Frag tank clarity

I recently set up a 24x24x10 frag tank, which is sumpless. I did however cut and glue in pieces in the back like a sump to filter through and give it some filtration. Of course I got the good ol new tank syndrome and got a good hair algae bloom that i've been fighting and finally took care of after doing 5 or 10 gallon water changes every 2 days for almost 3 weeks. Its still pretty cloudy though and though I have the chambers in the back not sure if im getting enough filtration or what. Does anyone else in the club have a frag tank that isnt plumbed to a sump or refugium, and if so what are you doing for filtration. I dont know if I should try throwing on a hang on filter with some carbon or what. It doesnt look too cloudy looking from the top down but if you look through the glass its prettttyyy cloudy still. Any advice appreciated!

 

I dont think its necessary to really put a sump below, i mean its literally built just like a biocube. I did however get the clarity cleared up with a big water change and cleaning out the egg crate. My corals in there still arent looking too good, not exactly sure why. Its a 24x24x10 and I got a 750gph powerhead in there along with the 200gph its getting from the return pump. Maybe too much flow? I have miscellaneous sps and zoas, eventually gonna have lps in there as well.

 

I agree that would be ideal, but that would involve drilling holes in the floor and plumbing them together from different rooms, which I dont think Im all for. Then I'd need a bigger sump/return pump along with all the plumbing.

 

I saw your build Andy and I would LOVE to do something like that and plumb everything together, but I have an unfinished basement that I dont really do much with other than play beer pong on the weekends, and all my tanks are upstairs. The 75G (Display) is in my living room and the frag tank is in the kitchen. Realistically theres no way for me to plumb them together unless I wanted to set a tank up downstairs but again, its unfinished and I dont see myself just hanging out down there. Although in the future, at this point far future, I would like to throw a bigger tank downstairs along with a nice frag tank plumbed together, but there's alot of other things on the "to do list" before then. I really do like your setup though and wouldnt mind seeing it in person either, It looks really well put together!