DIY sump with two tanks????????

[Fizz71]

I ran a 105g tank once with 4 rubbermaid tubs as my "sump"..they were in the basement but the concept matches your 2 tanks.....

Water came in to #1 which was connected to #2 via huge bulkheads at the bottom of the sides of both tubs. Then I had a bulkhead on the bottom of the side of tub #2 and pvc coming up and over the edge of my smaller tub #3. Gravity pushed the water up and over and on pump failure #1 and #2 would level out to the height of the pvc.

FYI tub #4 was above the rest as a fuge...small pump pushed water up to it and gravity drained it back out.

 

[fyrfytr]

A ten gallon tank is fine. It will fit a relatively large skimmer if you have the height available in the stand.

If you want a refugium, just get a hang on back refugium on the sump or use one of the $10 petco mini container/tanks.

I am trying to mentally vision this...not having a lot of success

 

[Fizz71]

I am trying to mentally vision this...not having a lot of success

I think he means to hang something like this:
http://www.marinedepot.com/CPR_Aqua..._On_Refugiums_Sumps-CPR-CR1721-FIRFEB-vi.html
..on your sump instead of the tank.

 

[smb2415]

if possible you could drill and raise the acrylic 10g higher than the glass 10g. then the acrylic 10g would overflow into the glass 10g. From there you would need a submersible pump.