HOB overflow / sump setup reviews ?

yea the overflow box is the eshopps 1200, he willing to sell the sump, box, pump and few plumbing items for 160 to me, which prolly will work well but not have turnover like im after being the pump does like 500gph@4ft ..... but a friend of mine has a dual DIY pvc pipe overflows and a pair of 2500gph pumps (he toss me one as a spare), basically everything need minus the tank for 100$ or trade my one 14" tem for it, and I can score a 30gallon 30x12x18 for about 20-25$ here ive found locally..

what do you guys think ?

MilitantPotato said:

Looks like you'll be flowing 3000lph at 2m of head, make sure you have an overflow that can handle 4000lph or more than that and you'd be alright i think.

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yea overflow is eshopps-1200 sump he says is 30long 12-14" wide and 16" on pump side and 22" on wet/dry area. from what I found the overflow box can handle 1000gph, and the pump sitting at 4ft of head which is 1.2metres would flow around 924gph or for safe side say 2metres (6.5ft) of height 792gph. pump wont be any further then 4.5-5ft away from outlet in tank for a fact. will a wet dry sump like that work better then a conventional 3 compartment sump ? 1st section for drains into socks, center section for media and heaters, and 3rd section for pump