The new Red Sea Max 250

[yearofthenick]

This is the first time in a while I've posted something outside of the aquarium... one would say I feel like a fish out of water heh heh....
But hey, how about the new Red Sea Max 250!? Here's a pic and link to the mfr's website. It's going to cost an estimated $1499, but is a plug-and-play system with T5 lighting strong enough to support a reef environment. 15x flow. 66 gallons.
http://www.redseamax.com
What do you all think of it? Good idea? Good design? Waste of money?

 

[stanlalee]

MD has it on pre order for $1630 shipped, the T5's dont have individual reflectors, circulation numbers are weak and I cant imagine the skimmer is anything to write home about. I guess if the price doesn't bother you it looks very nice but I still wouldn't use it for any advance reefing (read only for a LPS or softy tank). requires too many upgrades.

 

[ahren]

look on craigslist i've seen 100 gallon tanks with complete set up ( stand,stump, pumps, lights, skimmer etc) for $800-$1000

 

[spiderwoman]

I wrote my thoughts on it on another thread a while back. I'll take their nano any day and love mine, but I would not buy anything bigger that is a complete package. You'll want to upgrade just about every single component that the package comes with.

 

[acrylic51]

You get what you pay for and you'd end up replacing things rather quickly....Like mentioned earlier package deals don't usually use the better stuff that you could aquire through piecing a system.