Would be better if I could figure out how to change the image sizing in here. If someone could help me out, that would be amazing.
ANYways. Once the tank was cleaned up and painted, I met with a friend of mine and we built a sturdy stand for it, custom designed for the tank, and including a taller portion to hide the plumbing so it's not an eyesore.
The sump will be mounted on the bottom shelf with an auto top off tank on one end so that we don't have to worry about that as often.
Once the stand was built, I was in touch with Eli to purchase rock off of him to create a nice aquascape in the tank. I added these to the tank along with some sand just to get a good idea as to what we are looking at.
The rock and sand has been sitting in there ever since, but will be removed soon so that we can move forward with the build.