well, I had Palster stop by and shed some knowledge upon my system, and we both determined that the problem is sediment in the water that is not filtering out or settling. I am going to try to polish the water with a big filter and pump, and hopefully this works.

Thank you everone for your advice, it is greatly appreciated. I'm gonna get some of those filter socks asap as well.

Thanks again.

Hey I was wondering how things with your sump are going? I am in the process of putting together a 20gal sump for my 70gal display and am always interested in what other people have experienced first.
I was glad to see some other Okanagan reefers come to your aid. If you're ever desperate for saltwater supplies (like filter socks), AJ's in Vernon carries quite a bit of stuff.

Was kinda curiius myself as I'm also working on a sump redesign soon

my bubble issues are gone. just put a piece of filter floss around the output of the protein skimmer, and that got rid of the bubbles from that. The sump is still a litle small because I cant put anything is it AKA refigum, calc reactor. ect