After using my RSM 250 for three years and waiting from the day the new S Series of tanks were launched I was finally able to get delivery of my S 500 o the 15th December. The red Sea Distributor accepted my tank order last year on November and due to supply issues received the tank only the first week of December. I had to wait for more than 13 months after placing my order. I can proudly say that my S 500 is the first S Series tank in India. The tank was shipped to New Delhi and from there it was repacked in six wooden boxes and dispatched by train to Guwahati where I live .I love the tank and assembling it was as challenging as well as fun. When the first few SS screws stripped and started giving me trouble I was real worried that I will ruin the aluminum frame but as I got the hang of installing the screws the rest was a breeze.
The tank is also larger than what I imagined and Red Sea have engineered it to perfection. The Red Sea Video and their assembly manual was awesome but there a still a few things they can do to improve there assembly video. Rarely did I have to refer to the printed manual and when I did the answers was always there.
There is one piece of trim (The cover on the central light unit) which doesn’t fit well due to the wires routed through the side . If Red Sea had made a slot in the trim piece than the cover would have fitted without the application of any unnecessary force.
Once the assembly was over I tested my tank with fresh water and than on the 27th evening I shifted all my live rock, substrate , corals and fishes from my RSM 250 to my New S 500. I had to add about 50 kgs of fully cured live rock which i had kept in another tank for this move and also had to add some substrate . I also added a box of Prodibio Startup of 30 vials as a precaution . The tank is doing absolutely fine and in the coming few weeks I hope to add some more fish to it. Currently I have a yellow tang, two true percula flows, one chinese mandarin , one dr wrasse and some assorted corals from my old tank .
The tank is also larger than what I imagined and Red Sea have engineered it to perfection. The Red Sea Video and their assembly manual was awesome but there a still a few things they can do to improve there assembly video. Rarely did I have to refer to the printed manual and when I did the answers was always there.
There is one piece of trim (The cover on the central light unit) which doesn’t fit well due to the wires routed through the side . If Red Sea had made a slot in the trim piece than the cover would have fitted without the application of any unnecessary force.
Once the assembly was over I tested my tank with fresh water and than on the 27th evening I shifted all my live rock, substrate , corals and fishes from my RSM 250 to my New S 500. I had to add about 50 kgs of fully cured live rock which i had kept in another tank for this move and also had to add some substrate . I also added a box of Prodibio Startup of 30 vials as a precaution . The tank is doing absolutely fine and in the coming few weeks I hope to add some more fish to it. Currently I have a yellow tang, two true percula flows, one chinese mandarin , one dr wrasse and some assorted corals from my old tank .
