My Deep Blue 80 Rimless build from scratch

[knoxmandan]

I have the return turned way down already I'm afraid if I turn it down anymore it won't have enough flow

 

[knoxmandan]

Yeah I can see them bubbles getting past both.

And I can see the bubbles coming after the sock and flowing into the skimmer section also where there's another foam pad before the bubbles pour into the return pump section

 

[Brew12]

And I can see the bubbles coming after the sock and flowing into the skimmer section also where there's another foam pad before the bubbles pour into the return pump section

As a temporary measure I would throttle flow back even more since you don't have livestock added yet. Dial it back until the bubbles aren't pushing through the filter/sponge. Once it clears up you can increase flow and watch for bubble formation again.

 

[knoxmandan]

Can you put a valve on the fuge. Then you could slow it down to get rid of the bubbles.

No way to put a valve on the fuge there's just a few slots cut in the side down low under the plastic cover I put there to slow the flow or block it should I say but there's a lot of flow from the drain pushing the bubbles in my only option is to glue the plastic in permanently and run a feed pump to the fuge but I still have many bubbles making it past the sock into the skimmer section and in to the return section this is a nightmare

 

[Wayneb332]

Can you cut your return to tank back some.

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

I have the same sump what I did is I put a 90 degree elbow on my return pump facing down and put the return pump intake as far left s I could next to the float valve. I also removed there float valve and have my ato higher up so the water line is above the skimmer sections return so that any micro bubbles float up and pop

 

[knoxmandan]

I raised the water level and throttled back the return but there is still many bubbles in the sump I will let it run till the morning and see what happens still hazy looking to me may be part of the cycle this Sunday will be a full week since new water was added

 

[knoxmandan]

some browning of the scrubber too

 

[knoxmandan]

Can you cut your return to tank back some.

I did cut it back now so we will see what happens

 

[Wayneb332]

Looking good

 

[knoxmandan]

I think the cycle is in motion[emoji225][emoji226][emoji886]

 

[knoxmandan]

 

[USMC 4 LIFE]

The hazy / yellow water is caused by the rock. I had the same look when cycling my dry live rock. Very normal.

 

[Wayneb332]

Looks like the bubbles are under control.

 

[knoxmandan]

Looks like the bubbles are under control.

Yeah but I have the flow cut way back and the water level is is way high in the sump I'm tryin to come up with a better resolution to the problem

 

[Wayneb332]

I think after it runs for awhile you will be able to turn it back up.

 

[mmw64]

I love the rock work!

 

[ReeferMadness80G]

Following along! I have the same tank and was thinking of getting the same sump, would you advise me to get something other than the eshopps rs-100?

 

[iLLwiLL]

That's a pretty small sump for being under a tank with a 48" x 24" footprint. I have a 30 gallon acrylic sump under my deep blue 80 thats around 36 x 16 and I'm looking into upgrading to a new GEO R-series thats around the same length but with a bunch more features.

 

[knoxmandan]

Following along! I have the same tank and was thinking of getting the same sump, would you advise me to get something other than the eshopps rs-100?

Yeah I would find something better I wish I would have chosen differently [emoji107]