Help with UV placement in RS E170 sump upgrade

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Im 3 months into a new build, Red Sea E170 with the additional sump upgrade. Total water volume is probably around 45-50g.

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Return pump is a Ecotech Vectra S2 plumbed with the included Red Sea green soft plumbing directly to display tank.

Sump is currently filled with a reefmatt 250 and a reefocto 150 ext skimmer (from previous tank). These fit well but doesn’t leave a lot of room for any other pumps to feed UV, so trying to decide best way to make a manifold to feed UV and maybe reactor from the Vectra S2?

So my questions are, Is that feasible with the S2? And where would the “exit” of the UV best return into the tank/sump?

How do I plumb a rigid pvc manifold into the green soft pvc? There is a barbed piece on the display tank that it has to connect to.

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I forgot to mention, I dont have a UV yet because I’m so uncertain on size and how to plumb it into my tank…

I’m trying to maintain patience as my new tank breaks in. It’s clear Dino’s are setting in and I’m just trying to maintain parameters and not do anything drastic. UV seems to be the clear upgrade for the tank now.
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What UV are you looking to add? Also what are you using for ATO?

i have recently build somewhat simmilar to what you are doing
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