Hi, I have been working on my first build in 20 years. I'm really amazed in how the hobby has progressed. I'm really running into a few stress points I could use your feedback on.
I also cross-posted this into the RedSea Sponsor forum, though for some reason I can only see the post when I am logged in, so I'm posting here as well.
I initially purchased my Red Sea 350 at a LFS and due to some defect issues with the tank and sump, Red Sea sent me a new tank and new sump. Very happy to see them on top of customer service!
Once tank was put on leveled base, I had noticed that the tank was not touching the base on both front corners. The tank really sat with its weight on a patch about the size of a flattened basketball in the center rearward part of the tank. After some calls to Red Sea, I was reassured that it was normal and the tank would flatten out once water was in it.
Starting about a week and a half ago I began doing a full wet running test with RODI water.
other than a leaky fitting, looks good and those spots on the front two corners closed up. Today, I decided to take a thorough look at the tank to look for any settling with level and so forth, looks good except for two issues.
The right rear corner has a gap between the glass and the base foam going in about 6 inches. I'd say the space varies from about 1/16" at the edge down to 1/64" in further.
Also, looking at the center front lower edge of the tank, I noticed that if I put a straightedge on the lower edge of the front glass pane, things are straight, however if I move the straightedge on the other side of the silicone on the bottom glass pane, the glass itself is not flat, it has a bow in it and the straight edge rocks.(see video below) I'm guessing that it was a defect when it was built, not sure what to do.
The largest tank I had in the past was only 30 gallons, so I'm a bit more concerned with issues like this on a tank this size, as if the seal fails, my family room will be destroyed.
Should I be emergency draining this tank? and what are your thoughts of this or is your tank the same.
I've added links to the photos referenced above as well as a video of the lower pane issue.
photos:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...2JFODdfSWh5dVk
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...DhsQkVadlVlNEk
video: (if it doesn't stream play, you might need to download and play locally)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...UVzaXd5bEZBVGM
Thanks for the help.
-Tony
I also cross-posted this into the RedSea Sponsor forum, though for some reason I can only see the post when I am logged in, so I'm posting here as well.
I initially purchased my Red Sea 350 at a LFS and due to some defect issues with the tank and sump, Red Sea sent me a new tank and new sump. Very happy to see them on top of customer service!
Once tank was put on leveled base, I had noticed that the tank was not touching the base on both front corners. The tank really sat with its weight on a patch about the size of a flattened basketball in the center rearward part of the tank. After some calls to Red Sea, I was reassured that it was normal and the tank would flatten out once water was in it.
Starting about a week and a half ago I began doing a full wet running test with RODI water.
other than a leaky fitting, looks good and those spots on the front two corners closed up. Today, I decided to take a thorough look at the tank to look for any settling with level and so forth, looks good except for two issues.
The right rear corner has a gap between the glass and the base foam going in about 6 inches. I'd say the space varies from about 1/16" at the edge down to 1/64" in further.
Also, looking at the center front lower edge of the tank, I noticed that if I put a straightedge on the lower edge of the front glass pane, things are straight, however if I move the straightedge on the other side of the silicone on the bottom glass pane, the glass itself is not flat, it has a bow in it and the straight edge rocks.(see video below) I'm guessing that it was a defect when it was built, not sure what to do.
The largest tank I had in the past was only 30 gallons, so I'm a bit more concerned with issues like this on a tank this size, as if the seal fails, my family room will be destroyed.
Should I be emergency draining this tank? and what are your thoughts of this or is your tank the same.
I've added links to the photos referenced above as well as a video of the lower pane issue.
photos:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...2JFODdfSWh5dVk
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...DhsQkVadlVlNEk
video: (if it doesn't stream play, you might need to download and play locally)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2...UVzaXd5bEZBVGM
Thanks for the help.
-Tony
