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I had a similar problem to yours, but mine was clogging with bits of hair algae. Do you have any hair algae at all? After my hair algae cleared up the sponges have stayed relatively clear, except for the aforementioned growth.

I don't have a solution for you on the accumulating stuff on the sponge, other than to place the feed pump in a generally clean area of the sump. Some of that stuff is growth though, bacterial in nature I'd surmise.

GFO needs to be replaced when the output no longer measures / reads 0 with your test kit. That being said, you can slow down the rate so the contact time is longer and it may start producing zero phosphate in the effluent (the water coming out of the reactor).

Some people run it for a few months and replace it. Testing to see how it is working is the only certain way to know and stop guessing.

Welcome thebanker ! +1 on the RC BS. See you at MAX too !

Welcome! Nice tank. Looking forward to seeing you at MAX

Thanks! I'm happy to be a part of this new forum. I've learned a lot in my first year of reefing, and I still don't know enough.

Welcome to the site. And thanks for sharing your reef tank with us. It's coming along nicely.

PS See all the SoCal people @ MAX next saturday in Costa Mesa!