Best reef ready tank deal of 2024 - whose looking for a new tank?

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I’ve been holding off on posting this but now I’m ready

I came across what I believe is the absolute best deal you’ll ever see on a reef ready system

Background - Current USA had a custom tank built for their marketing photos. It’s all over their website under the sections for r24 led reef bundles

They had the tank custom built and worked with a cabinet company in California to have the stand custom built

The setup came out very nice, and they dabbled with the idea of entering the tank market and selling it. They had a number of these systems built and then…current USA got bought out by saltwateraquarium.com

They no longer want to expand their product line into aquariums, and now have a bunch of these tanks and are selling them off at discount to the private market.

I’ve been in touch with the owner of current USA to discuss it, and they have 23 of these setups ready to ship

The tank is:
- 83 gallons rimless low iron glass
- 48x20x20
- Back panel is black
- Ghost overflow
- Ghost overflow has 3 drains, one drain is capped off.
- Sump and overflow are bean animal ready, but the plumbing kit included in the price is for herbie
- 26 gallon custom glass sump
- 9 gallon custom acrylic gravity ato with float
- custom made cabinet from marine grade plywood covered in faux wood grain laminate
- full herbie plumbing kit, return plumbing, and lockline nozzle
- return tubing is 1”
- if you plan to do bean animal they can customize the stand cutouts and plumbing for a small fee or you can do this yourself after delivery

Custom Tank, stand, sump, ato and plumbing kit…

They are asking $1399 and this INCLUDES nationwide freight shipping, lift gate truck, able to drop off at your door or garage in most situations.

And, if you are serious and going to buy this, and DM me, I can get you an extra 10% off - bringing the total price shipped down to $1259 plus tax

If you can pickup the setup yourself in San Diego the price is $999, I am not sure if I can get that price discounted any more

They will also discount any current USA reef products if you buy this system. I am getting their eflux 1900gph dc return pump for $140, it’s $200 on Amazon if bought separately.

This is a professional and custom build. They even put a bulkhead in the stand for the return pump plumbing to pass through. There are cutouts and notches for wires also.

If you’re serious about buying one add a numbered line and your r2r name to the list and I’ll send you an dm with the info to buy. This is not a “send paypal to Joe Schmoe” it’s a legit website with full guarantees and purchase protection.

Who wants to start 2024 with a beautiful 83 gallon tank build?

I make no money off this, nor do I receive any additional discount.

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Yes. 23 available.
They initially had some whack (but functional) return plumbing, they took my feedback, ordered parts, modified the design, water tested it, sent me photos and video of it

I didn’t post the old design because there’s no reason to. I gave them articles explaining how to do a proper herbie drain and they ordered pvc and the strainer and modified it perfectly to my spec and tested it
 
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I wasn’t sure myself and the seller told me I was welcome “to call Dennis” to validate anything and ask questions. They gave me a phone number. I said whose Dennis? They said the owner of Current USA for 30 years.

I reverse searched the phone number, and it’s owned by Dennis Fredricks. I look him up and he’s the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Current USA
 

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Screaming deal. I paid 1999 for my red sea 350 on sale. Love the external overflow. Not a big fan of the big center overflow box.
 
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Screaming deal. I paid 1999 for my red sea 350 on sale. Love the external overflow. Not a big fan of the big center overflow box.
It’s so sleek! My 75g is a old school Aqueon with a off center overflow, that goes top to bottom and is an eyesore and I had to aquascape around it. This minimalist ghost overflow with the black wall is so much nicer

I messaged VCA and showed them the design and they are confident I can run a lps reef on this WITHOUT any powerheads if i overdrive their RFG and give it 700 + gph
 

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I’ve been holding off on posting this but now I’m ready

I came across what I believe is the absolute best deal you’ll ever see on a reef ready system

Background - Current USA had a custom tank built for their marketing photos. It’s all over their website under the sections for r24 led reef bundles

They had the tank custom built and worked with a cabinet company in California to have the stand custom built

The setup came out very nice, and they dabbled with the idea of entering the tank market and selling it. They had a number of these systems built and then…current USA got bought out by saltwateraquarium.com

They no longer want to expand their product line into aquariums, and now have a bunch of these tanks and are selling them off at discount to the private market.

