Adding refugium to bulk heads on sump

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I have theses three lovely bulkheads on the return side of my sump. What would be the easiest and safest way to plumb a 10g refugium here? I don’t have room in the sump itself and want to add on to it. Also, what else can these be used for
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Sorry, never seen this set up, maybe someone could help.
 
Couple ways to handle it. You could cut holes to line up with the existing holes. Then, you can use 1 bulkhead for each hole to connect the sump and refugium by adding a gasket between the tanks. You could then pump water up-and over and let it flow back into the filter, or maybe even push water through one bulkhead with a pump and let it flow back in via the other two openings (not my favorite idea).

If you want a higher water level in the refugium, then cut holes near the top of the refugium tank and use them as drains, and have a pump in the sump to pump water up into the refugium. This is how I would do it.

Either way, whatever you rig up, put something like egg crate in front of the drains so a clump of algae doesn’t come free and clog a drain.
 

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