Skimmer question

[dhmx220]

Well my dad got me a reef octopus 110 skimmer for christmas which is rated up to 125 gallons..... this will obviously be way too much for my 30 gallon right?

 

[kilralpine]

Its overkill but it will work. Nothing wrong with running a huge skimmer on a small tank, just means your evaporation will likely go up slightly and you may need to watch your water levels a little more.

Edit: Is this tank sump'd? If it is I would go ahead and give it a try; cant hurt. If anything it will just turn your tank into a low nutrient system, but those minerals ect are replaced on water changes.

 

[dhmx220]

Yes i am in the process of building a 15 gallon sump. Is there any way to tone the skimmer down? If not I can just return it.

 

[kilralpine]

No way to tone it down and have it still skim properly, if you have plans to do that 15 gallon sump I would keep it. Also if you plan to have a larger tank in the future or near future I would also keep it; they are fantastic skimmers.

 

[darth reefer]

My advice with skimmers is to cut the rating in half. Since your going to add the sump it's really not that far off. I run a skimmer rated up to 300 gallons on my 150 and it works great!

:lightsaber2:

 

[snowmansnow]

You'll be fine in my opinion.. Sounds like a good reason to move to a 90g tank

 

[ichthyoid]

+1 to what they ^ said

I like a minimum 2x margin as well.

 

[containerman1]

dhmx220;821725 wrote: Well my dad got me a reef octopus 110 skimmer for christmas which is rated up to 125 gallons..... this will obviously be way too much for my 30 gallon right?

I run the Octopus 110 on my 34 gal cube with a 12 gallon sump and it works great.
I took it off of a 65 gallon with a 20 gal sump which it also worked well on.