Those hard plastic strips are called armored seams. They install them on top of the silicone to protect the silicone. Often people clean their glass inside of the tank with a magnet scraper. These scrapers have sharp metal on the other side to scrape algae off the glass. When scraping, people get into the silicone and gradually cut the silicone with these scrapers over months and years. This is why the Red Sea tanks leak. To stop this, they have started installing armored seams from the factory. I just bought a brand new Red Sea XL 300 Reefer G2. It's the newest, updated version for this year with armored seams. However, I haven't filled it yet. If I lay underneath the tank and look up, I can see daylight coming through a place in the silicone. I'm hoping it's just a small airbubble under the armored seam. I have fear of filling the tank and having it unload in my living room. It's about the same size as you're repairing here. 65 gallon.
@@eal1 haha, yeah we'll when you read 10,000 horror stories it makes you second guess everything. What they don't tell you is all the failures were used tanks that people had butchered with metal algae scrapers. I have two Red Sea G2 now and they're great. Ball except the main drain valve adjustment. That's the worst thing ever invented.
If they asked me, I would suggest a slightly different/better way of sealing them. It’s otherwise a beautiful system. In a perfect world manufacturers would give new products to some fish guys to get the bugs worked out before going into full production
@@MikeGervasiHopefully they help you out since you’re still within the 3 year warranty. I was just past it and I emailed them and all they could do was offer me a $900 credit towards a new tank for my 525 XL.
Those hard plastic strips are called armored seams. They install them on top of the silicone to protect the silicone. Often people clean their glass inside of the tank with a magnet scraper. These scrapers have sharp metal on the other side to scrape algae off the glass. When scraping, people get into the silicone and gradually cut the silicone with these scrapers over months and years. This is why the Red Sea tanks leak. To stop this, they have started installing armored seams from the factory. I just bought a brand new Red Sea XL 300 Reefer G2. It's the newest, updated version for this year with armored seams. However, I haven't filled it yet. If I lay underneath the tank and look up, I can see daylight coming through a place in the silicone. I'm hoping it's just a small airbubble under the armored seam. I have fear of filling the tank and having it unload in my living room. It's about the same size as you're repairing here. 65 gallon.
Thank you, I wasn’t sure what the plastic was for
Armoured seams I have learnt this today.. Thank you @hurricaneaquatics
Wow fearing filling a 'premium' tank 😅
@@eal1 haha, yeah we'll when you read 10,000 horror stories it makes you second guess everything. What they don't tell you is all the failures were used tanks that people had butchered with metal algae scrapers. I have two Red Sea G2 now and they're great. Ball except the main drain valve adjustment. That's the worst thing ever invented.
What exactly is the reason for the glass peice out over the seam in the videos when repairing the Red Sea tanks?
I silicone the glass strip in place to make a new seal so I don’t have to cut the tank apart to repair it, it’s a lot cheaper
Is it just me or do alot of these red see tanks fail
If they asked me, I would suggest a slightly different/better way of sealing them. It’s otherwise a beautiful system. In a perfect world manufacturers would give new products to some fish guys to get the bugs worked out before going into full production
There's tons of reports of failures. My 425XL is showing signs. It's nearly 2 years old so I filed a claim with RS this morning.
@@MikeGervasiHopefully they help you out since you’re still within the 3 year warranty. I was just past it and I emailed them and all they could do was offer me a $900 credit towards a new tank for my 525 XL.