Jim, I haven't had much time for building anything lately. If you're still looking for a skimmer, let me know and I'm sure I can work it out. So far the "small" needlewheel skimmer is working great on my corner tank, and Troy is using one on his heavily stocked 240 while he's waiting to get another pump for his beckett skimmer. I'm still tweaking the design a little, but I think the last one worked out just about the way I want it. It's 29" tall, similar to but a little bigger than the euroreef CS135. I could shave a couple of inches of it with the same pump, and I know it would fit in your sump because our sumps are the same size.

Hope everything's going well for you!