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One small suggestion i want to make from my personal experience. Output the drain hose from your reactor into the filter sock. This will immensely help keep your sump floor cleaner/dust free from the GFO, if you end up running it, or even carbon dust. It is inevitable that those 2 items will eventually grind themselves, even at flow so low it looks to not be moving. It might clog up your filter sock a bit faster, but if you change it out, clean it every 1-2 weeks or so to prevent nitrate/phosphate factory anyway, you shouldnt have any issues!
Yeah, chaeto in most fuge's wont be able to generally keep up with all the demands of nutrient export. You would need a fuge probably half the size of your display tank, and a ball of chaeto to nearly fill it. But, some, is better than none, with or without biopellets. The slower the phosphates build up, the more time between water changes. As long as you dose the necessary items, and keep nitrates to a minimum.
I saw the rig you built for that upwards facing rock on the right side facing the tank. How did you affix the rock to it? Drill a hole through the rock and stand it on the pvc jig? I am very interested in this design