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[TheReefGeek]

Yeah I would get as wide and as tall a model as will fit under your stand. I love my needlewheel skimmer with 3 sedra 9000's bubbling away.

He is probably feeding the skimmer with your overflow water, with a valve to controll how much of it goes into the skimmer. That is perfect, sounds like a good designer. Also make sure your sump design takes into account microbubbles. You also want to make sure that if your overflow fails, your tank can take up the volume of water in the return section of your sump so you don't overflow.