My Prostar 200 Build

[Master of Cloak]

I think dinos is a typical thing with new tanks at nowadays.

Did you do dry rock or did you have some live rock?

All new dry rock but established biomedia

 

[Master of Cloak]

So I've purchased a lot of coral recently. I have purchased my first Acropora corals, green slimer. Someone on a local forum was selling them really cheap and I couldn't pass it up. They're currently in my coral QT and will be added to the display in a couple of weeks. As of now, the SPS corals seem to be doing okay and they have good polyp extension. I am not too sure if its too soon to add the corals to the tank but I guess we will find out. The zoas will most likely go on the bottom right of the rockscape to create a zoa garden while the montis and acros will go towards the top of the tank on the arches.

 

[nicholasng11]

Could I possibly get run down of plumbing parts that you used ? I order the 150g Looking to get the plumbing redone as well but unable to find any info on the pipe size. Yours look super clean!

 

[Two Tides Aquarium Supply]

@Master of Cloak Like the archway scape. Going to be interesting to see as corals grow out. Clean plumbing and glad the leg situation got resolved. Any update on the build?

@creativeballance Looks like dry, could be wrong though. Master can chime in

 

[Master of Cloak]

Don’t drop the doors. lol

 

[ShepherdReefer]

6 months into my first reef tank which was a 75 gallon I decided to upgrade and do everything better (not right though, I'm kinda cheap). I purchased a Prostar 200 because it seemed like the best bang for my buck. This thread will follow my progression for the next couple of years as I have no intention of upgrading again.

Awesome, thanks for sharing.

 

[Two Tides Aquarium Supply]

Don’t drop the doors. lol

Call Pro Clear, they'll send out a new door ASAP. If you want we can shoot pictures of this over to our rep. PM us if so, happy to get this resolved.

For now focus on cleanup so everyone stays safe.

 

[Master of Cloak]

Call Pro Clear, they'll send out a new door ASAP. If you want we can shoot pictures of this over to our rep. PM us if so, happy to get this resolved.

For now focus on cleanup so everyone stays safe.

I went ahead and emailed them earlier today. I’ll give them a couple days to respond. Thank you for the offer though. I will let you guys know if I need some help.

 

[Two Tides Aquarium Supply]

I went ahead and emailed them earlier today. I’ll give them a couple days to respond. Thank you for the offer though. I will let you guys know if I need some help.

No problem, we talk with them daily and they are quite backed up right now. Calling them will probably be a better option

To Your Success

 

[Master of Cloak]

A lot has changed with this build in the past few months.

Fish
I have added several fish. I have a separate QT tank so all the fish added have been quarantined with copper power or cupramine for 30 days and prazi pro for 2 weeks. The stocking list:
- 1 Naso Tang
- 2 Purple Tangs
- 1 Yellow Tang
- 1 Striated Tang
- 2 Black Storm Clownfish
- 1 Regular Clownfish (In the process of removing him)
- 1 Bangaii Cardinal (Will add one more)
- 1 Ornate Leopard Wrasse
- 1 Lawnmower Blenny
- 5 Lyretail Anthias

Clean up Crew
- Trochus Snails
- Astrea Snails
- Cerith Snails
- 1 Sandsifting Star

Coral
- A couple of months back I had some brown jelly wipe out all my euphyllia which resulted in me deciding to change my scape entirely. After rescaping the tank I shifted my focus from a euphyllia focused tank to an sps-dominant mixed reef. I currently have around a dozen SPS frags in my coral QT. They will be placed in the tank by the end of the month.

Aquascape
I redid my aquascape to allow for better flow. The previous one had too much detritus settling on the edges. I used the BRS NSA method.

Lighting
I upgraded from the Photon 50 to 4 XR15 G5 Pros. I needed more spread hence the upgrade. I tried the blues first but they were far too blue so I settled for the pros. They have a much more customizable spectrum. Unfortunately, the fans for the lights are significantly louder than the photon. They do however provide more light and spread.

Flow
I am currently using 3 MP40's on reef crest during the day and lagoon at night. They run up to 65% and are controlled by a WXM module.

Controller
I have added an Apex EL in order to monitor the pH and provide peace of mind when I'm away from the tank. I settled for the EL because I didn't see a need for ORP or Salinity. I currently only have the WXMbut will add the FMM for leak detection and possibly a DOS.

Sump
The original sump from Pro-Clear was not efficient in its use of space. I switched to a Bashsea Smart Series and am happy with the quality. I also upgraded to a Reef Octopus 200SSS and a Jebao DCP 10000. Both are extremely silent. I am currently running an amazon grow light for the refugium. The refugium runs overnight. The sump section is lit by several LED strips from amazon as well. I have also began running a UV.

 

[Master of Cloak]

Control panel copied from @Broadfield

It’s held on by cabinet drawer magnets and can be removed so I can access my apex and ato container.

 

[Kangaroo]

How do you like the prostar? I have not heard of any leaking with those tanks or significant QC issues. Looking at swapping to prostar after my red sea 250 seam failed.

 

[Master of Cloak]

How do you like the prostar? I have not heard of any leaking with those tanks or significant QC issues. Looking at swapping to prostar after my red sea 250 seam failed.

I would’ve gone with a waterbox if I was to do it again. I had a lot of issues with the stand and the overflow plumbing. To this day the drains aren’t silent. Maybe this issue has been remedied since this was one of the first tanks they built.

 

[Kangaroo]

I would’ve gone with a waterbox if I was to do it again. I had a lot of issues with the stand and the overflow plumbing. To this day the drains aren’t silent. Maybe this issue has been remedied since this was one of the first tanks they built.

I thought the stand was one of the shining features, having aluminum supporting the weight.

 

[LilysDad]

I Went ahead and just did the plumbing today and added sand. I like the look of sand too much to go bare bottom. I’ll fill it up and start leak testing and probably transfer everything over in a week.

Where you get your plumbing?