Octopus Diablo 2500 skimmer questions

[snakeblitz33]

Hey all.
I know what your thinking. No, I'm not ditching scrubbers. Lol. I believe in redundancy in aquarium filtration. Anyways,....
Im looking at this skimmer for a 20g long sump. Because its compact design, I'm thinking it should work pretty well for a cone skimmer, right? Not much room in a 20g long sump, and the $300 price tag doesn't look too bad for a skimmer rated for a 180g to 240g tank.
The other question I have, albeit a stupid one, would it be ok to let it run temporarily on a 20g high display tank until I can get a bigger tank? I think I can manage any salinity changes pretty well, if any. I've never aggressively over skimmed that much before, I was wondering if there were any drawbacks (the dt is an SPS dominated tank.)
Thanks.

 

[acrylic51]

Good skimmer choice, but way overkill.......The skimmer might; might not skim like it should, being its way over sized, and that is a know issue with skimmers....They don't perform at their peak or efficient when when over the recommended capacity.......

 

[snakeblitz33]

but I fell in love with this skimmer!!!
I tell yah what, I guess I'll use just a scrubber on my tank for now until I upgrade to a larger tank... I'm thinking a 90g, with the stand that I have. I guess I'll buy that skimmer after I upgrade to the 90g?? It wouldn't be overskimming that much in a 90g SPS tank, would it??

 

[travelerjp98]

...oh Seth.... always coming back to the scrubber.

 

[acrylic51]

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Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/389406/octopus-diablo-2500-skimmer-questions#post_3441422
but I fell in love with this skimmer!!!
I tell yah what, I guess I'll use just a scrubber on my tank for now until I upgrade to a larger tank... I'm thinking a 90g, with the stand that I have. I guess I'll buy that skimmer after I upgrade to the 90g?? It wouldn't be overskimming that much in a 90g SPS tank, would it??
A skimmer rated for 180 to 240 gallons on a 90 gallon is still over kill.....Maybe if it was rated for a 120-150 gallon, but your talking way inefficient IMHO!!!!!!

 

[snakeblitz33]

lol, Thanks Acrylic. You always seem to manage to bring me back down to Earth. lol
I'll just look into the other smaller octopus skimmers for now.
Thanks again.

 

[acrylic51]

Sorry Seth!!!!! They are very nice skimmers, but it comes down to efficiency. I don't believe whole heartedly that you could/can over skim a tank, but in the same token doesn't mean an oversized skimmer will be adequate. Meaning its possible it won't perform as it should, plus your talking bigger; more power hungry pumps at times as well.

 

[snakeblitz33]

Yeah. ok. I'm now looking at an octo 1000x or something like that. It's for a 125g tank. I don't think it would overskim on my small tank too bad until I can upgrade to a 75g in the near future.