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Hey guys! Three years after setting up my first ever reef tank, I am finally about to upgrade! My current tank is a 46 gallon bowfront and I will be upgrading to a 200 gallon ProStar aquarium.
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Unfortunately, the left side door shattered during transport to my house . I contacted Pro-Clear and am working on getting a replacement.

Here’s an overview of the equipment I have purchased and plan to run on this new tank:
Sump- Built in pro-clear sump
Skimmer- Red Sea reefer skimmer 600
Lighting- 3 kessil a360x
Fuge lighting- kessil H80
Top- BRS DIY screen net top
Flow- 2 icecap 2k gyres w/ battery backup
Heaters- 2 eheim jager 250 watt
Return pump- Sicce syncra silent 5.0 (1300 gph)

I also plan on thoroughly quarantining all fish that are added to the tank. This is my stocking plan:
1 yellow tang- already have
2 ocellaris clowns- already have
1 six line wrasse- already have
1 blonde naso tang
1 Atlantic blue tang
1 yellow belly hippo tang
1 tomini tang
5 squareback or lyretail anthias
1 harlequin tusk
1 niger trigger
1 snowflake eel

Is this too much? I plan on getting smaller specimens to start off with and I also have a buddy with a 1000 gallon reef tank if something gets too big.

Also, does anyone on here have experience or any tips regarding the prostar system?
 

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I would say yes too many fish, but then I have maybe 10 in my 600g
 
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Just built a DIY inline CO2 degasser for my RO/DI filters. I was changing DI resin every 40 gallons. Hopefully I get longer life out of it now.
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Great start! I am making a similar upgrade with a Cade 1500 from a bow front. I am curious, what are your plans for your old tank. I am thinking about reusing mine as a FOWLR but i haven't fully committed.
 
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Great start! I am making a similar upgrade with a Cade 1500 from a bow front. I am curious, what are your plans for your old tank. I am thinking about reusing mine as a FOWLR but i haven't fully committed.
I actually sold it. The old tank was made in 2005 and the silicone was not in the greatest shape. I just didn’t trust it enough to keep it up for another 5 years without re-sealing.
 

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I bought my first one 2001, re-sealed in 2013. Replaced in 2017, same stand throughout which is why I’m considering keeping it. Would you have kept it if it was in better shape?
 
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I bought my first one 2001, re-sealed in 2013. Replaced in 2017, same stand throughout which is why I’m considering keeping it. Would you have kept it if it was in better shape?
I for sure would have kept it but it would probably go into storage though cuz I don’t have time for any other tanks right now other than small nano tanks.
 

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Hey guys! Three years after setting up my first ever reef tank, I am finally about to upgrade! My current tank is a 46 gallon bowfront and I will be upgrading to a 200 gallon ProStar aquarium.
3C3986E8-31BD-4035-A604-358C8A165599.jpeg

05C7AA89-D51A-4E43-B56A-8EB99EBAF11E.jpeg

Unfortunately, the left side door shattered during transport to my house . I contacted Pro-Clear and am working on getting a replacement.

Here’s an overview of the equipment I have purchased and plan to run on this new tank:
Sump- Built in pro-clear sump
Skimmer- Red Sea reefer skimmer 600
Lighting- 3 kessil a360x
Fuge lighting- kessil H80
Top- BRS DIY screen net top
Flow- 2 icecap 2k gyres w/ battery backup
Heaters- 2 eheim jager 250 watt
Return pump- Sicce syncra silent 5.0 (1300 gph)

I also plan on thoroughly quarantining all fish that are added to the tank. This is my stocking plan:
1 yellow tang- already have
2 ocellaris clowns- already have
1 six line wrasse- already have
1 blonde naso tang
1 Atlantic blue tang
1 yellow belly hippo tang
1 tomini tang
5 squareback or lyretail anthias
1 harlequin tusk
1 niger trigger
1 snowflake eel

Is this too much? I plan on getting smaller specimens to start off with and I also have a buddy with a 1000 gallon reef tank if something gets too big.

Also, does anyone on here have experience or any tips regarding the prostar system?
I am looking at getting this same tank :) Do you like it?
 
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Update:
Everything is growing and seems happy so far, haven’t run into any major issues yet knock on wood.

My RBTA got its bubbles back after losing them 3 years ago so that’s cool.
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My hepatus tang graduated from QT a few days ago:
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And here are some more pics I took over the weekend:
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Update:
Everything is growing and seems happy so far, haven’t run into any major issues yet knock on wood.

My RBTA got its bubbles back after losing them 3 years ago so that’s cool.
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My hepatus tang graduated from QT a few days ago:
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And here are some more pics I took over the weekend:
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Looking really good.
 
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Do you have any pics of the Sump would like to see how you set yours up?
I don’t have any pics, I can get some over the weekend. But I have it set up pretty simply. Water goes through three filter socks, through the skimmer section with a Red Sea 600 skimmer, through some chaeto, then into the return.
 
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