Kevin’s Proclear pro star

[kshaw]

 

[jsker]

Very nice

 

[kshaw]

specs
Proclear 60v2
Redsea Reefled90
Hygger 800gph return pump
Hygger 200 watt titanium heater w/controller
Hydor koralia 1350gph power heads x2
Reef octopus 110sss protein skimmer
Tunze osmolator 3155 ATO
Marine pure bio block broken up to fit sump better.
Carrib sea live rock 50lbs or so

Here is the setup from late august 22 til today October 22.

everything done so far.

Week 1 setup with salt water and Carrie sea Oolite live sand. Dosed with microbacter start

week 2 added George standard clown (dosed more microbacter daily 10% water changes and small doses of microbacter

Week 3 cycle complete

week 4 added Steve dosed microbacter

Week 5 started skimmer

week 5 started changing sand to Aragonite dry sand (didn’t originally want the oolite got it by mistake from Amazon instead of the correct aragonite sand size started system with it anyways) changed five pounds every 3 days and dosed more microbacter (turned off skimmer during this time)

week 6 turned on lights with acclimation timer set for two month ramp up.

week 9 added some CUC 4 trochus snails, 4 blue dwarf hermit crabs, 1 Halloween hermit crab dosed fritz zyme 9

week 10 6 line wrasse and emerald crab added dosed more fritz zyme 9

 

[Thunder_reef]

Very nice!

 

[OU812Reefing]

What return pump did you go with

 

[kshaw]

What return pump did you go with

Hygger 800gph

 

[OU812Reefing]

Hygger 800gph

Thanks I just saw your post on equipment And I must say I’m very happy with my Proclear 60 no regrets

 

[kshaw]

Thanks I just saw your post on equipment And I must say I’m very happy with my Proclear 60 no regrets

Me either. I have been looking for a setup for about a year. Found this one at my LFS for $1200. They had it there for about a year. So I made an offer of 1k and took it home.

 

[OU812Reefing]

Thanks I just saw your post on equipment And I must say I’m very happy with my Proclear 60 no regrets

Is your drain silent

 

[kshaw]

Is your drain silent

Mostly I removed the overflow cover and turned up the flow rate a bit probably about 400-450gph. Weir cover is still on. It’s not completely silent but really close to it.

 

[OU812Reefing]

Mostly I removed the overflow cover and turned up the flow rate a bit probably about 400-450gph. Weir cover is still on. It’s not completely silent but really close to it.

I got mine dead silent I found if you set the drain valve where the water just goes down the drain right on the money and as added safety so the tank doesn’t overflow if the drain gets clogged You can use this skimmer emergency shut off to turn off your return pump

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Aqua Auto AutoAqua Smart Level Security​

 

[OU812Reefing]

I got mine dead silent I found if you set the drain valve where the water just goes down the drain right on the money and as added safety so the tank doesn’t overflow if the drain gets clogged You can use this skimmer emergency shut off to turn off your return pump

Touch the image to zoom in

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Aqua Auto AutoAqua Smart Level Security​

Still available on Amazon

 

[kshaw]

Still available on Amazon

Thanks for the information I will look into it.

 

[OU812Reefing]

Thanks for the information I will look into it.

I made these changes to but I must say that I did to do it

 

[Thunder_reef]

We sell these Pro Clear tanks in our store, they are pretty impressive set ups.

 

[kshaw]

Week 12 FIRST CORAL. added a small Zoa colony. Starting to get a small bit of corral one algae growth.

also added more copepods, a dragon goby (still hiding) and the starry blenny my son dubbed ben.
rearranged rock structure for better flow too many dead spots in old setup.

The camera app I am using isn’t very good but here is the latest update.

 

[kshaw]

Week 16 update

added more corals.
Goblins on fire zoa
Green/purple tip hammer
A Duncan
A green/yellow birds nest
Brown orange encrusting monti

Also added more blue dwarf hermits, snails, copepods and 1 fire fish named Tom (again son named him).

equipment added reef dose 2 dosed for alkalinity and no pox nitrates are climbing above 10 and causing some unwanted algae growth nothing crazy I just don’t want to have to clean the glass every other day after work

 

[OU812Reefing]

Week 16 update

added more corals.
Goblins on fire zoa
Green/purple tip hammer
A Duncan
A green/yellow birds nest
Brown orange encrusting monti

Also added more blue dwarf hermits, snails, copepods and 1 fire fish named Tom (again son named him).

equipment added reef dose 2 dosed for alkalinity and no pox nitrates are climbing above 10 and causing some unwanted algae growth nothing crazy I just don’t want to have to clean the glass every other day after work

About how many gallons per hour do have your return pump set too

 

[kshaw]

About how many gallons per hour do have your return pump set too

4-450 would be my estimate.

 

[kshaw]

Well it is with a heavy heart that I say about the 10 month mark I was sent out of town for work for four weeks. An outbreak of cyano and then diatoms took over and smothered most of my corals. The wife did her best but this isn’t her hobby and there is only so much I can do over the phone.

Here we are five months later and I restocked
Lost a 6 line wrasse to an emerald crab and the dragon goby jumped out of the tank or the cat snatched him. Not sure either way he was found on the bottom of the steps.

Last weekend I added new corals after the tank settled down and I managed to beat all of the uglies. Here is the new scape and the new corals.

Also added a RBTA but it is kinda shy and likes to hide in a rock crevice.