Red Sea max

[reefpanda]

so i have a bio-cube now and it seems to have something wrong with it all the time and im sick and tired of replacing the lights fans and ballasts all the time. within a week of having my new bio-cube i had to replace the ballasts like 3 or 4 times just within that first week!!! rediculous. my brother has one as well and he got his a year before me. his works perfectly fine never had to replace the ballasts or fans and only replacing the light once every 6 months. when i got mine we compared it and noticed that a lot of parts were missing. we went ot the pet store to see what was up and it turned out that the other cubes where missing the same parts as well. it seems that the company needed to save money? so they took away some parts. anyways tonight was the final straw. I dont want to battle with the aquarium anymore so i want to see if the pet store will take it for store credit. when i get rid of that aquarium i would like to save up and purchase a red sea max aquarium 34 gallons. i was wondering if anyone had one of these aquariums and would like to tell me if this would be a good investment of my money? anything you could give me would we greatly appreciated
thanks,
Mike

 

[daugherty]

my father-in-law has one and loves it. it is a great all in one system.get the 66 if you can afford it

 

[reefpanda]

how much did it cost

 

[daugherty]

i domnt know. he finished the basement to the owner of our lfs and got a ton of store credit so i am not shure what it cost him

 

[reefpanda]

hmm
if you were to take a guess would you say more then 800

 

[daugherty]

well he gets the crap at cost but i would say ay a retail cost that is very close i am guessing since the bio 29gal is 300 here

 

[reefpanda]

yeah the biocube cost me like 279-314 bucks
cant remember

 

[yote]

I'd say you'd be looking at right around 800 for the 66.

 

[daugherty]

I'd say you'd be looking at right around 800 for the 66.

or you could get a 120 reef ready tank for 500 or 600 and save some money for a good skimmer and build your own sump for it. and not to forget a returne pump

 

[reefpanda]

i like the red sea max tanks
looks like ill be saving for a long time

 

[sen5241b]

I've had the BC29 almost a year and never had any problems. If you still want an All-in-1 tank this is absolutely the best deal: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+3730+19863&pcatid=19863

Unlike the BC29 and red sea max, this comes with adequate lighting for corals and etc.