skimmer/refuge ?

vvolfe1 · 01-13-2007, 08:07 AM

I'm making a new refugium/sump out of a 20l I got. I was wondering if I can just put my skimmer pump inside the infeed side of my sumpand put the return back in this area too? Or will I need to put the whole skimmer in this area? The reason I ask is because I want to increase my fuge area in the 20L.

Gump · 01-13-2007, 11:46 AM

Like put the pump after the fuge and the return at the start? I think that should be just fine.

Reefneck · 01-13-2007, 12:44 PM

I think I understand your question. It depends on your skimmer. If you skimmer was made to go IN SUMP only then it will have to go inside. If (Like the Coralife Super Skimmers) it can hang on.....You can do as you are asking.

vvolfe1 · 01-13-2007, 03:41 PM

Thanks, It is a corallife superskimmer. So I can just put the pump from my skimmer in the dt return side of the sump.

Reefneck · 01-13-2007, 04:56 PM

Yep, That will work fine. The skimmer will sit outside of the sump and you pump and return will be inside. I used to do it that way until I got my ASM in sump skimmer.

Fishnewb1 · 01-13-2007, 06:06 PM

Yea i did the same thing reef neck is saying and it works amazingly.

leveldrummer · 01-14-2007, 02:18 PM

just be extra sure to check the collection cup regularly, if it over flows it wont flow into the sump, it will flow all over the bottom of your stand. but it works great besides that, you can drill the cup and put a over flow hose running into something large too. that is always a nice addition.

01-13-2007, 08:07 AM	#1
vvolfe1 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Age: 38 Posts: 126	skimmer/refuge ? I'm making a new refugium/sump out of a 20l I got. I was wondering if I can just put my skimmer pump inside the infeed side of my sumpand put the return back in this area too? Or will I need to put the whole skimmer in this area? The reason I ask is because I want to increase my fuge area in the 20L.

01-13-2007, 12:44 PM	#3
Reefneck Senior Aquarist Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Near a Coral Reef Age: 46 Posts: 1,351	I think I understand your question. It depends on your skimmer. If you skimmer was made to go IN SUMP only then it will have to go inside. If (Like the Coralife Super Skimmers) it can hang on.....You can do as you are asking. __________________ I wonder how much salt mix I would need to turn our in ground pool into a Reef.

01-13-2007, 04:56 PM	#5
Reefneck Senior Aquarist Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Near a Coral Reef Age: 46 Posts: 1,351	Yep, That will work fine. The skimmer will sit outside of the sump and you pump and return will be inside. I used to do it that way until I got my ASM in sump skimmer. __________________ I wonder how much salt mix I would need to turn our in ground pool into a Reef.

01-13-2007, 06:06 PM	#6
Fishnewb1 Future Marine Biologist Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 394	Yea i did the same thing reef neck is saying and it works amazingly. __________________ 55g Reef 16g of water.

01-14-2007, 02:18 PM	#7
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	just be extra sure to check the collection cup regularly, if it over flows it wont flow into the sump, it will flow all over the bottom of your stand. but it works great besides that, you can drill the cup and put a over flow hose running into something large too. that is always a nice addition. __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

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01-13-2007, 11:46 AM	#2
Gump Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Age: 24 Posts: 447	Like put the pump after the fuge and the return at the start? I think that should be just fine.

01-13-2007, 03:41 PM	#4
vvolfe1 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Age: 38 Posts: 126	Thanks, It is a corallife superskimmer. So I can just put the pump from my skimmer in the dt return side of the sump.

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