Update

The algae scrubber seems to be working pretty well. I also got maintenance to lower the temperature of that room to 70°, special thanks to Bill V, Jim, and Ms. Claeys for that. It is helping keep the tank down in temperature. Previously the tank was running around 78°, on a good day its now at 70°. I'm going to have to find a way to block out some of the sunlight coming into that room to stabilize it further. I'll probably find something like the mesh they use in green houses.

The Black Sea Bass has gotten rather big, he's finished off most of the smaller fish. There are only around 10 smaller fish. The three mullets are still alive. And of course the nitrate levels are still high and I'm planning on another water change, this time I'm going for a 75% change. I also need to find a good place to collect water. The water coming from Northwest Harbor isn't the best because the salinity is low, around 28%. Ideally I want the water to be 35%.

I'm also creating plans for a nursery tank that will sit on-top of the sand filter enclosure. This will be for smaller fish that wouldn't survive with the big fish.

The sand filter enclosure I'm talking about I built recently to hide the pump/filter. Its made out of old drift wood, I was trying to go for that aquarium model look. I'll post photos soon.