am not a fan you are forced to buy both and use the stand or you void the warranty. I forget if it was Waterbox or Red Sea I feel like it was Waterbox that released a brace to go under the stand to try and fix the wobbling issue.

My IM SR80 rimless has a stand the sits just beyond flush (apprx 1/8") and I know I have bumped it with tools or something that I am glad it wasnt the glass. I think Waterbox tanks are awesome tanks too. I dont think it would be hard to attached a strip of wood or plastic to act as flashing around it and provided a little protection. I would probably do something like that if I had that type of stand.

 

[Tamberav]

I’ve seen a few people with this issue. Honesty…I wonder if Waterbox is a ticking time bomb too? But I truly love my Waterbox and have had no complaints or issues these past few years. Unfortunately this is going to be more prone to happen with a rimless tank. It bothers me how most all rimless tanks aren’t supported by the front doors/it overhangs which to me is setting every tank like that up for failure eventually. I’d take peace of mind and support with a custom built stand over the aesthetic of the manufactured one and am not a fan you are forced to buy both and use the stand or you void the warranty. I forget if it was Waterbox or Red Sea I feel like it was Waterbox that released a brace to go under the stand to try and fix the wobbling issue.

New water box stands wobble. Not sure if it’s all versions or what. They do provide a brace but it isn’t in the box when you buy… so you have to ask/contact them. This means waiting for it to ship and if people don’t know to ask, it means they have a wobbly stand. It also doesn’t always fix the wobble..

A wobbly stand scares me as it seems like it could be very dangerous to children or pets.

 

[StevenL]

did everything survive

Yes. Everything is alive and doing well in the new tank

 

[reneeL]

They had some of the features on some V3 models, but not the most important ones, like the lip support to actually hold the front glass up.

We bought a 425 88gallons, the front wall has not support. However, we think if we repair the front. Add a support so that the front has a support then perhaps it will be years. What do you think?