Is my skimmer chamber large enough?

[bobyboy]

So my skimmer is L10.25 x W5.5 x H20.75

I'm designing a 40b with its own skimmer section and the current dimension for that section is L10.5 x W6.5 H8

Will this be enough room for the skimmer to work properly?

 

[Waters]

As long as neither the input or output is blocked (and the skimmer physically fits), it will be fine....although you aren't leaving much wiggle room.

 

[Ronnell]

As long as neither the input or output is blocked (and the skimmer physically fits), it will be fine....although you aren't leaving much wiggle room.

What I will did to my diy sump is that I put my skimmer in the tank 1st then I took the measurement then I set it up.

The skimmer picture is before I moved the baffles.

 

[bobyboy]

Thanks for the info

It's going in a baffled section in a 40B.
I'm copying/modifying a racetrack design sump that has 4 sections
- drain/filter sock - left section
- fuge/frag grow out - front section
- skimmer - rear right corner/section
- return section - rear middle section

I think I may try to rework the design to give the skimmer a 1" buffer on all sides, it should help reduce build up of grime and make it easier to clean if needed.

 

[Ronnell]

How is your sump working

 

[bobyboy]

How is your sump working

It worked great until the side of the tank cracked due to the shelf not being level.
I was planing to rebuild it but picked up an acrylic one.

 

[Ronnell]

Sorry to hear about that

 

[Ronnell]

How is your tank and sump @ +bobyboy

 

[bobyboy]

How is your tank and sump @ +bobyboy

Ended up setting up a Innovative Marine SR80 after this and have been building a large multi-tank 300g total system over the past 6 months. Should be posting a build thread in the next few weeks.