a sump isnt a hard thing to set up basically its where we hide our equipment,increase water volume, and increase pod production while using a fuge as nutrient export.
basicall most sumps are designed into three sections:
the first is where your water will drain into normally people put their skimmer and reactors there i also keep my heaters there .
the second is your refuge, you can keep liverock and macro algae in there or even home unwanted critters and fish
the third is your return which is where you will keep your pump that will bring water back up into your display nothing else should go in here and this area should be kept clean.
all sumps are set up different but mine for an example goes like this
1rst chamber: skimmer,reactors,heaters,temp,grounding probe
bubble traps: 1rst to set the height for my water level
2nd is an inch off the bottom
3rd is same as first(with 1 inch spacing between all three)
2nd chamber: refuge with macro algae(cheato,halimeda) lots of porus live rock,dsb,mangroves(ran with a desk lamp)
bubble traps again exact layout same as first bubble traps
3rd chamber: return pump,temp guage
theres lots of different ways to go but this is mine and it works just fine
