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    Sump design needs comments

    Thanks for all the info. For the design in "Part II by Greg Taylor", it is definitely more compact than mine. Unfortunately my tank is only 55G, about 12" in depth. Most skimmers I search require at least 8"-9" of space. That leaves about 3" for refugium. That's why I have to introduce a bypass...
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    Sump design needs comments

    Here is a trim down version of what I have. The original design is too big to upload. In this design water runs into the refugium through holes on the wall, hoping to reduce the current in refugium. Yes you are right it could clog easily. We probably can fix it by lower the wall between refugium...
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    Sump design needs comments

    I am building a sump for my 55G. From what I have read, flow control seems to be a concern of in sump refugium. So I modify the standard cascade design: filter, protein skimmer, refugium, return pump to add a bypass chamber next to refugium. I have a graph for it but it is too big to upload so...
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