Mark,
They aren't necessarily cropped - I wanted to show you close ups, so didn't get the shots of the cords hanging on the wall to the side of the tank with the drip loop. The maxijet in the 40 gallon doesn't have the fan in it - unless you are talking about the internal fan inside the pump?
The water is boiling, and I got a pic of that - just have it on my home computer - I will post that today. With the Nitrate / Nitrite - I DID test it last night with a different testing kit, but will test tonight with the one that had the original parameters that I initially posted. Everything seems fine - just not growing like I would like to see. Also, the coraline algae hasn't started to arrive yet either - is that due to the rollercoaster of parameters?