Thanks for the clarification, makes me feel a bit better about it. I’ll take a closer look.
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I truly want the community to benefit from this. When I started, like many, I couldn’t afford a great tank. Once you factor the sump and <usually> highly marked up plumbing kit, and the stand which is prefab and “bleh” or diy and time consuming.Thanks for flagging this to the community @VintageReefer - screaming deal. I'll be taking a closer look as well. I do wish there were some more cutouts in the back of the stand for ventiliation and to run wires through but hard to complain for this price
Looks like the front of the tank hangs over the open doors like the Red Sea design. Curious if we would have the same issues? I’m overly cautious from experience.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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Not quite sure what you mean here, but I have a guess.Looks like the front of the tank hangs over the open doors like the Red Sea design. Curious if we would have the same issues? I’m overly cautious from experience.
The seem failures for Red Sea (at least the ones in the front center like mine was) were definitely due to the cabinet and not supporting the glass correctly. The glass would bow ever so slightly allowing the seem to just get stressed. No clue of this would have the same issue. I’m obsessing over the details here before I pull the trigger, if I do.Not quite sure what you mean here, but I have a guess.
The doors are non structural and the front of the tank does not appear to be flush with the doors. The tank is on a platform and the doors go up against it
The Red Sea tank issues are seam failures and I don’t think everyone is blaming the cabinet.
I’ve read some but definitely not all of the seam failure stories so I apologize as I am not an expert like Brandon or those like yourself who unfortunately had a bad experienceThe seem failures for Red Sea (at least the ones in the front center like mine was) were definitely due to the cabinet and not supporting the glass correctly. The glass would bow ever so slightly allowing the seem to just get stressed. No clue of this would have the same issue. I’m obsessing over the details here before I pull the trigger, if I do.
Do you have a delivery date for yours?
Awesome, please do pass the info along. I totally don’t need this thing but am really struggling to let it pass me by.I’ve read some but definitely not all of the seam failure stories so I apologize as I am not an expert like Brandon or those like yourself who unfortunately had a bad experience
The ones I saw were on edges not center
I have requested additional info on the stand, but my assumption is this is a higher quality and better designed stand, as if you hired a private cabinet / furniture maker to make a diy stand on your own. Mass manufactured stands from Aqueon, Red Sea, etc are typically particleboard or cheap materials. Cabinet makers are finish carpenters and typically pride themselves on their work and overbuild things beyond needed capacity in situations like this
I will post the specs/info for the stand when I get them. Most likely today as my contact is quick to respond.
If it means anything they have used one of these setups in their corporate office for 2+ years
I’m in Arizona so it’s really only 5 hours away. Would definitely be by the end of the week I imagine.They can have it crated Monday and shipped out on Tuesday and arrival would be end of next week
They are holding off until Monday packing / Tuesday shipping to allow weekend orders as it saves them some freight cost if a few tanks are along the same path and can be combined in a shipment
It’s $999 of you pick it up in San Diego. $1259 shipped (with coupon code) on Etsy, $1500 shipped on eBay.It’s 999$ on Ebay. That seems such a low price, it’s making the deal look suspicious.