Since I'm home sick, figured I could get something done(wasn't up to sanding and repainting). So I decided to cut the baffles out of the stock sump, and get it all cleaned up for installing the baffles how I want them and to make more space for a fuge(A mandarin is the only reason my wife let me upgrade tanks).
One set removed, was super easy, way easier then I had originally thought.
Removed the panel separating the where the plumbing dumps into and the skimmer.
All baffles removed.
One thing I noticed, with the baffle between the drain and skimmer sections removed, I could put the skimmer in sideways, and moving the return baffles over I could increase my fuge section to 12".
I plan on doing drain, and skimmer section as one section, then a fuge section, then an over - under - over baffles to the return. A more traditional sump with fuge.