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Originally Posted by McPuff
Yes, that's true.
As for the placement of the filter pad, my plan is to put it lower than the "overflow" (where water is entering the box itself). Mine is more like a miniature sump with baffles. As long as there is a baffle forcing water to go down through the media (i.e., the opening has to be below the media) you'll be good. Now I'm looking forward to buying some more acrylic so I can get to work on this! :0)
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I think we are on the same page. I made the area that holds the pad 1/2" lower than the box the the drain goes into. The area that holds the pad is a box that is 2" deep. I made mine a separate unit from the sump compartment (refugium section) that it sits in. Makes it easy to remove to clean if necessary. I am also designing it to hold a filter sock not that I expect to use one. Anyway the first run at using this was good.