u mike

I don't see a problem with the skimmer in that depth. As was stated in your other blog, it takes time for a skimmer to break in. If you want to make a small 2" stand to put the skimmer on (eggcrate is an easy choice, using zipties to hold its shape), you can.

You need to adjust it all the way down, and leave it running like that for a couple of days. Then you'll adjust it slightly to raise the foam up the cone shape a little. The next day, raise it up into the neck, about halfway. Leave it there and see how it does.

Are you testing it with freshwater, or is that saltwater? Freshwater will not foam whatsoever, but if you want to see a reaction in freshwater, add vinegar. Remember to drain out all that water and vinegar from your entire system before you add your saltwater and livestock. Vinegar makes pH plummet, which your livestock can't tolerate.

nice i am going to be doing something like that with a 29g i have i am going to be tuning it into a sump for my 150g the only thing is i am worried if it is going to fin under in my stand my 150 is only 4 feet long its not one of the 6 foot ones witch kind of sucks i hope my 29g fits under and as i was looking at your sump i noticed you bubble trap looks diffrent then most of the traps in the plans that i have been looking at is it some kind of different bubble trap

fit under>finger slip haha

it may be wrong i tried to follow a pic of onr that I found on this site, it was a 20 gal I was just looking for that one again just can't seem to find it. where I think I went wrong is the middle baffle this is 11" the ones on ech side of that are 8". i was under the impression that as long as it was 1" off the bottom it was all right.

Yes, that is still fine Mike.