tank inside the sump for a refugium?

[Avi]

I've been trying to figure out how to add a refugium to my setup. It's a 120-gallon reef with a sump below in the stand. It's an Oceanic sump and while there is some room inside for, say, something 13 inches wide X 15 inches long, I only have clearance of 8 inches between the top rim of the sump and the stand, so any refugium I put in there will have to be smaller than I'd ideally prefer.

Anyway, has anyone put a tank inside their sump and plumbed it to operate as a refugium inside there? If you have any ideas on how to plumb it could you give me a hand on than?

I'd really like to see diagrams and photos IF you have any...THANKS

 

[indy]

Can't think of anything similar, as far as actually putting another tank into your sump. Seems like you would end up with a dead water area in your sump is all. Many peeps just use their sump as a refugium.

 

[Avi]

The problem that I have with doing that is that the sump is an Oceanic sump and it's configured with baffles that keep the water at a height of no more than about 7 or at most 8 inches high (in what I believe is a 55 gallon tank that it's essentially made with.) This is 18 inches high. This would make it difficult to use as a refugium.

Why would you say that putting a tank into this sump would cause a "deat water area"? the water in the sump would continue to have a flow from the return from the overflows over to the right side of the sump where the return pump is.