Too much debris in water column!

[Incredible Corals]

I've had this problem since I started the tank and still can't figure out why I have so much debris floating around in the tank. It's really bad!

 

So far I tried filter socks, removing engineer gobies and moved around the power heads to help push water towards the overflow. Nothing changed it at all.

 

I'm thinking it might be my overflow. The overflow I have does not have any teeth on it. Water just flows over the flat acrylic wall.

 

Anyone else have no teeth on their overflow and have no issues or maybe debris all over the place?

 

 

Thanks!

[Wrench]

Is it debris or microbubbles? The bubbles can be so tiny that they look like dirt/detritus.

[Incredible Corals]

Not micro bubbles. It's debris is all different shapes and sizes.

 

I just added a filter sock again to the system to see if it helps this time.

[Origami]

Do you have some fish in the tank that likes to stir up the sand? Do you have a sump with sand in it, where the flow rate may be sufficiently high to send debris to the return pump?

[RubberFrog]

Try running some floss just before the return pump.

[Incredible Corals]

I figured it out. It's the tanga making the mess. The go under the rocks and kick around their tails to make little caves. It also looks like I have a tiny micro bubble problem. I'm wondering if I can put a sponge filter on the input of the return pump.

[Origami]

How about rearranging some rock work to give them little caves that they don't have to clear out?

[jason the filter freak]

You can try stacking your rock on egg crat (see nano thread for shock trauma tank) to creat far less dead space, less dead space means less area for detritus to collect and be disturbed later

[taiscici]

You might want to give UV a try. I got UV installed and water is cleared as crystal.

[beatle]

I have the same issue. Water changes help as do the felt filter socks, but it's tough fighting a sand sifting goby.