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I run larger skimmers on all of my systems. Trick will be tuning it. I tune mine to where it should be a wet skim, but due to over size, it ends up dry skim. That is what I want, so no big deal. The skimmers just end with the unbles popping in the neck of the cup, instead of below it. If you want wet, you just have to set it up so the bubbles pop a little higher up in the neck. Takes a bit of time, but super easy to get tuned.It's likely to be a few different images. I went for units where possible that were overflow to cut down on the required plumbing (like the Torq Gen 2 and UKS-180). I won the ultra reef skimmer in the partner raffle this year, but they wound up sending me a bigger model. I really hope that it works for my tank because I have heard a number of times that using a skimmer too big for your setup can cause it not to skim much or anything at all.
Still working on the layout. I wasn't able to everything done and inplace for water before my surgery yesterday. It'll be a few weeks before I am able to get back to it . I have most of the plumbing parts worked out now at least, but I am still struggling with where I will put the UV and reservoir since they don't fit in the cabinet. I wish I had just a bit more space to work with.How are things progressing over here? Did you get the plumbing figured out?
Any tank I have ever run UV on, where the UV pulled from the sump, was pull from right below drain with a pump and then dump in return section. Additional, I have run them where they pull from the overflow and run back into the DT. I prefer the sump for placement and pulling like described above. That is just me though lol.hi ,hope for a speedy recovery...
you have time, but i have never ran uv back through return line.
think could possibly draw too fast ??
normally pick up in 1st chamber ,out to return pump chamber...
@Eagle_Steve ,thoughts ??
The way you describe seems easier. I am definitely ok with that. Thank you much for the input!Any tank I have ever run UV on, where the UV pulled from the sump, was pull from right below drain with a pump and then dump in return section. Additional, I have run them where they pull from the overflow and run back into the DT. I prefer the sump for placement and pulling like described above. That is just me though lol.
Like the OP said, there are a 100 ways to do it, and in reality, no one way is really wrong or right.
When I ran UV, I was running filter socks also. So the water was picked up after them and possibly after skimmer for some of it. The skimmer in my setups is always in the drain area before the fuge. If you had a fuge, you could also dump it in there and use that flow to push a little flow through the macro.The way you describe seems easier. I am definitely ok with that. Thank you much for the input!
One question is do we care that the water sent to UV would essentially skip all filtration?