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  1. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    Do they make skimmers footprints so very big? I am having the most difficult time finding a skimmer that will work in my new tank....it is going to be a FOWLR tank, but is going to have a puffer in there so I want a really good skimmer.

    The first skimmer I bought was the Red Sea C-Skim...that had a gigantic footprint that got bigger as it got to the cup. This one could be installed externally but I did not want to have it outside the sump.

    So I returned it for the Current 225 g Fission Recirculate skimmer and that is more gigantic. While the footprint is small the pumps and the air diffusor hangs way out. I planned on moving this to my bigger tank and moving my ASM skimmer into that tank but it does not fit either. This time I thought I would install externally and it says you can not!:angry: So I drilled a small piece of the lip off my sump and tried to get it in and would not fit either.

    So I guess it is back to the store with me tomorrow.....

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    the width is 16 inches wide and 10 inches wide from front to back....and all that has to go underwater. I have a 30g sump and it just wont fit....I dont understand why this can not be installed externally.
     
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  2. Bogie

    Bogie Snowflake Eel

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    I'm going to be facing the same challenges when I upgrade.
     
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  3. PharmrJohn

    PharmrJohn The Dude

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    How much room do you have to work with? I know it's a 30g sump, but is part of it a fuge?
     
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  4. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    the middle chamber is 16 inches long...but due to a lip it is only 8 inches wide. The total size of the sump is 36 inches, and 14 inches wide...so there is a 3 inch lip on each side ?????dont know why they made the lip so big either
     
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  5. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    That skimmer looks like an Odyssea skimmer. Luna
     
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  6. RemickJ

    RemickJ Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Try a bermuda skimmer. I bought one and Love it. I have mine outside the sump.. (pump in the sump with a hose running to the skimmer.)
     
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  7. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    Yeah..apparently this is a new skimmer that was copied off of another one the LFS guy said!
     
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  8. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    I thiknk my store has these skimmers....I will have to find one that they sell and I think I have seen this one there. Nothing is going right with this tank so far..or should I say nothing is easy with the tank
    thanks...will look at that
     
    schackmel, Dec 7, 2008
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