Red Sea Max

[Dolphirefighter]

I'm thinking about getting a Red Sea Max for my 1st tank. What is the general communiy opinion on these tanks? Thanks for your help

[CarmieJo]

I can't give you any personal experience with the RSM but they seem like a nice all in one tank. I have heard complaints of the power center of the system failing but I don't know how widespread that is.
If I haven't already said it to TR.

[lReef lKeeper]

Originally Posted by CarmieJo

I can't give you any personal experience with the RSM but they seem like a nice all in one tank. I have heard complaints of the power center of the system failing but I don't know how widespread that is.
If I haven't already said it to TR.

i have heard the same things. i have seen 2 here that have had that problem. of course Red Sea takes care of it, but that takes shipping time.

[Dave1NC]

When I downsized my 90G I did some research into the Red Sea Max and the JBJ Nano 28G HQI. The JBJ was a good option for me because it had halides and I had several SPS corals. Hindsight I would have probably gone with a 38G standard size tank and purchased the lights, hang-on type refugium, or drill the 38G and setup a standard sump type Fug.

I guess it comes down to opinion and in the long run and there are several of those out there along with different options when setting up a Nanos. My advice would be to do lots of research and explore every otion.

[Shananagans]

I had bought 1 for $300 from someone, I never set it up, I actually ended up seeling it for $450, but it looked nice. He said he like it, he complained about the overflow adjsuter. He said he was always messing with it. Other then that he liked it. What I noticed is that I think he had dogs and when I turned on the lights on time the fans were abit loud, and it looked like there was no easy way to clean it. If you got the $ and you want an all in one setup, it looker kosher to me.

[Seahorsedreams]

Please don't use the lid to test your tank parameters like they have set up for you to do... that's the craziest thing I have ever seen.... encouraging one to test with toxic substances right over your water.

Maybe I'm being silly, but I give them a thumbs down because of that alone... it's like encouraging bad habits... and funny it fits their brand of test kits = encouraging bad practices for their profit.