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Oh cool, they look crazy good thing there not harmful thanks.

In the last part of my filter media there's these white looking things that come out about 1/4". Here some pics to help, thanks for any input.

Oh sweet! I'll have to check those out. For nitrates, regular water changes and good filter media like ploy-filters also help a bunch. that's what I put in my take to help with nitrates. The skimmer will help too. got any pics of the tank?

Hey what's up Ed, welcome to the forum! I was just curios what brand of lights your using because I'm looking at getting some LED's myself.

yeah that's what I'm thinking maybe to much light on the top? yes I did mean the DT because I I don't want something to transfer from my sump to my DT I dont think it will, just being cautious. Other parts of the sump theres some type of matter like under neath the filter socks should I siphon it?

Well the chaeto on the bottom of the refugium looks really good and I have a lot of podes and bristleworms. on top, I do agree it looks unhealthy that's why I'm trying to figure this out. The light is some light I got at home depot with a bunch of lumens of intensity. Soon I will invest in a...

Any idea?

Inside my refugium it seems like my macro algae is getting overwhelmed with this diatom algae? At least I think it's diatom the tank has been running for just over a month so there is still diatoms for sure. thanks for any input!

I agree with wicky its long enough and wider then a 55 plus it will allow you to probably get a tang and very nice rock work! and lots of coral

Thanks guys for all the help! just stuck the air line tubing down the drain pipe and it worked!

Yeah I was thinking about that too I'm just not that great with PVC I'll probably just end up doing it anyways I just know its gonna be challenging I guess. Yes the sound is a gurgle, but since you've brought up the over flow box being a little to high that kind of concerns me.

I agree, once I started the tank up it was lower in the box now for some reason the water level in the box is higher then usual. I do have the option to increase the flow of my return pump. I'm pretty sure the lowest is 600GPH and the highest is 1100GPH not sure what it's set on right now. By...

How do I increase the the flow through the syphon? And there's no bubbles going into the overflow box. :(

Here's how it enters the sump start to finish. the tape is there to block light because of my lights growing a lot of diatoms in the U-tube. hope the pics help. let me know and I can try to take more.

Yeah I tried getting rid of the bubble, but once I start the syphon and there's no bubble eventually the bubble gets there. people are saying drill a hole on the top of it but I don't want to ruin my U-tube. plus won't that break the syphon?