Skimmer design w/o sump

This is my first post as I just joined, hurray!

Ok down to business. What I am looking for is a skimmer solution without a sump, HOB, nor can it be on top. I want a closed-loop solution to put underneath my tank in the cabinet. I searched around the internet and saw some systems but they looked way to large of an operation (200+ga. tanks) for my size of 40ga.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, along with a pump/skimmer recommendation. I saw a bunch of reviews here but wasn't sure what would work for what I want. Anything under 200 bucks would be great

Here is a picture of what I wanted set up, if at all possible that is.

 

That will simply not work, period. You you can't have it below the tank without it being in a sump. You need a sump, or a Hang on back, no way around that. Externals are not working off the tank, they are working off the sump they are next too. Sorry Charlie....


And welcome to 3Reef!!!

 

I doub't it will work right. But K+ for thinking outside the box!

 

Yea I figured it wouldn't work but who knows right? Looks like I am going to move my tank to throw on a HOB. Any recommendations for a medium-high bio load 40ga. HOB skimmer?

 

What is your aversion to sumps? Aqua C remoras seem to be the standard for HOBs