Best in sump skimmer with a small footprint of 5"x6"

[Markster]

I am using a hang on Remora C and thought of going to a in-sump skimmer, problem is having to use the small section of the sump as the middle and larger section as the UV ster pump and 2 Mag 12 return pumps. Thoughts?

[reefreak]

Check out sca skimmers they're fairly small.

[LuckySingh]

Tunze hve some nice small skimmers . I hve used em in past

[kkiel02]

Also look at the skimmers with the pump under the housing. Someone had one for sale on the forum to get an idea of what I'm talking about. I think swc and bubble magus are a couple of the companies that make them.

[ramsey]

Also look at the skimmers with the pump under the housing. Someone had one for sale on the forum to get an idea of what I'm talking about. I think swc and bubble magus are a couple of the companies that make them.

Octopus and bubble king also have that. Bubble king is really high end though.

[mkengr45]

There are a bunch if cone style skimmers that have the pump inside the bottom of the cone. SWC, SCA, CSS, bubble magus, etc...take a look around. The SCA-302 is pretty cheap if your trying to stay within a certain budget.

[350gt]

What size tank?

[jrsatx20]

did i read post right. 2 mag 12 returns.

[johnsutter71]

Wow those are big pumps. I use 1 mag 9.5 return pump in my 29 gallon sump for my 90 gallon tank. I've used the same pump for 3 years and never had any issues. my skimmer is a recirculating Octopus and I use a mag 5 for that one.

[kkiel02]

Yeah it seems like a lot but maybe he doesn't use power heads or maybe he runs stuff off of them.

[Markster]

The current tank with the two Mag 12s are a 75 gal and no other power heads used. I am going to a 125 gal and felt I would upgrade from the Remora that I have been using for many years. I will wait and see how the 12s work w/o adding additional pumps in tank. I ordered the SCA-303 150 gal on amazon for $139 shipped

[Reef Swimmer]

Best in sump skimmer with a small foot print is the ssa es5. Its a work horse of a skimmer and runs dead silent. Easy to take apart and clean as well.

[350gt]

Es5 is too big for his sump..

[350gt]

If you can squeeze a few more inches, the nac 3.5 will work

[Markster]

I was able to get the sca-303 to work just great and just had to move a few rocks and one of the mag pumps to the other side in the sump