Last Updated: 1/11/21
Hardware
Tank/Cabinet
Sump:
Lights:
Filtration:
Pump/Powerheads:
Plumbing:
Heater:
Controller + Goodies:
Salt / Water System:
Cycling:
Additives:
Testing (Manual):
Testing (Auto):
Aquascaping:
Maintenance:
Wishlist:
Mods:
Retired Gear:
In Display:
In Quarantine:
Coral
In Display:
Acropora
Turbinaria
Montipora:
Stylophora
Torches:
Ricordea:
Rhodactis:
Hammers:
Cyphastrea
Chalice
Scoly:
Micromussa Lordhowensis:
Duncan:
Galaxea:
Alveopora
Blasto:
Zoas/Palys:
Current Wishlist:
For Sale/Trade:
About Us
Our names are Maxine and Geoff and welcome to our build thread for our ProClear Aquatics ProStar 200 v2!
We've been working with lo-tech and hi-tech freshwater tanks for close to 8 years and have been dreaming about making the leap to saltwater when the time was right. Fast forward to 2020; quarantine hits and my wife and I pull the trigger on diving in headfirst with this new 200g setup.
This is our first saltwater tank and our first tank above 100g so we’ll be using this thread to document the journey and all of the successes and mistakes that we make along the way.
Hardware
Tank/Cabinet
- ProClear Aquatics ProStar 200 v2
Sump:
- Trigger Platinum 39
Lights:
- LED: Reef Breeders Photo 50-V2+
- LED Apex Mod: Reef Breeders Apex VDM Integration Kit
- T5 Hybrid: Aquatic Life 61" Hybrid
- T5 Bulbs: ATI 60 Inch Blue Plus x 2; ATI 60 Inch Coral Plus x2
- T5 Hybrid Mod: Reefbreeders T5 Hybrid Endcap / Mounting Mod
Filtration:
- Filter Roller: Platinum 39 10" Filter Roller
- Skimmer: Reef Octopus Regal 200SSS
- Refugium: Platinum 39 Fuge Chamber
- UV Sterilizer: Lifegard Aquatics 90w UV Sterilizer
- Carbon Reactor: BRS Reactor
- Dry Rock: 30lbs MarcoRock Aquamaxx
- Dry Rock: 15lbs MarcRock Foundations
- Dry Rock: 80lbs MarcRock Shelf
- Live Sand: 80lbs CaribSea Arag-Alive Special Grade Sand
- Bio Media: Brightwell Aquatics Xport BIO – Plate (this plate is already starting to disintegrate after <6 months)
Pump/Powerheads:
- Return: Neptune COR-20
- UV Return: Neptune COR-20
- Powerheads: 3x EcoTech Marine VorTech MP40wQD
- Powerhead Battery Backup: EcoTech Marine Battery Backup
Plumbing:
- TBD – I want to replumb the whole manifold but need to plan this out better; will list final parts here
Heater:
- Primary: Hygger 500W with LED Controller
- Secondary: Hygger 500W with LED Controller
Controller + Goodies:
- Controller: Neptune Apex
- Controller Board: Marine Depot Standard Controller Board
- Power Strip 1: 1x Neptune Systems Energy Bar 832
- Power Strip 2: 1x Neptune Apex Energy Bar 4 Expansion
Salt / Water System:
- Salt: Tropic Marin Pro Reef
- Auto Top Off: Neptune Systems ATK V2
- Auto Water Change: Neptune DOS
- RODI: Bulk Reef Supply 6 Part Water Saver (150gpd)
- RODI Booster Pump: Aquatic Life Smart Buddie Booster Pump
- Water Storage: 2x 65g Norwesco Container
- Neptune Leak Detection Kit
Cycling:
- Bacteria Start: Microbacter Start XLM 500ml (this stuff was useless - took close to 60 days to cycle tank)
- Ammonia Start: Microbacter QuickCycl
- Water Clarifier: Microbacter Clean 500ml
- Coraline Algae: ARCReef Purple Helix Coralline Algae (this stuff was useless - no Coraline after 6 months)
Additives:
- Dosing Pump: Neptune DOS
- Dosing Reservoir: Neptune DOS Reservoir
- Dosing Tube Holder: Trigger Platinum 39 Sump
- 2 Part: ESV B-Ionic 2 Part
Testing (Manual):
- Salinity: Milwaukee MA887 Digital Salinity Refractometer
- Alkalinity: Aquaforest Alkalinity TestPro Test Kit
- Calcium: Aquaforest Calcium TestPro Test Kit
- Magnesium: Aquaforest Magnesium TestPro Test Kit
Testing (Auto):
- ORP: Neptune Apex
- Salinity: Neptune Apex
- pH: Neptune Apex
- Probe Rack: Neptune Systems Magnetic Probe Rack
- CA: Neptune Trident
- KH: Neptune Trident
- MG: Neptune Trident
Aquascaping:
- Rock Cement: E-Marco 400 (this cement is crap and takes forever to set - use Gluemaster w/ Sand)
- Coral Glue: IC-Gel Insta Cure (this glue is crap)
Maintenance:
- Algae Scrapper: Algae Free Hammerhead Float Plus
- Vacuum: Python 20"x2" w/ 10 ft Extension
