I have hit a bit of a roadblock. My space under the sump is only 25", which surprisingly leaves me limited to many in sump skimmers.
To make it worse, the lowest water level in my sump is 13", meaning that even less high skimmers need to be raised up and then I don't have enough height to handle it.
I am curious if I could use a bucket beside my current sump set to the correct water level the sump needs and use a pump to then run from it to the sump. My concerns here would be the potential overflow issues if something failed.
Would I run be best of to use two pumps, 1 from the sump and one returning to the sump? Or run the tank overflow to the bucket and then to the sump. Either way could be a flood it seems if the return pump failed.
Maybe it would just be more economical to do a different sump designed to accommodate skimmers with lower water levels.
Can someone share an opinion here?
To make it worse, the lowest water level in my sump is 13", meaning that even less high skimmers need to be raised up and then I don't have enough height to handle it.
I am curious if I could use a bucket beside my current sump set to the correct water level the sump needs and use a pump to then run from it to the sump. My concerns here would be the potential overflow issues if something failed.
Would I run be best of to use two pumps, 1 from the sump and one returning to the sump? Or run the tank overflow to the bucket and then to the sump. Either way could be a flood it seems if the return pump failed.
Maybe it would just be more economical to do a different sump designed to accommodate skimmers with lower water levels.
Can someone share an opinion here?
