I want to put a sump/refugium on my 29gl biocube. I can fit a cube tank measuring up to 18 x 18 in the stand, but I have not had any luck finding anything that isn't expensive.
I had a thought today that maybe I could get a used 14 or 20 gallon nano and stick it underneath. Has anyone tried this or see any issues with doing so. I could buy some acrylic and cut it with a utility knife to make the water flow through the chambers and work as needed. One thought is that I could have the water flow into the middle chamber from the main tank (I seal off chamber 2 from chamber 3 with plastic). Water then flows out of chamber 2, into chamber 1, and then into the main tank. I set up a refuguim in the main tank, and then drill holes through the wall into chamber two to get the appropriate balance between the two tanks.
I bought a media basket from inTank and I am running purigen and chemi-pure in it, so I don't know if I really need any more filtration. I guess my main purpose in adding this would be to have a larger refugium and more importantly increase the amount of water in the system.
Has anyone done something similar or have any thoughts or inputs as to what I should do.
I had a thought today that maybe I could get a used 14 or 20 gallon nano and stick it underneath. Has anyone tried this or see any issues with doing so. I could buy some acrylic and cut it with a utility knife to make the water flow through the chambers and work as needed. One thought is that I could have the water flow into the middle chamber from the main tank (I seal off chamber 2 from chamber 3 with plastic). Water then flows out of chamber 2, into chamber 1, and then into the main tank. I set up a refuguim in the main tank, and then drill holes through the wall into chamber two to get the appropriate balance between the two tanks.
I bought a media basket from inTank and I am running purigen and chemi-pure in it, so I don't know if I really need any more filtration. I guess my main purpose in adding this would be to have a larger refugium and more importantly increase the amount of water in the system.
Has anyone done something similar or have any thoughts or inputs as to what I should do.