This weeks update:
Parameters for January 13th
SG 1.025
Nitrate, Nitrite, and Ammonia 0ppm
phosphate 0.05mg/L
Mg 1380
dKH 10
Ca 500
I'm still dosing daily. I've also added a few more SPS to my system, and I've started using filter socks again. The other change I've made, is that the skimmer has been replumbed so the output is no longer right above the imput for the pump. Between the filter socks and the replumb I've seen about an 80% reduction in microbubbles. However, the bubbles do return if I put my hands in the tank for any reason.
Photos
Re-plumbing the skimmer. This is it before with its metric plumbing.
Filing out the inside of a reducer
Reducer on the stand pipe.
The new plumbing isn't the most graceful looking thing, but it gets the job done for now.
Filter Socks after 2 days (yuck)
I still have a few more things to do to the system to get it to where I want it. I am excited to have a system again that will require little if any weekly maintenance (other then water changes, feeding, and dosing).
FTS and photos of my new aquisitions to follow.