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08/11/2006, 07:32 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: East Bay, CA
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Do you outflow your skimmer directly to the return?
I have the ASM g3 and did the gate valve mod last weekend. Is there any reason I can't redirect the outflow directly to the return? If I throw a filter sock over the outflow tube to catch and bubbles that might have made it through will it stay clean for a reasonable amount of time?
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08/11/2006, 07:43 AM
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Location: Central California
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I have directed mine to go into the pre return sponge. It has been running this way for a couple weeks. I haven't tried a sock on it though. I will ride this post for the outcome.
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08/11/2006, 03:03 PM
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Location: Simi Valley, Ca
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I was going to do the same thing. I thought it would be better to redirect to the return area instead of going right back into the skimmer area. I thought it would just be re-skimming the water it already skimmed. ASM G4 40 gal sump
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08/12/2006, 10:10 PM
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bump as this will be my sunday project
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08/13/2006, 12:35 AM
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Location: maryland
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Worth a try.
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