I have realized that pretty much all of the latest gen skimmers utilize the awful bottom discharge (like the Red Sea RSK series) or pipeless discharge (like the AquaMaxx DCF series).
This makes redirecting the effluent to either a dedicated bubble trap or an "up stream chamber" in the sump for microbubble reduction impossible (I think?).
I for instance have a 3 chamber sump (no room for a skimmer in the first chamber) and the skimmer is in the second chamber. Despite putting the skimmer on a piece of bioblock and wedging bioblock in the bubble trap between the skimmer chamber and the return chamber my RSK continues to absolutely fill my display with microbubbles. It also causes quite a bit of air to accumulate inside the macro reality actor that shares the chamber with the skimmer.
This makes redirecting the effluent to either a dedicated bubble trap or an "up stream chamber" in the sump for microbubble reduction impossible (I think?).
I for instance have a 3 chamber sump (no room for a skimmer in the first chamber) and the skimmer is in the second chamber. Despite putting the skimmer on a piece of bioblock and wedging bioblock in the bubble trap between the skimmer chamber and the return chamber my RSK continues to absolutely fill my display with microbubbles. It also causes quite a bit of air to accumulate inside the macro reality actor that shares the chamber with the skimmer.