Microbubbles everywhere

[Phantom7]

Hello! My display tank (220 gallon) has microbubbles flowing all around it. I’ve tried everything I can think of to make it stop. I’ve turned here for help.
There is a baffle in my sump where they may be forming, but I don’t understand why the bubble trap doesn’t get rid of them.

Any suggestions welcome. And this pump is only half the size i intend to put on it. i can only imagine what it would look like.

 

[FreshSaltH2o]

Is the pump sucking air by chance? The video isn’t working for me probably something on my end. Are the bubbles flowing out of the return? Do you have a skimmer what’s it doing? Are the bubbles coming from it?

 

[Phantom7]

Is the pump sucking air by chance? The video isn’t working for me probably something on my end. Are the bubbles flowing out of the return? Do you have a skimmer what’s it doing? Are the bubbles coming from it?

errr, sorry about the video. So basically I have my filter sock area which does generate some bubbles, but the water is forced down in that area. Then there’s a fuge area that isn’t setup, and the water goes over into a protein skimmer area, and makes a fair amount of bubbles there. The skimmer currently isn’t present due to a terrible noise it makes, which ironically I just found someone with the same issue and possible solution, but I digress.
Then there’s a bubble trap loaded with sponge, but I watch the bubbles make it to my pump and they of course are getting gobbled up by the pump and put in the DT.

The pump is a Jebao DCP 8000, and I intend to put a DCP 13000 in its place whenever I get the bubble issue sorted.

 

[gbroadbridge]

Check your plumbing and joiners.

There is air being sucked in somewhere

 

[Phantom7]

Here’s some pictures, though they don’t do it much ‘justice’.
The air is 100% being sucked in by the pump. There’s no suction leak anywhere, I’ve already drove myself crazy taking it apart piece by piece and still having bubbles, and with a flashlight I can see the bubbles entering the pump.

 

[ckuhny3]

 

[ckuhny3]

^this was my problem in my return plumbing maybe can help you. Might be there is air trapped in pipe from when power was off last

 

[Phantom7]

^this was my problem in my return plumbing maybe can help you. Might be there is air trapped in pipe from when power was off last

How did you know I love this creator? Anyways, I have all vinyl tubing on the return side, and don’t see any obvious air pockets. I’ll give the video a watch anyways just to see if anything ‘clicks’

 

[Phantom7]

Any other ideas? Still suffering the same issue.