Nano Fuge?

[Mnorman81]

I was think about establishing a small (5gallon) refugium in the stand of my jbj 28g nano. I have a small 5 gallon acrylic tank and a light source to grow macro but my concern is in the plumbing. I am thinking about using one of these http://www.amazon.com/Eshopps-PF-Nan.../dp/B0042CX568 and some form of return pump but in the event the return pump fails how can i ensure that my tank wont be drained? I also have no idea how to attach the overflow tubing to the tank.
Any advice would be appreciated

 

[reefernutz]

Have you thought about putting the fuge above the tank? You could pump the supply water up to it and have it gravity drain back into your tank.

 

[krshlln300]

Yes I agree. With that small of a refuge you would be better off having it above the tank with a small utility pump like hydor or something. Otherwise I would do no smaller than a 10 gallon (you can get one from petco for like 12 bucks) also as far as the plumbing goes your only real option to prevent flooding would be to drill the back chamber of the tank rather high up maybe about 1" below the surface of the water. this would allow water to run through the fuge but not drain so much that it overflows.