55g sump design need advice...

[MikeP]

Ok so I almost had the right idea. It sounds like I drew it backwards. It should go skimmer, bubble trap, fuge, then return right? So should I make the first chamber just big enough for the skimmer? Then the fuge will be bigger, but how big should the return section be? Does anything go in the return section? I read that the baffles should be about 10 inches in height is that right? And just to put the middle one of the bubble trap one inch up? I also need to keep the skimmer (CSS 220) sitting on the bottom of the sump as I have no room to put it up any higher, will that be a problem?

Thanks

[Joe Reefer]

You can also have your pump in the middle with the skimmer and overflow on one side and fuge on the other. Then you can feed the fuge with a recirculating feed from the return pump. Check this site out, it has lots of great ideas.