Such Thing As Running To Big Of A Skimmer?

[rastaangel]

Size wont be a issue as the stand will have 30" inside so ill have lotsa room for a big skimmer and the sump will be custom made around the skimmer, im more wondering about performance...
This is what my XP-2000 pulls in a week or 2

[Coralgurl]

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=83465

This is the one I was referring to.

[reefwars]

on my 90 i run a skimmer rated for 200g and one rated for 450g so id have to say prob no

[sphelps]

Yes too big can lead to over skimming which can be bad depending on livestock, running a BK-SM-250 on a lightly stocked 100 gallon caused me issues relating to LPS corals. However running it on a timer to cut down it's duty cycle seemed to fix the problem.

[rastaangel]

It will be a heavly stock angel tank so no corals, just 2 dozen large angelfish

[sphelps]

Any inverts? Over-skimming tends to remove a lot of iodine which can effect them. If it's just fish, definitely no issue I'm aware of.

[rastaangel]

I dont plan on having any inverts at this point in time, infact the plan was to keep the tank near osmotic.
But we all know how things change LOL

[untamed]

Originally Posted by sphelps

Any inverts? Over-skimming tends to remove a lot of iodine which can effect them. If it's just fish, definitely no issue I'm aware of.

I don't believe you can overskim. Iodine would be depleted in all our systems, regardless OD skimmer size.