Sump question

Im going to make a sump pretty soon, I was thinking about using 2 tanks insead of one so here goes. If I drill my top tank outlet with a 1 inch hole and T it off so one side of the t goes into a fuge tank and the other side of the t goes into the sump do you think it will work? I am going to drill the side of the fuge and have it flow into the sump. Im thinking that with a strong enough pump this will work. I am going to have 1/2 pvp w/ ball valve on the return side. If this work will the water level in the fuge be set by where the hole is drilled?

 

This is how most people set up their fuges. Make sure to put a ball valve in the line between the T and the fuge so you can adjust flow through the fuge. The water level in the fuge will be dictated by where you drill the overflow hole.

 

Agree with mikekrice.
I have mine set up that way but have the t sideways so the flow is straight through the t into my fuge. I have a ball valve below the t to control the flow through the fuge. Whatever doesn't go through the fuge overflows out the side of the t and into my sump. My sump is drilled to gravity feed into my sump so that one return pump drives the whole system

If you section off your fuge with baffles then the water level in the final section will be controlled by where the hole is but the other sections will be controlled by the height of the baffles.

You didn't say how big the tanks are or the flow from the return pump. But I now always oversize my plumbing. Doing that eliminates drag and lowered flow. You don't want to pay doe electricity to jam more water than comfortably fit through the plumbing.