ryangrieder
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well im a few days away from finally setting my new tank, but now i ran into an issue. i got a custom acrylic tank made for me so i can use it for my sump. 24x9x18. i got it made because there is only 9 inches width under my tank for play. its a 46 bow. so i got the sump, perfect! now the issue is that i got a bubble magus nac 7 skimmer in there. VERY tight fit. might be too tight. the inlet for the pump where the water enters the skimmer has to be maybe 1/4 inch, if that, from touching the front wall of the sump! thats not good. i have a feeling its not going to get the correct amount of flow entering the skimmer and have a restriction since the wall is so close. i dont know how strong the stock pumps are because who knows, maybe its so close that its going to end up pulling its self against the wall, not allowing the skimmer pump to reach water and burn out! cant have that. so right now im kinda going aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...... crap. i cant turn it side ways because the water outlet tube would be in the way and too wide. the outline of the sump has an acrylic outline shelf kinda thing and that would be in the way to turn it.
my two ideas i had was say screw it and cut that inline wall on the sump to try to make it fit. OR another idea which would be a pain in the a$$ but would be cool and could work would be to cut the front wall of the sump (since its only acrylic) where the inlet of the skimmer pump is, make a small acrylic box and silicone it where i cut the hole, and hope for the best. i figure that way i could extend that small part a good 2 inches out so that water can enter the pump freely.
i wanted to know what you guys though or if you had any better ideas? sure would help. dont really know what i should do. i am right thought right? there is no way water is going to enter correctly this way right?
here is a pic showing the front of the sump and how close the skimmer is...
this pic shows a down view of how close the skimmer is to the wall...
this pic shows that inline shelf they made inside the sump that i would have to cut if i did my first option...
my two ideas i had was say screw it and cut that inline wall on the sump to try to make it fit. OR another idea which would be a pain in the a$$ but would be cool and could work would be to cut the front wall of the sump (since its only acrylic) where the inlet of the skimmer pump is, make a small acrylic box and silicone it where i cut the hole, and hope for the best. i figure that way i could extend that small part a good 2 inches out so that water can enter the pump freely.
i wanted to know what you guys though or if you had any better ideas? sure would help. dont really know what i should do. i am right thought right? there is no way water is going to enter correctly this way right?
here is a pic showing the front of the sump and how close the skimmer is...
this pic shows a down view of how close the skimmer is to the wall...
this pic shows that inline shelf they made inside the sump that i would have to cut if i did my first option...
