Hey gang, I had the good fortune of buying a custom built 300 gallon glass aquarium and custom built stand from my dentist a few months back. I've been telling him for a few years that I want to buy the aquarium because he didn't ever have any water in it (the previous dentist in the practice used to maintain it and it was too much work for him). Sadly, the place in my home that I will place the aquarium has a dropped ceiling and the tank+stand+hood is too tall so I am "forced" to build my own stand. I say "forced" because I've built stands in the past and really enjoy it. Anyway, the aquarium is 66 inches wide, 36 inches tall, and 30 inches front to back. I am going to run all plumbing through a wall into a utility room where I will house my 125 gallon sump. Total water volume in the aquarium is 295 gallons and the sump will be about 75 or 85 gallons. Join me in my journey!