Personally, I agree. If you e going to go to the trouble, and *still* need a skimmer box, why not go with a Durso standpipe-type design?
>I plan on using an Aqua C Remora skimmer, and a sump underneath filled with live rock. >>Sounds like a good plan to me. >I also plan to have live rock inside the tank. I looked on the “wetdryfilter.com” site and it seems that drilling the bottom is standard…please help! >>You’re avoiding the wet/dry in favor of a deep sand bed/refugium type of filtration methodology, yes? Again, I would want to go with drilling a hole in the bottom rear corner of the tank and then utilizing a Durso standpipe design. This would require the use of the skimmer overflow, but you were going to use that anyway. This way, everything except the returns would be contained within this overflow area. Look here–> http://www.rl180reef.com/pages/standpipe/standpipe_menu_nj.htm >>And here–> http://www.aurx.net/saltwater/durso.html (a Google search has turned up much in the way of designs and information.) Also, besides the WetWeb site, good information can be found at http://www.reefs.org/library >I have great a
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