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    Posted: April 06 2014 at 10:41am
Is it bad to have a skimmer that's oversized? My total water volume is about 80 gal and the skimmer I'm thinking about is rated for 200 gal.

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I would say no. It is a good thing. It will protect you better if something happens. It will also only pull out the skim that your tank is producing.
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What is the skimmer? Some say 200 and won't even skim 60
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Reef octopus octx-200.
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Is it this one? http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/reef-octopus-diablo-xs-200-protein-skimmer-1.html

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Rather than thinking of it in terms of bad or good, I like to think of what skimming does in light of what kind of environment I want to create. I believe that Skimmate is food for many types of organisms that in turn feed the reef, but too much food can be detrimental for an SPS coral dominated system.

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