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Sorry, I'm new to the bay area, this club, and marine aquariums in general. Who is Mike?

For now I think I will leave it as-is, using a regular pump at the recommended flow rate. I've got enough construction to do otherwise. In the future if it becomes an issue I will probably sell this one and get a different design.

It is a 100 gal tank. This is my very first marine tank, so I want to start with fish only w/ live rock. Once I'm sure I'm not murdering everything I hope to go to a mixed reef. I'm trying to plan my equipment around this. Might be getting a little off the original topic, but I guess here is as...

Hmm, I might try to offload this skimmer back to craigslist and find another then. Thanks for the info!

I've gotten myself a used ETSS SumpBuddy40 protein skimmer, which seems to operate by dropping the water from a height and using bioballs to break it up and make the bubbles. It says it will work with any 700-900gph pump, but I'm wondering if a pump with a needle wheel (such as this one) will...