liverock in overflow compartment?

[sploke]

I was cleaning my tank today and looking at the large-ish corner overflow bow, and noticed some pods walking around in there. It got me thinking - has anyone put liverock in there, kind of as a fuge-type area? Its a 55gal tank so the corner overflow takes up quite a bit of space, and I would love it if I could do something useful with it. If you used small pieces, I bet you could cram quite a bit back there. Any thoughts on why this would be a good or bad idea?

[drummereef]

Some people have but I'd be personally worried about the flood potential. Keeping the overflow clear is peace of mind for me.

[Roy G. Biv]

It is a good way to use wasted space, the only problem I see with it is that the overflow would run to your skimmer and would likely get skimmed out. If you had a T in the drain so that some of it bypasses the skimmer then that would work well

[sploke]

My sump is set up as skimmer --> return <-- fuge

So the drain line does have a T, with probably 60% of the water going to the skimmer compartment, and 40% going through the fuge.

[OmarD]

See:

"Back from the dead" (http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1164614)