new here, and need help..

[oneslowsaleen]

I am relatively new to the hobby. I had smaller tanks but nothing crazy . I just updated to a 125 gallon reef tank with 27.5 gallon refugium , and a 27.5 gallon sump. Now its basically a 55 gallon tank split in half with a piece of acrylic siliconed in the middle , Now for my problem i have an octopus 160 extreme skimmer,I'm afraid its going be too hard to work on being that my 55 is only 4 or 5 inchs away from the bottom of my display tank. I wanna get an out of sump protien skimmer or possibly turn mine into a out of sump skimmer, is this possible, or and ideas? or possibly someone willing to trade. oh by the way the 55 gallon is not in place it there is a smaller 30 gallon in place of it rite now I need to drain the display tank to do this. all help will be appericated.

If someone is interested in the skimmer maybe we can work something out it comes with two psk-2500 pumps as well both working one brand new.

 

[DrHarryLopez]

Welcome to MR.

Can't picture the situation, post some pics. Maybe that will clear things up. Check the marketplace there always lot of deals there for skimmers.

 

[motortrendz]

do you have room to put a remote tank else where? you can use another tank that ythe skimmer fits in, set it higher than the sump and have ut drilled abt 1/4 to 1/3 of the way up.. use your return pump with a tee to pump water to that tank, where all the skimming will happen and then with the bulkhead you drilled have it drain back to your sump.. it will create a continuos loop and you will increase the amt of watter being skimmed bc a portion of the return will always go back thru the skimmer.. i dont know if this helps but its an idea and maube you can build off this or maybe it may spark an idea with your situation since we cant really see what you have..

 

[emmanuel]

I had the same problem with my 125 not enough room between tank and 40 breeder sump - the easiest thing to do is just get an external skimmer

 

[oneslowsaleen]

ok I took some pictures today of my new sump and old one as well the protein skimmer and my clearance issues I was gonna put a 30 gallon reservoir, behind the tank but i might use for what motortrendz suggested and put a 15/20 gallon as my reservoir on the side of the tank , nothing 100% yet though.

 

[oneslowsaleen]

Oh and whats a good R/O unit to get not looking to go crazy... Thank you everyone for your help.

 

[oneslowsaleen]

Here are some photos of my set up , maybe this will give an idea on what i am trying to do, I think I am going to do what motortrendz had said to do.

 

[motortrendz]

air, water and ice 75gpd i use.. and get a good tds meter..

 

[NYreefNoob]

ebay is where i got my ro\di, the 160 extreme isn't big enough for a system that size, reguardless of what they rate it at. and no you can't turn it into a external, and if you will only have 4" between bottom of stand and sump id look into a different sump

 

[oneslowsaleen]

i put up two other posts but they had pictures in it and they did not show anyone know why? i liked motortrendz idea i could use my old 30 gallon sump take out the baffles and put it behind my tank in a closet that's in another room, and if the octopus 160 is too small what one would some of you recommend, I am sorry for all the questions but I only wanna set this up once.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

i put up two other posts but they had pictures in it and they did not show anyone know why?

They needed to be approved by a moderator.

Approved now.

 

[reefjunkie09]

Contact BigSink he's got a nice reeflo up for sale good price too


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[NYreefNoob]

2 skimmers for sale on here that would work well, there's 2 vertex in180's i''ve owned the in180 twice, was just too much skimmer for my system and a euroreef rc
http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/sale-trade/88174-f-s-vertex-180-skimmer.html

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/sale-trade/86679-f-s-vertex-180-skimmer.html

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum...eef-rc250-protein-skimmer-gate-valve-mod.html