I am of the mind set that you get what you pay for. I have an eshopps refugium and would take the Elite Aquatics over the eshopps any day hands down.
It had a little bit of crazing on one side. Not a real big deal, but I was a little concerned about it. They have been great about it and are building me another one. Other than the crazing the sump looked great, top notch build quality. I would definitely buy from them again.I actually was going to order this yesturday, what kind of problem did you have ?
What size is it? Do you know if it's still available?