With a little push from a friend i have an update.
Carpet survived, orange carnation never pulled through, and still have the polyp rock in an extra sump chamber. I have re-populated with similar style(carpet now takes up much more room).
i have made a few equipment changes with the most important being that i don't have ato directly plumbed anymore. Well, i do but... it is plumbed into a ro storage tank which i open the valve and fill then shut so only 3.5-4 gal is what is avail to the tank at any time except for when filling.
Here are some pics i took not to long ago of how things have come along.
