LF skimmer suggestions for 180 gl tank

[Coleus]

Originally Posted by Coralgurl

Thank you to all for the suggestions and pms. I decided to go for the reef octopus 5000 int. Here's the funny part, I made sure it would fit, have enough clearance to remove the cup once in the sump, excellent right? Except the base is too big to fit between the sump and the stand, didn't think of this. I've drained the sump, going to see if we can move it enough to get it in...fml

Can you run it external? else you will have to do it again if you want to clean the skimmer body :-)