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Originally Posted by Myka
Correct me if I'm wrong, but your water runs through your refugium, and then into your sump right? It should be the other way around, otherwise a lot of the pods that are in the fuge will be filtered out in your sump instead of making it into the tank. 
Where are you keeping the reactors? I don't see enough room under the stand...? |
Only a third of the return water from the two overflows will be going through the refugium first. One return goes directly to the sump, and one goes into the refugium. To reduce the refugium flow even more, I have the ball valve (E).
Since pods are of a concern, I could always put the refugium's overflow output hose (J) into the last compartment of the sump (N instead of K) so that it will bypass the protein skimmer and reactors in the main sump compartment.
There might be enough room for the kalk, protein skimmer, carbon, and GFO reactors in the sump, while the sulfur denitrator could be used intermittently in front of the sump. (There will be some space in front of the sump and refugium). If there isn't enough room, I could just put the carbon and the GFO in the same reactor. Another option is making a DIY acrylic sump that is 17" wide and 26" long, which would surely have enough room.