euro reef using over flow to feed

[Skimmerking]

Well I have my euro reef skimmer with the dual sp'3 and I have a hgen 800 feeding it I find that im getting alot of crab in the sump. so im always cleaning it when i get a chance. I was thinking of feeding my skimmer with the overflow tube. I have a 65 gal tank with a 700gph for a return and since my skimmer is getting fed with 350 -400 gph I'm thinking of just cranking up tha flow to the skimmer.

But the input of the skimmer is 1/2" and the pipe is 1" its the crinkled flex hose. Would it make a big difference if I connect the over flow line to the skimmer where the hose is 1" and the input is 1/2" along with that the union that i have there is 1/2" too..


any thoughts

notice where the skimmer got cracked for modding i added an 1/4 " of acrylic works good thou



this is the union with 1/2"



this is the crinkled flex hose... that i have