Output close to skimmer intake?

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Hi

As I currently have my skimmer in a chamber that is teed off the return, I wonder if I should fix the output/dirty water as close to the skimmer intake as possible. I'm unsure it it will make any difference to the amount af crap it will remove.
Think it's worth trying?
 

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It’s almost 2 a.m., so sorry if I am missing your main question... but I believe most people would have the dirty overflow water go through mechanical filtration (e.g., a filter sock, sponge block, filter floss, etc, first— to catch the ‘big’ stuff), then have the water get skimmed, then go out from the skimmer (presumably ‘clean’ now), and let out near the return pump to go back to the display tank.

I hope that’s what you were asking. :)
 
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It’s almost 2 a.m., so sorry if I am missing your main question... but I believe most people would have the dirty overflow water go through mechanical filtration (e.g., a filter sock, sponge block, filter floss, etc, first— to catch the ‘big’ stuff), then have the water get skimmed, then go out from the skimmer (presumably ‘clean’ now), and let out near the return pump to go back to the display tank.

I hope that’s what you were asking. :)
Not quite, but might be because my setup is a little different from a standard setup.

Overflow goes directly to roller filter. From here it goes partially back to tank and partially through the rest of the sump (skimmer, carbon and chaeto).

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Return pump is located in overflow chamber.


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The circle is the output from the returnpump.
I was simply wondering, if setting this output close to the skimmer intake would make a difference?
 

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Not quite, but might be because my setup is a little different from a standard setup.

Overflow goes directly to roller filter. From here it goes partially back to tank and partially through the rest of the sump (skimmer, carbon and chaeto).

20210910_085730.jpg

Return pump is located in overflow chamber.


20210910_085754.jpg

The circle is the output from the returnpump.
I was simply wondering, if setting this output close to the skimmer intake would make a difference?
If I understand the question I don't believe it would matter where the feed from the return pump is going into the skimmer chamber at. It is still all water coming from the return.
That is a weird design on a sump, is there some reason it had to be configured that way?
 
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If I understand the question I don't believe it would matter where the feed from the return pump is going into the skimmer chamber at. It is still all water coming from the return.
That is a weird design on a sump, is there some reason it had to be configured that way?
My first reef tank, and sump design was based on equipment that has changed alot.
Since I cabnot redesign the sump without taking the tank apart I had to be creative with the space.
It seems to work fine, so I'll just let it be as is.
 

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