I have a 65 gallon mixed reef, which is currently thriving. However I am really struggling with my reef octopus 1000 hang on back protein skimmer. I will start with a disclaimer, I know a hob skimmer is not the ideal setup, I would love to have a sump and refugium and and and, not possible at this time, so I am doing my best. The tank parameters are good, cycled, with about 10ppm of nitrate, which I think could be improved by more efficient skimming. The skimmer has been running on this tank for four months, I waited to post any questions to allow for break in of the unit, but things are getting worse not better. I need to know how to most effectively adjust it because currently it runs 24/7 and the cup either yields nothing, lower the cup a millimeter, and it fills then overflows with what appears to be clean tank water. So I know different chemicals or other miscellaneous events can cause it to go crazy like this, to be expected. I am waking up in the middle of the night to buckets of water on the floor. Is there any simple way to divert this overflow straight back into the tank? This would be preferable to further damage to the floor. And why isn't it seeming to skim out organics? The skimmer cup is consistently devoid of any of the nasty kind of smelly stuff I need it to remove. I do have a bioload, and obviously the nitrates indicate this. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a hob skimmer in the $200 range that has an automatic overflow back into tank? I have heard great things about the reef octopus line but something here isn't adding up. I appreciate any feedback.