Newb to hobby and seeking advice for prostar 90

femmefishnewb · May 30, 2023

Hello R2R community. I am new to this already addicting hobby and looking for some helpful advice.

I have a 90 gallon prostar tank. Added a 200W heater, 2 red sea reef 50 lights, seachem impulse 800 pump, aquavitro division 125 skimmer, 55 pounds of Texas holey rock, and fiji pink/white sand.

It's been cycling for about 4 to 5 weeks and recently added 4 clowns.

I am curious of 2 things

1) what is a good uv filtering system that won't take up much space, be easy for me to install, not break the wallet but does the job?
2) the current water flow also seems high even at lowest setting. It blows the sand on one corner of the tank and the fishes go into a crazy swim and vortex.

Any recommendations please? Attaching some photos and videos to aid. Thanks in advance

Jason_MrFrags · Jun 1, 2023

Looks like you just have the return pump going with no additional in tank pumps. Clowns will be fine, they have found an area with less flow they are happy with. As they get bigger and you add corals to the tank the flow will be reduced. Also if you are going to add a uv steralizer to the return like it will also go down.
Aqua UV and for that size tank 25w would be enough, but if you want cheaper Icecap has a 27w

femmefishnewb · Jun 1, 2023

Jason_MrFrags said:
Looks like you just have the return pump going with no additional in tank pumps. Clowns will be fine, they have found an area with less flow they are happy with. As they get bigger and you add corals to the tank the flow will be reduced. Also if you are going to add a uv steralizer to the return like it will also go down.
Aqua UV and for that size tank 25w would be enough, but if you want cheaper Icecap has a 27w

Thanks so much for your recommendations Jason! I REALLY appreciate. I also didn't put a pump in tank to keep it a cleaner look and I don't plan to add corals for now. If I change my mind, it'll be years on out. The tank is also 90 gallon but the actual top tank is 65. Do u think I need a tank pump and is 15w good enough for the size?