I actually got it from Mike (funnyguymi) for nothing. He was super awesome cool. Gave me a bulkhead too. Awesome guy.
If you are ever in Warren, and you aren't afraid of DIY, you can call Laird plastics and give them dimensions and they will custom cut you any size acrylic. To be honest, I REALLY want a 40" long, 12" wide, and 15" tall sump. I will order it from them, and use weldon-3 to assemble it. This way, I can make EXACTLY what I want.
If you build a stand, do a stand from RC with NO center brace.. I HATE that my stand has a center brace in it.
I have a somewhat similar system, its a 100G 60" display with an internal overflow in which I installed a Stockman standpipe and the return is also 1" which I split into two 3/4" Loc Lines with fan nozzles close to the surface.
The return pump is an Ocean Runner 3500, I tried a Quiet One 4000 but it literally burned up on me. It ran hot from day one and had restart problems every time the power went off or I shut it off for maintenance. The OR 3500 is a much better pump as is the Eheim 1262 which would be my second choice.
I also had my tank drilled for a closed loop and use another OR3500 for the closed loop pump through and Oceans Motions Squirt two way out through 3/4" Loc Lines in the upper back corners. For additional circulation I use two of the new Koralia Evolution 1400's. They are amazing compared to the older K series, half the power consumption at only 6 measured watts each and about half the size of the Magnums but still deliver 1400 GPH. The nicest thing is they are controllable with any controller or even a timer and do not have restart or reverse problems like the Magnum or K series.
My sump is a 30G long AGA tank with 3 chambers, the sump is on one end, the skimmer and main overflow section are in the middle and the return section is on the other end via over-under-over baffles. The refugium is fed from a 1/2" brancing off the overflow then overflows into the center section.
This system has been in operation 6.5 years now and is chugging along nicely. I built the oak stand and canopy from scratch and all the lighting was retrofit and DIY using 2x250w MH and 2x140w VHO. It is now controlled by a Reefkeeper Lite which controls moonlights, calcium reactor, all pumps, powerheads on the wavemaker function, fans for cooling as I sold my chiller once I installed an autotopoff and fans, main lighting, and other things I don't even remember.
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