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    Protein Skimmer

    I already have a skimmer, but was wondering if add another skimmer would help even more or in this case is two skimmers is defitinely not better than one. I already have a euroreef protein skimmer in place and it works great.

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    Hi, How big is your tank? What size tank is your skimmer rated for? I think with a good skimmer that is rated two or even three times bigger than your tank is perfectly fine especially if it is sucking out a bunch of scum.
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    My skimmer is actually located in my sump, which has four tanks running into it. The first is a 125g, second is a 55g, third is two 20g. So you see why the question came up about add another skimmer to the mix. I thought about putting it on the 55g. Just to note the only tank that has anything alive in it is the 125g, which is a reef tank.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reefer0513 View Post
    My skimmer is actually located in my sump, which has four tanks running into it. The first is a 125g, second is a 55g, third is two 20g. So you see why the question came up about add another skimmer to the mix. I thought about putting it on the 55g. Just to note the only tank that has anything alive in it is the 125g, which is a reef tank.
    Oh ok then, I suppose you could add another skimmer if you have room. Or save up to get a good skimmer rated for like 400 gallon tank and it should skim all the tanks pretty well. Its up to you what you want to do with your tanks.
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    Which EuroReef do you have?
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