Redsea Max 500

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by jorjef

Ya think? I haven't priced much lately and these would be guesstamits on my part.

180 drilled 900.00
stand 400.00
sump 200.00
skimmer 800.00
T5 6' 1200.00
misc plumbing 300.00
timers etc 100.00

total 3900.00

Remember this is buying all new you have to compare apples to apples...For me a plug and play( and my laziness) with a nice finished look works for me... either way It is a heap of money to watch fish and corals.

If the price I've seen is correct then yeah I think. If it's going to be $3700 in the US it'll be over four grand in Canada.

If you want to compare apples to apples the RSM 500 is 440l in the display tank and 60l in the sump. Of the 440l a lot of that space is taken up by the rear chamber so you are left with the same display area as a 90g tank. I just set up a 90g with a new reef ready tank and stand, new SWC 200 skimmer, new Hamilton 2x250W MH + T5HO + LED combo, 40g sump, 2 digital timers and plumbing for under $2100. The only thing I had to do that I wouldn't with an all in one is cut and glue some piping and silicone some baffles but I've been cutting and pasting since kindergarten so I found it pretty easy to do. I showed this to the wife and explained to her that I didn't spend $2100 but actually saved $1900 so I should have lots of money to buy corals, fish, apex controller and an MP40 or two. (I don't think she bought it)

Don't get me wrong I hope it is much cheaper as it looks great and sounds like a kick ass set up but the RSM250 was about $2000 in Canada and it didn't have a sump, much poorer skimmer and lighting and didn't have the same flow percentage or full wall overflow. RSM130 was around $1000, 250 was around $2000, 500 around $4000? To me it's a lot of money for something you don't get a say in the components that come with it, but I would still love to have one but that's not happening anytime soon.