Octopus Recirc 100 Skimer

[hcakebax]

:thumbs: :yay: A friend gave me this Skimer. Looks grait. I don't have a diagram and no information on how to connect it to my sump. Does any member now or have some information or now what type of pump I use for the part of geting the water in the skimer.

Thanks for the help
Herb

 

[xyzpdq0121]

Since it does not appear to me that you are selling this skimmer, I am moving this thread from the "For Sale" section.

 

[chemically_balanced]

You should throw that skimmer away.... where do you live?

 

[glxtrix]

I think this is the pump that comes on it.

http://www.marinesolutionsinc.com/catalog/Pumps/c25/p123/OTP-1000-Pump-Assembly-with-Needlewheel-Impeller/product_info.html">http://www.marinesolutionsinc.com/catalog/Pumps/c25/p123/OTP-1000-Pump-Assembly-with-Needlewheel-Impeller/product_info.html</a>

As far as connecting it goes, just drop the whole skimmer in your sump....have the skimmer sit in about 8" of water. no more. You could plumb it so it sits outside your sump, but I'm not a fan of doing that....overflowing skimmers scare me.

 

[mufret]

The type of pump isn't as important as the flow through the skimmer. To be the most effective, it's recommended that you have 1 to 1.5 times the water volume of your system running through the skimmer. What size system are you planning to use it on? Unlike the in sump version of this skimmer, the recirculating skimmers aren't known to overflow as long as they are set up properly so plumbing it outside your sump shouldn't be too big of a worry. If you have room in your sump, though, it won't hurt to set it up there. Whereever you decide to plumb it, just make sure you have the output coming back into your sump above the water level in the sump (do not submerge the skimmer's output as this will cause back pressure).