chaeto and skimmer in sump

[ccanno66294]

my plan was to build a three chamber sump. chamber one would be the overflow and skimmer, chamber two would be some chaeto and the last chamber the return. well all this has to fit in a 10 gallon tank in the cabinet underneath my 55 gallon. the ten gallon is the biggest i can fit in the cabinet and i really dont have room to build the three chambers like i would like bc my skimmer is a lil to big. would it be okay to just do two chambers one for overflow, skimmer, and chaeto and the other for the return or is this a bad idea and does anyone have any ideas i could try because im dumb founded. thanks in advance

 

[RedTornado]

Could you fit more then one 10 gallon tank under your stand?

If so you could line them up end to end. drill a couple holes in the glass and then connect them with bulkheads, pvc and union fittings.

 

[Zissou]

Hmm, have you thought about making the 10 gallon just the sump (only two chambers, one for the skimmer and return), and making a refugium out of a HOB filter?

 

[ccanno66294]

I dont have room for another 10 gallon how big of a hob filter does it need to be? i have two hob filters for 10 gallon tanks but i dont think that is goin to be enough

 

[BL1]

you could also get a smaller tank (2.5g) and build it kind of on a stand and use that for the refug ... there's a simple drawing attached

 

[Cottonwood]

I have seen the set up BL1 is suggesting. A tank on top of a tank, you would need another pump, but it would work out and you would have plenty of room that way.