WET/DRY LOTS OF SMALL BUBBLES MAKES TANK LOOK CLOUDY??

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Ok so my 210 gallon tank is clean and well cycled but always seems kinda cloudy, there are tons of little bubbles in my tank. I am running a 1800 gph pump and have a 50 gallon sump. Inside of my sump i use 4 aquaclear filter sponges for mechanical filteration, then i have about 10-15 post scrubbers and a few socks of carbon under that. I think, that the way I have my sump creates lots of oxygen rich water but in turn makes my water kinda look cloudy. Is there a better way to run my wet dry to cut down on some of the bubbles? I know that oxygen rich water is a good thing but this is a little much. Also is there a better idea for mechanical filteration for finner particals than the sponges I use?
 
Your water in the sump may be low, thus the pump was able to suck some air from the surface; or you have something (another powerhead) that disturb the water in the sump. Put a sponge close to the intake of the pump will help to reduce or eliminate those small bubbles
 
this is a big reason a lot of sumps employ a sponge between mechanical and biological filtration and the pump...water trickling down can cause a lot of smaller bubbles that u'r pump can pick up and shoot into the tank. the sponge will catch all the small bubbles and turn them into larger ones that will eventually pop on the surface. gl
 
like a mag 350 with a micron filter and just put your intake and output in your sump that will help clear up small debris
 
I can watch bubbles come out of my filter box in my sump get sucked into my pump. "the loaf" are you saying put another filter in my sump tank?

My water is not really low in my sump but it bubbles a lot inside of my filter box because it is a wet dry. I will try the sponge close to the intake, but i am using a rio pump and it has a coarse sponge on the intake.??


"buckster" what do you mean "this is a big reason a lot of sumps employ a sponge between mechanical and biological filtration and the pump"

any help appreciated..
Mike
 
if u look at most mass produced sumps the water comes in the sump, goes through a filter pad or sock, through the bioballs or scrubbies or whatever, and when it gets to the bottom of the sump it turns and before it gets to the compartment with the pump it has to go through a sponge. one of the purposes of the sponge is to collect those bubbles that may be made by water splashing through the bio media.
 
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