Prostar 60 Transfer

[MarcosTacos]

Again? Yes, this is my 4th fish tank in a year. Fluval evo -> IM lagoon 25 -> Lifegard 24 -> Prostar 60.

I never intended on upgrading so much, first upgrade was because I found a good deal with the upgrades I was gonna do to the evo. Second upgrade was a fresh start after some mistakes on my part which lead to dinos. This time around, it was the desire for something a bit bigger, but also a killer deal I got.

The tank is a prostar 60, 42g display with 15ish gal sump. I transfered the livestock from my lifegard into this tank, as well as some new sand and 10 year old live rock. The goal of this tank is a mixed reef with my first go at keeping acroporas.

Equipment:
- 2X nero 5
- Radion XR15 PRO G5
- Jebao DCQ-3500 return pump
- No skimmer for the moment
- Kamoer X1 dosing pump
- Inkbird with eheim heater

Lifestock:
- Pair of clownfish
- Springeri damsel
- Yellow clown goby
- Cleaner shrimp
- Dwarf hermits
- Couple of astrea and nerite snails
- Bubble tip anemone

Lastly, corals
Softies:
- Various discomussa and rhodactis mushrooms
- White Weeping willow toadstool
- Green toadstool
- Plume gorgonian
- Green Sinularia
- Various zoas : utter chaos, rainbow incinerators, blue hornets, green bay packers, 2-3 other kinds
- Gsp

LPS:
- Yellow leptoseris
- Green alveopora
- Green goniopora
- Neon candy cane
- Indo torch
- Tiny plate coral

Sps:
- Birsnest
- Green stylo
- Forest fire digi
- Red plating monti
- Red and yellow-ish plating monti
- Acroporas: German blue tort, RR godzilla, Golden rod, Red robin, Brakz Blue stag, Winterland, Green slimer, Snakehead stag, unknown green acro

I am planning on running this system on all for reef and by doing weekly or bi-weekly water changes depending on the nutrients, I might also add a skimmer in the near future if the nutrients are out of control, but my low bioload makes me think I should be fine for the moment.

Any inputs on the types of acros I got would be appreciated, a local sps guy sold 7 frags for only 100$, I lised the names under which he sold them as. I already had a tiny golden rod frag and an unknown green acro.

A couple of pictures

 

[MarcosTacos]

Here are the acros:

Slimer

Brakz blue stag

Red robin

Snakehead

German blue

RR Godzilla

Winterland

Unknow acro I transfered, coloring back up
Brakz blue stag 2 Winterland 2
RR godzilla 2

Slimer 2

Red robin 2

Snakehead 2

German blue 2

 

[cgr124]

Hey awesome looking tank. I’m in a similar situation where I’m planning to upgrade my Evo to something bigger and have been looking at the Lifegard 24 gallon you had as well as the Proclear 23 gallon or 35 gallon all in one. Curious if you can share anything about the build quality between Prostar and Lifegard based on your experience? Is the glass clarity and silicone work better on one? I would think the sump in the Proclear is way better than the small chambers in the Lifegard. Good luck and nice looking set up.

 

[MarcosTacos]

Honestly, my favorite tank I had was probably my innovative marine for quality and format. It was shallow, good filtration chambers and plenty of room for cool fish. I just would have used a little more water volume to make parameters more stable.

The lifegard filtration chambers were poorly designed, but the glass was nice with the beveled edges.

The prostar did the job, but honestly the sump was kind of cramped and I didn't really use any filtration aside from floss. The piping was good quality and I could somewhat dial the return flow to minimize noise. The glass quality was ok but since mine was used it was pretty scratched up and it seemed to me like it scratched easily. The stand was tall and so was the tank. This meant it was a bit more awkward and annoying to work inside the tank. My next one will probably be a peninsula or shallower with more of a rectangular shape to allow for better flow control. The cube was either a washing machine or had dead spots.

I don't have a tank anymore as I am moving, but will try to find something that fits inside the living area when the time is right.