to sump or not to sump

[One_Divided]

I was in a similar predicatment with my tank.. A sump would have been a huge hassle becuase I couldn't drill my already established tank. I also didn't want to risk using a sifon overflow box since I have a recording studio in the same room as my tank! A flood would cost me thousands!

So I decided to build a refugium above my tank.. My mj1200 feeds my remora skimmer (which didn't fit the back of my tank) and the return from that flows back via gravity to my tank by a drilled overflow.. I used a rubbermaid container for the fuge.. It works for every use I would have needed a sump for.. I'll post a couple pics if you want..