Red Sea have cleverly provided sufficient space here to accommodate a secondary pump to feed a chiller and further added a clip-in attachment that allows you to plumb your equipment through the hood section without having to fiddle with your own clumsy fittings. To the right it enters another compartment that contains Pump two which expels it back into the tank. Post-skimming water then passes left and right of the central section. This works well, creates little noise and makes pump removal easy.įlow to the sump section is via a large grille at the centre rear of the tank that has an adjustable shutter which can be slid up or down to suit your surface skimming and water level needs.Īlso housed here is a 200w heater and foam filter block.
Surprisingly the pumps just dangle in the sump section from the return nozzles. Pump one is rated at 2,400l/h and Pump two 1,200l/h, giving a total of 3,600l/h and some 14 times tank volume per hour. These feed water back through two adjustable nozzles on the rear wall and are designated Pumps one and two. The filtration and circulation is controlled by two pumps, one at each side of the sump. The underside of this section of lid contains mouldings to hold a supplied hydrometer and test tubes for water testing. The front of the hood can be opened independently to quickly and easily gain access for feeding, water testing and maintenance. The back includes a flap to access the protein skimmer and another to access the lighting timer and controls. The hood is great! It’s hinged at the back with lockable support arms at either side which allow it to be secured either fully opened or at 45°. Moonlighting is via eight blue LEDs which can be switched off via the lighting panel.
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This puts even SPS corals within reach.Īll the main lighting is controlled via one quality manual timer. The aquarium has an enclosed hood and I have yet to see any significant rise in water temperature as a result of the lighting.Įven with T5 lighting the Max 250 packs serious light which, given displacement, is some one watt per litre.
Given that the vents are larger than the fan ports this arrangement looks to work quite efficiently as neither set of fans are being forced to work against each other.Īuxiliary cooling fans at the rear left of the hood are, for me, an excellent addition. Red Sea have been sensible and provided six 39w T5 tubes, three 10,000K and three actinic.Ĭooling is via two fans on the left of the hood that draw in air and there’s a further two exhaust fans on the right. On the opposite side a viewing window enables easy checks of water levels in the sump. Unlike the original Max, the single power lead exits from the rear of the aquarium via a notch in the glass. Splashproof switches for each appliance are then accessed via a hinged flap at the bottom. The electronics are hidden in a concealed box allowing the leads to be hidden from view. The rear 10cm/4” is given over to an in-tank sump which is separated from the display by a black glass partition. The glass has the curved edges we came to love in the Orca TL450s and the original Max aquariums - just on a grander scale. It has a central divide and the rear of the cabinet has cut-outs in both compartments to allow for a chiller where required.Ī fair bit of plastic does not detract from overall appearance. The Max 250 comes with its own matching cabinet/stand supplied in flat-pack form.Īssembly is relatively simple and the stand is sturdy enough to provide more than enough support for the fully stocked aquarium. Traditional media and carbon are supplied in the package. This aquarium measures 96 x 55 x 66cm/38 x 22 x 26” and glass is 10mm/0.
Red Sea took on board the user recommendations, released the Max 130D and have now stepped up a gear with the long-awaited Max 250. While the original Max had issues, there was no doubting its initial success. Levi Major experiences the latest incarnation of the Max aquarium to see if it really does live up to all that pre-arrival hype.
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