You want to have enough water to flood the table and not surface the pump. The pump needs to be fully submerged when on.
If your going to fill the table/tray with hydroton, you won't need as much water....it displaces alot of space/volume.
Instead of purchasing a flood table, check out concrete mixing tubs at home depot. They're about $13 for a 24x36x8. Dish washing tubs work great as well.