help with sump and protien skimmer

[nozwal]

From what I have learn the basics is that u will need piping from your display tank either from the bottom or the back of the overflow box / chamber running down to your sump and you will need a return pump from the sump running the water back up to display and in your sump chambers you can install the right size of skimmer you want that fits in your sump. skimmer is basically plug and play. submerge the skimmer to the recommend water level and set up the air valve to instructions.

[reefwars]

you can also go with a hang on back over flow box so you dont need to drill look at the cpr overflow boxes they are probably the best but i would never reccomend one even though lots say they use them with no problems i never got a good nights sleep ever while i ran one id rather do a tank without but if you need to have a sump and "cant" drill then this is the other option.

as for the skimmer spend the money for a good one and it will be one of your best investments, be sure to get one rated for much more than your aquariums volume and they take a bit of tuning to get either a wet or dry skim, once you do some tuning it could take several minutes for the effect to take place.all skimmers are a bit different so just ask away when you get a particular model

and yes water falls down into your sump and gets pumped back up to the display using a water pump.

[George]

Go to melevsreef, http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html, everything you need to know about sump and how to build one is there. From simple one to some very creative one, and anything in between.

[Nano]

Thanks I know the basic idea. But some in depth details were required this is a great site much appreciated