Hello everyone,

New to the hobby and planning for a sump.

But I heard something interesting: *they advised placing the protein skimmer ahead of the filter socks/pad.

Would you prefer rotting material isolated in the collection cup... or rotting material caught in your filter sock, leaching nutrients into the passing water?

...but then you’ve got the skimmer pump exposed.

Is there a way to have my cake and eat it too?


*THEY: A scientific paper about keeping squids/cuttlefish in the lab... and a guy named Anthony Calfo.