Skimmer Question

[spsick]

So i've heard people talk about hooking their skimmers up directly to their overflow for better skimming, is this possible with a in sump style skimmer? Anyone have any experience with this (David?)? I have a octopus nw-150( which i'm sure you'll say is too small for my 120, but it skims well, so I havent upgraded yet), it's pretty much exactly like a Euroreef.

[David Grigor]

If you skimmer is a recirculating design or you plan to do the recirc mod with a seperate feed pump/connection then yes you can.

[spsick]

nope, no recirc. dont these extruded acrylic skimmers crack when you try and do a recirc mod?

[patent]

get something like a uniseal and run your overflow feed directly into it. Only comment I would have is that I wouldn't want to run too much flow directly through the skimmer. As David noted, if you aren't doing a recirc, it probably doesnt' make much sense.

[spsick]

wouldnt it screw the pump up forcing water through it?

[patent]

wouldnt it screw the pump up forcing water through it?

YOu aren't forcing it through the pump. It drops in at the top of the skimmer.

http://www.asmskimmer.com/mod2.htm

[spsick]

yeah I knew that, but I thought you were talking about doing w/ a non recirc model, gotcha. thanx for the link though.

[David Grigor]

The good news NW150 isn't extruded. It cuts like butter with a regular wood hole saw if you wanted to mod it....... There are a number of mods for the octopus skimmers to make rock. The is too much friction/head loss at the volute so you want to widen and mesh wheel mod will more than double the air intake.

[spsick]

also I was going to ask if anyone has a little enkamat they wanna get rid of?