cloudy water troubles

gerry45

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Dec 21, 2005
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my 120 gallon has been running over 8 months now.

120 lbs live rock,12 small fish and 1.5 inches of sand for substrate.

I have a durso emptying into a nylon and thru a mesh bag before entering my sump.

the water is never crystal clear,always stuff clouding the water which seems to be fine particles from the sand bed.

would a canister with just fine fill or foam be my best bet?

or should I ditch the durso and use a pipe with a wrap around it be better?

I have a seio 820,aquaclear 275 gph and approx 300 gph return on sump for flow. maybe (shudder) I should ditch the sand and go to a coarser substrate?
 
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