Has anyone split the drain and bypassed the sump?

[eagle9252]

I have an external pump but my sump is glass. I would like to add an Algea scrubber to my system. I’m planning on making a bigger HOB OF and branch off to the side and make an Algae scrubber and then drain it into the sump or pump it back in the tank. I have a mag 7 in the sump for now, its returning about 331gph. I removed the PS from the sump and hung it on the DT temporally due to me wanting to put the bigger filter sock back in. I would then put the PS in the new addition and I could plump in a carbon reactor with the external pump. Just thinking out loud.