Where to put output of skimmer?

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  1. duoc9119

    duoc9119 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    If I put the skimmer into the section where the tank drains to, where should I have the skimmer's output? Would it skip the fuge and go straight to the return pump section? Or right into the fuge?
     
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  2. kornaco40B

    kornaco40B Spaghetti Worm

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    I'd say the same section in which it resides....unless I'm missing something? Usually there's a bubble trap separating the skimmer from adjacent sections of a sump... So, you'd wanna keep any bubbles that escape the skimmer in the same section and not direct the output elsewhere... That's what I'm going with...
     
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  3. gsxr1000rider

    gsxr1000rider Fire Shrimp

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    Agree, it's what I'm doing
     
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  4. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    I agree with the above posts.

    Ideally your sump with refugium would have the return in the middle, your input/skimmer section on one end and the refugium on the other end getting much slower flow.
     
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