Wishlist:
- Monitoring Camera
Mods:
- @Big C 's Sump Lighting Mod
Retired Gear:
- Filter Roller: ClariSea SK-5000 v2
- ProStar Stock Sump
- Reef Octopus LR-200 MacroAlgae Reactor
In Display:
- 2x Black Ice Clowns (LFS)
- 5x Blue Green Chromis (LFS)
- 1x Royal Gramma (Reef Beauties)
- 1x Purple Tang (Reef Beauties)
- 1x Blue Tang (Reef Beauties)
- 1x Orange Fin Tomini Tang (Reef Beauties)
- 2x Bengai Cardinals (LFS)
- 2x Banded Coral Shrimp (Reef Beauties)
- 1x Peppermint Shrimp (Algae Barn)
- 1x Rainbow Bubble Tip Anemone (Unique Corals)
- 1x Babylon Snail (Live Aquaria)
- 3x Conch (Reef Cleaners)
- ~40x Nassarius Snails (Reef Cleaners)
- ~10x Trochus (Reef Cleaners)
- ~20x Scarlet Hermit Crabs (Reef Cleaners)
- ~40 Dwarf Cerith Snails (Reef Cleaners)
- ~125 Flordia Cerith Snails (Reef Cleaners)
- ~20 Nerite Snails (Reef Cleaners)
- 2x Emerald Crab (Reef Cleaners)
In Quarantine:
- Nothing
Coral
In Display:
Acropora
- Blueberry Shortcake (Unique Corals)
- Strawberry Shortcake (Unique Corals)
- Plumcake (Unique Corals)
- Heaven n' Hell Mille (Unique Corals)
- Toxic Chalice (ASD)
- Sky Blue Staghorn (Unique Corals)
- Needle in a Haystack (Jason Fox)
- Premium Acropora (Unique Corals)
- Ultra Acropora (Unique Corals)
- Rainbow Lights (ASD)
- Pig Champion (Battlecorals)
- Honeycomb (Battlecorals)
- Chemical Bomb (Battlecorals)
- Rainbow's Army (Battlecorals)
- La Murga (Battlecorals)
- Frankenberry (Battlecorals)
- Nilbog Resident (Battlecorals)
- Reefer Cove Poison Envy (Battlecorals)
- Pink Flamingo (Battlecorals)
- Hyperberry (Battlecorals)
- Aquatic-Man Table (Battlecorals)
- Bloodbank (Battlecorals)
- Flamethrower Table (Battlecorals)
- Battlegum (Battlecorals)
- Nero Table (Battlecorals)
- Rainbow Delight (Vivid)
- Green/Purple Acro (Unknown)
Turbinaria
- Purple Turbinaria Bifrons (Unique Corals)
Montipora:
- Grafted Sun Monti Cap (Jason Fox)
- Red Roses Monti Cap (Jason Fox)
- Silver Bullet Monti (Jason Fox)
Stylophora
- Purple Stylo (ASD)
- Bug Out Stylo (Jason Fox)
Torches:
- Supershock Torch (Unique Corals)
- Green Tip Torch (Unique Corals)
- Lightning Tips (Aqua SD)
Ricordea:
- Orange/Purple Ricordea Mushroom (Unique Corals)
- Pink/Teal Ricordea (ASD)
Rhodactis:
- Aussie Fuzzy Shroom (ASD)
- Lava Lamp Mushroom (Unique Corals)
- Sunkist Bounce Mushroom
Hammers:
- NY Nicks Torch (Unique Corals)
- Purple Wall Hammer (Unique Corals)
- Branching Gold Hammer (Unique Corals)
- Heaven n Hell Mille (Unique Corals)
Cyphastrea
- Meteor Shower Cyphastrea (Unique Corals)
Chalice
- Toxic Pie Chalice (ASD)
Scoly:
- Ultra Button Scoly (ASD)
Micromussa Lordhowensis:
- Gold Rim Microlord (Unique Corals)
- Whirlwind Microlord (ASD)
- Super Mint Microlord (ASD)
- Tiger Mom Microlord (ASD)
- Acid Trip Microlord (ASD)
Duncan:
- UC Green Duncan (Unique Corals)
Galaxea:
- Gold Tip Galaxea (Unique Corals)
Alveopora
- Stormy Alveopora (ASD)
- Neon Green Thin Alveopora (ASD)
- Metallica Alveopora (ASD)
Blasto:
- Rainbow Ring Blasto (ASD)
Zoas/Palys:
- White Zombies
- Petroglyphs
- VW Bloodshot
- Illuminati
- JPS Mystique
- CB Bowsers
- Tyree Armageddons
- Blue Panther
- Yeti
- UC Razzle Dazzle
Current Wishlist:
For Sale/Trade:
- 2x Yellow/Green Ricordea (ASD)
- 1x Bullseye Mushroom (ASD)
- 2x Gold tip Galaxea (Unique Corals)
- 4x Lava Lamp Mushrooms (Unique Corals)
- 1x Purple Squeeze Gonipora (Unique Corals)
About Us
Our names are Maxine and Geoff and welcome to our build thread for our ProClear Aquatics ProStar 200 v2!
We've been working with lo-tech and hi-tech freshwater tanks for close to 8 years and have been dreaming about making the leap to saltwater when the time was right. Fast forward to 2020; quarantine hits and my wife and I pull the trigger on diving in headfirst with this new 200g setup.
This is our first saltwater tank and our first tank above 100g so we’ll be using this thread to document the journey and all of the successes and mistakes that we make along the way.
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