I have a two chamber sump with a bubble trap separating the two chambers.   
 
1. The bubble trap is a life saver with my skimmer because my skimmer likes to occasional spit out bubbles.  The B-Trap eliminates said bubbles. 
 
2.  I like to float stuff in my sump and it's nice to do that in the non-return chamber so that something doesn't accidentally plug up the return.   
 
3.  I find that I get a lot of settling in my non-return chamber vs my return chamber.  My return chamber is fairly small so I suspect everything in that chamber gets sucked up and spat back into the tank.  In the non-return chamber there's time for stuff to settle at the bottom of the chamber which I can then suck out during water changes. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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