Thanks for sharing the link, I'm going to "borrow" some of your ideas.Welcome and congrats on the new tank.
I stayed with the stock media basket and use Purigen as my chemical skimmer. Nano skimmers don't work well, compared to the regular size ones. Here is a thread for converting the bottom of the stock media basket into a refugium basket.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/32-biocube-refugium-stock-media-basket.425469/