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I'll get a new picture posted soon.

I'll wait until Wednesday... I'll have my new 8" red monti cap and a new frag or two in! :-)

Ok, will do, thanks Marc!

Henry, make sure that those three baffles are 1/4" less wide than the internal space in the 20g Long. You want an 1/8" gap on each end; the baffles should NOT fit snugly, the silicone is what holds them and fills that tiny gap. Otherwise the aquarium walls may crack.

lol, i know! But Marc and I are fast bloggers..lol. hahaha

wow, a phone call would have been 1000% faster lol

Okay, so the final design will be:
1 piece 10" by 15"
2 piece 71/2" by 113/4
3 piece 71/2" by 113/4"
4 piece 71/2" by 113/4"

Piece 3 I wil have it 11/2" from bottom

I will run 1 pump for return
1 pump for NextReef reactor

I run cold anyway maybe that will help my heater out...lol.

Thanks for all ya help Marc!!

HAT

Ok thanks Marc!! I have my plan!

Yes, 1 to 1.5" off the bottom.

Ok, baffle #3 should be an inch off the bottom?

Updated my comment above.

Okay thanks :-0

t 10" I would have a good 5" before overflow. But bringing it down an inch sounds good.

Honestly, I had a different idea in mind, but have to draw it, scan it and upload it. What you have will work though, so make #1 stay at the original height, and baffle #2 at 7.5" and baffles #3 and #4 can be the way they are but 7.5" tall. You don't need them shorter than the others.

Maybe the piece #1 can be 9". And piece #2 can be 8". What do you think about the baffles? Piece number 3 and 4.

The skimmer needs to be I 6" to 10" of water.

The NextReef reactor needs approx. 450 gPh flow.

Update with pics above.

If you make the skimmer section 9" deep, will the sump have enough empty space for water drainage? 1" of water in a 75g is 3.74g. 1" of water in the sump equals 1.04g, so you'd need 4" empty inches across the entire sump to hold that 1" from the display.

Update with pics above!

The reason I said 5.5" deep is because that will put the water level around 6" in the skimmer section, and leave adequate space to hold excess water during a power outage. Most skimmers run well in 6-8" of water. This is a small sump under a 75g and you don't want it to overflow.

Ok MidNight thanks! will cut the baffle (cardboard) right I believe and post pic.