Flaxon-Waxon
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Actually, it doesn't make any sense. All water is connected as one. Fast or slow, your skimmer is going to skim exactly the same amount, possibly less if the flow rate through the sump is less than the skimmer pump, but exactly the same otherwise.
I may have left out what is seemingly a significant bit of info, chime in if you will, and that is it was recommended to not have crazy amount of flow ABOVE what the skimmer is rated at... For example to not run sump flow at 900 gph when the skimmer will only do 200 gph... Is that more logical X? Or are you implying that regardless of so flow, a skimmer will still do its job? I'm trying to just get a fundamental understanding before I set everything up...