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Old 01/09/2008, 04:13 PM
welsher7 welsher7 is offline
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running skimmers in sequence???

I run an ASM G3 with gate valve and mesh mod on my 125g fowlr. I'm going to be doing the recirc mod this weekend. I have a second ASM G3 that I picked up last weekend. If did the recirc on that one too could I feed skimmer A with a pump and then let skimmer A feed skimmer B?
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Old 01/09/2008, 09:28 PM
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no help from the skimmer gurus?
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Old 01/09/2008, 09:42 PM
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Water that has already been skimmed will not have enough nutrients to form a foam head for removal. If you could feed each one from a seperate overflow, that would work well.
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Old 01/09/2008, 09:44 PM
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i would rather have both skimmers getting dirty water. feeding skimmer b. with already skimmed water from a. is pointless IMO
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Old 01/09/2008, 09:50 PM
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my thoughts were that skimmer B would be able to get anything skimmer A missed. But feeding from seperate overflows sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the advice.
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Old 01/09/2008, 11:57 PM
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one g3 should be plenty, and you would most certainly be wasting power by placing the skimmers in series.
 

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