Refugium & Sump Plumbing

[fishnugget]

I currently have a 210 gallon tank. I have an Ecosystem large miracle mud system. I get no flow. I am using a Dolphin Amp 2100. Thinking of adding a separate sump for water flow and to house a protein skimmer. I was thinking of having the Dolphin and refugium using one tank return, and the sump using the other tank return. A store owner told me that this would be a problem unless I plumb them together. He could not explain why.

Anyone have any ideas? Any plumbing ideas? My other option is to scrape the ecosystem, buy a new sump and add a refugium that drains into it. How I would get a refugium above the sump I have no clue.

Please help

Rich

 

[alkataz]

I not sure I understand what you meant by having no flow. If you mean inside your tank you can just add some powerheads or maybe a tunze stream or two. If you like the idea of some extra plumbing you could even add a closed loop.