Here is a sketch of my plans. After seeing Brewer's sketch I was inspired (and rained out of my camping vacation) so I drew up the plan I had in my head for the fuge/sump/skimmer/Dart idea I was kicking around. It is only a representation of the actual set up as there are actually 2 overflows and other such nonsense. The plan is to have the tank water fall from the tank at a rate of about 1,200GPH into the filter sock, over the bubble trap under the mix gate and over the second bubble trap into the pump chamber. From the pump it's back up to the tank and into the skimmer as well, it is a recirculating type Euroreef so it needs an external pump supply. The 2 valves are to control the water flow into the skimmer and tank. It is not meant to restrict the pump at all, only direct the flow to where I want it. The goal is for about 1,200gph to head back to the tank and around 1,000GPH to visit the skimmer. From the skimmer I was thinking of either placing the return back to the beginning of the fuge so it can circulate twice or maybe place it in the pump chamber thereby decreasing the flow through the fuge to 1,200GPH but allowing the pump to work at full capacity.

Any ideas? Worthless plan?