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    Posted: March 31 2005 at 1:42pm
Anyone have there's like this?  I don't see how you would be able to get enough pressure.
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My skimmer will use the drain from my tank to feed the skimmer with new water.  However...my skimmer is a recirculating type and so I don't use this feed water to inject any air into the skimmer.

You can have a look at the skimmer I made here:

http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5968& PN=1



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I would think that anything on the drain side could be a potential for a flood. If by chance the skimmer clogges up or even restricts it could cause a flood. Also I dont think it would have enough pressure as well. IMO.
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Well... I went and tried it, but there just isn't enough pressure to make it go.
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Originally posted by Cody Pearce Cody Pearce wrote:

Well... I went and tried it, but there just isn't enough pressure to make it go.

It should work fine with a recirc skimmer though right?  I don't need any pressure because I'm just feeding my skimmer with new tank water...
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