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Old 02-16-2010, 04:54 AM
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Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat View Post
Thats kinda neat making the little box like that, but what's the purpose? Not sure if theres any benifit to surface skimming a sump? It's the main tank that needs the surface skimming
I've got an overflow on the display (600gph), so yeah, that's happening ...

When I built my sump, I didn't make a skimmer chamber, and wanted to make sure that I was able to get the surface layer from the 1st chamber.
I get a fair amount of foam forming on the surface of this chamber and wanted to target it - only way I could think of was to pull from the top.
With the water level changing with evaporation I needed a way pull without cavitating the pump and ... Voila

Plus it gave me a chance to sniff methylene chloride fumes for a day
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