I’ve been in touch with the owner of current USA to discuss it, and they have 23 of these setups ready to ship

The tank is:
- 83 gallons rimless low iron glass
- 48x20x20
- Back panel is black
- Ghost overflow
- Ghost overflow has 3 drains, one drain is capped off.
- Sump and overflow are bean animal ready, but the plumbing kit included in the price is for herbie
- 26 gallon custom glass sump
- 9 gallon custom acrylic gravity ato with float
- custom made cabinet from marine grade plywood covered in faux wood grain laminate
- full herbie plumbing kit, return plumbing, and lockline nozzle
- return tubing is 1”
- if you plan to do bean animal they can customize the stand cutouts and plumbing for a small fee or you can do this yourself after delivery

Custom Tank, stand, sump, ato and plumbing kit…

They are asking $1399 and this INCLUDES nationwide freight shipping, lift gate truck, able to drop off at your door or garage in most situations.

And, if you are serious and going to buy this, and DM me, I can get you an extra 10% off - bringing the total price shipped down to $1259 plus tax

If you can pickup the setup yourself in San Diego the price is $999, I am not sure if I can get that price discounted any more

They will also discount any current USA reef products if you buy this system. I am getting their eflux 1900gph dc return pump for $140, it’s $200 on Amazon if bought separately.

This is a professional and custom build. They even put a bulkhead in the stand for the return pump plumbing to pass through. There are cutouts and notches for wires also.

If you’re serious about buying one add a numbered line and your r2r name to the list and I’ll send you an dm with the info to buy. This is not a “send paypal to Joe Schmoe” it’s a legit website with full guarantees and purchase protection.

Who wants to start 2024 with a beautiful 83 gallon tank build?

I make no money off this, nor do I receive any additional discount.

1) Vintage Reefer
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I am interested in this . I live in Arizona .
 

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I live about 20 minutes from them, so today I might buy 2? :face-with-hand-over-mouth:

I am going to point this out to my neighbor who asked me to help him get a tank set up, some day.
Thanks for posting.
What a great neighbor to buy him a tank! J/k
 

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I live about 20 minutes from them, so today I might buy 2? :face-with-hand-over-mouth:

I am going to point this out to my neighbor who asked me to help him get a tank set up, some day.
Thanks for posting.
Can you check in on the legitimacy of the deal for the community?

I’m interested, but if I have to drive 2000+ miles to confront and retrieve money from a bad actor I’ll be really annoyed.
 

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I assume these are "as is" with no returns allowed and no warranty?
 

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Is payment for this being sent to @SaltwaterAq? Who is selling these specifically?
 

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Can you check in on the legitimacy of the deal for the community?

I’m interested, but if I have to drive 2000+ miles to confront and retrieve money from a bad actor I’ll be really annoyed.
I have been a customer of the old business for many years, and I suspect that the new owners will want to avoid dealing with my crew if they went rogue and started clipping folks in the larger community that we belong to. Order away and if they do something stupid we can make sure that they wise up and take care of us properly.

Tell ‘em VeeDough sent you an there won’t be any shenanigans from these guys. They are part of the community and they know how to play fair here.
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I have been a customer of the old business for many years, and I suspect that the new owners will want to avoid dealing with my crew if they went rogue and started clipping folks in the larger community that we belong to. Order away and if they do something stupid we can make sure that they wise up and take care of us properly.

Tell ‘em VeeDough sent you an there won’t be any shenanigans from these guys. They are part of the community and they know how to play fair here.
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That is to say, I am not taking collections for this offer, and I presume that @VintageReefer has the contacts if people want to enquire. It does appear that the business was purchased by SWA but neither have advertised this item, meaning a person will have to contact Current's folks directly, and that is where I think the offer is legit. Their website does feature these tanks and they probably don't want to put this on the new owners site where they have a lot of other brands for sale that they would not want to undercut.

Hope that helps clear the air, don't send me money this isn't my deal. :cool:
 
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Wow the interest is higher than I thought! Here’s the link


Edit - promo code expired and removed

It’s being sold from AquaTerraDecor which is CurrentUSA’s etsy account

If buying message the seller on Etsy and let them know you are from the forum and would like the overflow upgrade with the strainer. It’s included at no cost to us but you have to let them know

They will also sell a $180 eflux 1900gph dc return pump for only $100 if you bundle it in
 
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