Wood diffuser style skimmers are productive in Counter current setups. Do you have space for a 4 ft tall skimmer? Otherwise I think you would be good to look at a Recirculating needle wheel skimmer. That would allow a flow through rate that is seperate with the pump producing bubbles. I am a fan of running water directly to the skimmer for the tank but know that most skimmers are best off at a flow through rate of 1.5 times the total volume. Thats probably around 200gph for your setup. I doubt that would be acceptable for the sump. You might look into routing some of the water from the overflow past the skimmer directly to the sump.
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