Determining sump flow and matching skimmers

[hart24601]

Thanks hart24601! I have been researching skimmers and wasn't sure how to interpret the air draw ratings. To your point the SRO3000 might be ok water volume wise if my tank stays light-medium stocked, but its vastly underpowered from an air draw perspective. I'll give that some more thought.

I think that is a good interpretation. I would personally go up a bit with the skimmer, but I think you are correct that it would be ok light stocked.

 

[lemonyx]

Lemonyx - thanks for this pics. This is the other route I've considered. What is the layout of this sump?

IN from the tank on the right side, filter socks, skimmer area then bubble trap and return area. There is a calcium reactor effluent cup for blow off of CO2 w/ ph probe holder, heater racks , adjustable ATO in the return area (far left) , another probe holder for temp and ?? the baffles are spaced far enough apart for him to use a Hammer-Head for a return