Skimmer positioning

swaquarium · 06/06/2012, 09:18 PM

While I've had tanks of various sizes over the years I've just recently upgraded to a 180g. I'm using a Coralife 220 super skimmer driven by a Mag3 and it creates tons of bubbles and gunk.

I've been working to dial the skimmer in and of course the major issue I always have run into is water level. Tonight I decided to try an experiment. I placed the skimmer on the outside of the wet/dry instead of inside. (
I've attached a picture )

It still seems to be working great with no issues. I have it sitting on a box to keep it level and all of it is sitting in a bucket in case there's overflow.

My question is... does anyone else do this? Are there any particular issues? Of course I understand that if by some odd thing the mixture gets messed up and the it overflows i have a mess on my hands but I like the idea of taking the water level ( does it work best at 7" or 9" or ??? ) out of the equation.

Any feedback / thoughts is appreciated.

Jeff

withoutaclue · 06/06/2012, 09:29 PM

Don't see any pics. I had a coralife 125 skimmer and it worked best in about 4-6" of water but that was with the stock pump. Mine would constantly go crazy and overflow. after 3 floods I ripped it out and replaced it.

06/06/2012, 09:18 PM	#1
swaquarium Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 6	Skimmer positioning While I've had tanks of various sizes over the years I've just recently upgraded to a 180g. I'm using a Coralife 220 super skimmer driven by a Mag3 and it creates tons of bubbles and gunk. I've been working to dial the skimmer in and of course the major issue I always have run into is water level. Tonight I decided to try an experiment. I placed the skimmer on the outside of the wet/dry instead of inside. ( I've attached a picture ) It still seems to be working great with no issues. I have it sitting on a box to keep it level and all of it is sitting in a bucket in case there's overflow. My question is... does anyone else do this? Are there any particular issues? Of course I understand that if by some odd thing the mixture gets messed up and the it overflows i have a mess on my hands but I like the idea of taking the water level ( does it work best at 7" or 9" or ??? ) out of the equation. Any feedback / thoughts is appreciated. Jeff

06/06/2012, 09:29 PM	#2
withoutaclue Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: littlerock ca. Posts: 102	Don't see any pics. I had a coralife 125 skimmer and it worked best in about 4-6" of water but that was with the stock pump. Mine would constantly go crazy and overflow. after 3 floods I ripped it out and replaced it.