*** Help Me hook up my skimmer ***

[Zoonutt]

I need help installing my DNW 200,Its going to need to be fed off my overflow,thats all i know tho,I have two one inch drains,I was gonna use one to feed it.Has anyone done this with this skimmer?

 

[Jay180reef]

Provide more info...draw a diagram etc.
Do you have a sump? Are you going to use a pump (not the skimmer pump) to feed the skimmer?

 

[klasiksb]

I just set my skimmer up today to be fed from an overflow. A little different setup than you have but this pic may help.

It's a 1.5" drain line that goes into a 3" section, with a 1" drain up near the top of that piece. Then another 1" line that goes to the skimmer from the bottom of the 3" section, with a ball valve before it to regulate flow to the skimmer. What ever doesn't go into the skimmer, overflows the upper 1" drain and to the sump.

 

[Zoonutt]

Here is the skimmer,It has to be mounted externally,I have a 1'' drainline to feed it......

Any tips are helpful,thanks.....

 

[smoovie]

you can poke a hole in that pepsi bottle run some hose from the skimmer and have a nice drain for the skimmer too.