On June 17th, I purchased a used Red Sea 250. It is an awesome setup with a chiller, custom LED lighting (for Display tank and under stand!), Jaebo variable speed pumps, GFO reactor, ATO, etc. I have been out of the hobby for several years due to having kids, but am ready to jump back in. Everything has been going excellent over the last month. Except live sand, the tank came with no livestock. I added my (dry) live rock on the 18th and have been diligently watching the tank, testing the water and getting everything dialed in. I have not purchased any livestock. I wanted the tank to be perfect and although it went through a mini cycle with some algae, everything has been on track with excellent water parameters.
Here is where the trouble starts. Last Sunday, I did some testing, water change, changed the GFO media, moved the ATO from outside stand to inside. On Monday, I looked under the stand and there was a small amount of water on top of the door. No big deal I thought, probably left over from Sunday's work. I wiped it off with no thought. On Tuesday, came home and there it was again. I took off the plastic between tank and stand and found three separate tiny seeping leaks between tank and stand!!! I searched tank with flashlight for at least 90 min. to find source of leak. It is not coming from any equipment or from higher on the tank. It seems to be coming from UNDERNEATH the tank!
I am so upset. I have been taking it slow and was so excited to get back into the hobby only to be hit with this. Very discouraging!!!
I will post pics soon, but does anyone have any ideas or experience with a leak like this!? I think my options are as follows:
1. Tear down tank and look for leak and try to fix it myself.
2. Wait another week to see if anything changes (leak is tiny, but there)
3. Contact Red Sea directly and see what, if anything, they can do for me.
4. Go to LFS, Neptune Aquatics in San Jose, CA and see what they recommend. They are a Platinum dealer for Red Sea.
Any advice or new ideas are greatly appreciated!
Here is where the trouble starts. Last Sunday, I did some testing, water change, changed the GFO media, moved the ATO from outside stand to inside. On Monday, I looked under the stand and there was a small amount of water on top of the door. No big deal I thought, probably left over from Sunday's work. I wiped it off with no thought. On Tuesday, came home and there it was again. I took off the plastic between tank and stand and found three separate tiny seeping leaks between tank and stand!!! I searched tank with flashlight for at least 90 min. to find source of leak. It is not coming from any equipment or from higher on the tank. It seems to be coming from UNDERNEATH the tank!
I am so upset. I have been taking it slow and was so excited to get back into the hobby only to be hit with this. Very discouraging!!!
I will post pics soon, but does anyone have any ideas or experience with a leak like this!? I think my options are as follows:
1. Tear down tank and look for leak and try to fix it myself.
2. Wait another week to see if anything changes (leak is tiny, but there)
3. Contact Red Sea directly and see what, if anything, they can do for me.
4. Go to LFS, Neptune Aquatics in San Jose, CA and see what they recommend. They are a Platinum dealer for Red Sea.
Any advice or new ideas are greatly appreciated!