Are my tanks seams beginning to fail?

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Update: Red Sea has informed me they will be sending me a new Reefer 250 G2+
If funds are not an issue, I would sell that replacement tank and find yourself a different brand tank. Not worth the headache of doing this again in a few years.

And I'm surprised your tank didn't blow out with that much sand in the seams! Very very lucky.
 

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In terms of new tanks, take a look at Glass Cages. They are priced higher than what is considered standard, but they are quality products. And you can basically build your own tank. Talk to @Joe Glass Cages for more info. I'm going this route when I finally buy into the hobby.
 
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If that's the best the law allows I guess you have no choice.
I'd be demanding money back.

But, I guess you could sell it as a reptile tank or something.
I didn’t buy it from Red Sea directly and the LFS that sold it to me didn’t do anything wrong so I’m not sure a refund is an option. I think this is the best case scenario given the situation so I’m content with the outcome.
 

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If that's the best the law allows I guess you have no choice.
I'd be demanding money back.

But, I guess you could sell it as a reptile tank or something.
I’m not sure there is any company that will refund something 2 years after purchase when they have a warranty to cover the issue by replacement. If there is such a company in existence, please point me to them because I will only buy from that company, as that’s one heck of a refund policy.
 

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Yes reefer 250 serial# >30,500. I am hoping the G2 is better constructed
Yeah, they did quite a bit, a lot of it is structural with the stand too. I’d ask them about if there was any changes to the stand for the G2 for your model.

Haven’t really seen a G2 failure aside from chips and glass breaking from handling the tanks.

My LFS also has a few “brand new” G1 they’re trying to offload. I wouldn’t touch a G1 tank period - they really cut a ton of corners with that generation.
 

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Yes reefer 250 serial# >30,500. I am hoping the G2 is better constructed

I hate to give you nightmares... here is a G2 - ha! This is probably the tank @BristleWormHater was thinking of..

you could always eurobrace the bottom and/or top.

 

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Sorry... I must have been thinking of a different red sea failure thread, there's been like three this week:grinning-face-with-sweat:.
There’s another thread titled “G2” but in the thread they tried to correlate a G1 V3 as G2 because it has G2 “features”. From what I’ve seen (or haven’t seen from lack of failure), the G2 corrects a lot of the G1 mishaps. It’s a shame they didn’t cut manufacturing of G1 quicker.
 

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Yeah, they did quite a bit, a lot of it is structural with the stand too. I’d ask them about if there was any changes to the stand for the G2 for your model.

Haven’t really seen a G2 failure aside from chips and glass breaking from handling the tanks.

My LFS also has a few “brand new” G1 they’re trying to offload. I wouldn’t touch a G1 tank period - they really cut a ton of corners with that generation.
Can't be trusted don't care what Red Sea says
 

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I hate to give you nightmares... here is a G2 - ha! This is probably the tank @BristleWormHater was thinking of..

you could always eurobrace the bottom and/or top.

That’s not a G2. You can tell by the black gate valve and single return nozzle.
 

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I have a XL300 G1 and I cut this 1 1/2 inch plywood to place under tank. I believe the issue is the front glass not being supported by stand. Somehow it’s still holding on and crossing my fingers it holds forever. I am very paranoid though.
 

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