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07-29-2008, 10:12 PM
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 Skimmer Plumbing Question Ok, I just bought a larger skimmer to keep up with my upgraded tank, and have a question on how I should hook it up. I bought a ETSS Reef Devil with mag drive 7 and it should process around 400 gph from what I was told. In the past I always had my skimmer sitting in the first chamber of my sump, but that is out of the question with the size of this skimmer. I was wondering if I could hook up a ¾” hose from my 1” gravity fed overflow directly into the mag 7 pump inlet so it would skim 100% of the water going into the sump or if I should just set the pump in the first chamber of the sump and skim that way. I don’t know if the overflow could keep up with the pump, or if it would slow my overflow down, but thought I would ask. Thanks
__________________ Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. 125g Reef Mix: Misc Zoos, Misc Mushrooms, 2 Head Frogspawn, Green Star Polyps, Colt Coral, Sebae Anemone, Wart Rock Anemone, Rock Flower Anemone, 4 True Percula, Clarkii Clownfish, Tomato Clownfish, Naso Tang, Yellow Tang, Vlamingii Tang, Powder Brown Tang, One Spot Foxface, 6 Line Wrasse, Pink Spot Goby, Green Clown Goby, Coral Beauty, Royal Gramma, 6 Green Chromis, Sand Sifting Star, Orange Cleaner Star, 2 Pincushion Urchin, Pencil Urchin, 4 Emerald Crabs, Fire Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Pistol Shrimp, 2 Camel Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Sally Lightfoot Crab, 10 Red Hermits, 10 Blue Hermits, 10 White Hermits, 10 Orange Hermits, & many Nassarius Snails, along with 400lb LR, 6"/150lb DSB, & 30gal Refugium Last edited by ksreefbuilder; 07-29-2008 at 10:16 PM.  |
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07-29-2008, 11:46 PM
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| Re: Skimmer Plumbing Question wouldn't it be better to skim the water after it has past through the refugium sections right before it returns? |
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07-30-2008, 01:42 AM
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| Re: Skimmer Plumbing Question I have always had the skimmer first. My sump is set up to have the skimmer first along with the overflow water, the center sand rock cheato, and then the return pump. Should I try to set it up different? Mine is exactly like the one shown in this pic.
__________________ Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. 125g Reef Mix: Misc Zoos, Misc Mushrooms, 2 Head Frogspawn, Green Star Polyps, Colt Coral, Sebae Anemone, Wart Rock Anemone, Rock Flower Anemone, 4 True Percula, Clarkii Clownfish, Tomato Clownfish, Naso Tang, Yellow Tang, Vlamingii Tang, Powder Brown Tang, One Spot Foxface, 6 Line Wrasse, Pink Spot Goby, Green Clown Goby, Coral Beauty, Royal Gramma, 6 Green Chromis, Sand Sifting Star, Orange Cleaner Star, 2 Pincushion Urchin, Pencil Urchin, 4 Emerald Crabs, Fire Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Pistol Shrimp, 2 Camel Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Sally Lightfoot Crab, 10 Red Hermits, 10 Blue Hermits, 10 White Hermits, 10 Orange Hermits, & many Nassarius Snails, along with 400lb LR, 6"/150lb DSB, & 30gal Refugium |
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07-30-2008, 08:22 PM
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07-30-2008, 09:30 PM
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| Re: Skimmer Plumbing Question There is a thing as over skimming. You can remove wanted elements making it harder to control there levels. Bumping up the skimmer size is good but that skimmer looks a little over rated for a 125. |
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07-30-2008, 10:30 PM
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| Re: Skimmer Plumbing Question The skimmer is rated for 75-150 gal tanks, and is the smallest regular skimmer ETSS makes. I know several people who use this skimmer on 100-150 gal tanks with great results, and thats why I bought it.
__________________ Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. 125g Reef Mix: Misc Zoos, Misc Mushrooms, 2 Head Frogspawn, Green Star Polyps, Colt Coral, Sebae Anemone, Wart Rock Anemone, Rock Flower Anemone, 4 True Percula, Clarkii Clownfish, Tomato Clownfish, Naso Tang, Yellow Tang, Vlamingii Tang, Powder Brown Tang, One Spot Foxface, 6 Line Wrasse, Pink Spot Goby, Green Clown Goby, Coral Beauty, Royal Gramma, 6 Green Chromis, Sand Sifting Star, Orange Cleaner Star, 2 Pincushion Urchin, Pencil Urchin, 4 Emerald Crabs, Fire Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Pistol Shrimp, 2 Camel Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Sally Lightfoot Crab, 10 Red Hermits, 10 Blue Hermits, 10 White Hermits, 10 Orange Hermits, & many Nassarius Snails, along with 400lb LR, 6"/150lb DSB, & 30gal Refugium |
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07-30-2008, 10:38 PM
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| Re: Skimmer Plumbing Question Cool that will work. I thought i saw a 1000 in the pic and figured it might tank size. Not familiar with that skimmer. |
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