1. The sea lice were identified by LFS when I took one in a ziplock with water. They probably came from the live sand I collected. The LFS said that they would be fish food later but I have to be careful they don't attach to any fish.
2. I'm doing a 50 percent water change tomorrow and I will scrub the live rock again.
3. I turned on my protein skimmer.
4. The LFS owner said the same thing about the plumbing. He is going to put a thing on it to reduce the flow. I am using a Magnetic Drive 950 GPH pump. Just replaced the rio 2500. I also have a powersweep powerhead 250 GPH near the bottom of the tank opposite of the static nozzles.
5. My tank is not pre-drilled or reef-ready. This is a pic of the overflow and sump area. The bioballs and pre-filters are gone and there is a new pump and hose installed since these pics was taken. I think the sump will hold up to 20 gallons before overflow, but usually has between 5 and 10 gallons in it.
6. I don't smell anything rotten in the tank, but it does smell like mud a little.
Do you think I should put the bioballs back in? I took out two buckets (all) of bioballs and all the filters. (Lynn, I KNOW you said to take the balls out slowly. I should have listened. My tests were all good before I did that. I read on wetwebmedia that it was better to take them out all at once and replace with the liverock rubble.)