Bought a 125 megaflow and it came with a simplistic sump. Trying to figure out if it is worth adding another chamber for the skimmer, thus creating a cheato refugium area before the return. Bought some acrylic to rtv in, but unsure of the following:
1) Not sure what height for the skimmer area - cut it at 8" and have two 4" pieces to adjust up if needed
2) Converting the overflows to herbie style so I need to change the pipe chamber to two 1" and two 3/4" bulkheads. Cut some acrylic to lay on top of the existing holes, but not sure if it will hold up to drilling 4 unless I put another piece under the existing works.
3) Will this design even work well - never tried the refugium chamber before.
4) Guess I also need to see if the two vectra s1 return pumps will even fit in the return chamber...
Pics are of the sump as is with the Octopus 200 INT for size. Then I put in the new acrylic walls to show my thoughts. Not sure if it would just be easier to scrap this one and lay down some $$ for a new one that fits what I need.
Appreciate any feedback.
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1) Not sure what height for the skimmer area - cut it at 8" and have two 4" pieces to adjust up if needed
2) Converting the overflows to herbie style so I need to change the pipe chamber to two 1" and two 3/4" bulkheads. Cut some acrylic to lay on top of the existing holes, but not sure if it will hold up to drilling 4 unless I put another piece under the existing works.
3) Will this design even work well - never tried the refugium chamber before.
4) Guess I also need to see if the two vectra s1 return pumps will even fit in the return chamber...
Pics are of the sump as is with the Octopus 200 INT for size. Then I put in the new acrylic walls to show my thoughts. Not sure if it would just be easier to scrap this one and lay down some $$ for a new one that fits what I need.
Appreciate any feedback.
![IMG_3815.JPG IMG_3815.JPG](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/1491/1491559-1afd8dc9fab8d0525909afb35625e583.jpg)
![IMG_3816.JPG IMG_3816.JPG](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/1491/1491560-4ef9295781377d215b45b9d4cb0e7a69.jpg)
![IMG_3817.JPG IMG_3817.JPG](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/1491/1491561-b3639060c81ec7b5216eb7eaf56d411f.jpg)
![IMG_3818.JPG IMG_3818.JPG](https://test.reef2reef.com/data/attachments/1491/1491562-597cf5f62d3a3a42b9d76f4b7193f63e.jpg)