Well here goes nothing. Starting off my first tank (90 gallon) bought off craigslist fish a bio ball trickle filter and a marine land led strip light. That was a steep learning curve. The tank was in OK shape. Little hair algae but had a bit of nice live rock. Moved it home and set it up with the old sand rock and fish. Needless to say the reusing the sand was a horrible horrible decision. I measured nitrates with the api kit and my nitrates were beyond the scale of red. So it was learn how to do large water changes early and often. Then after things settlers down I got a slimmer and a 20 long to use as a “sump.” Also purchased a pair of reef breeder leds. The tank progressed well for about 2 years. I wanted to set up a rimless tank with internal overflows so I bought a deep blue 80gallon lagoon style tank. I loved this tank I switched it up to the ati 8bulb t5 and started dosing 2part. I had the most luck with the T5’s and dosing 2 part. Tank went through some ups and downs for the next few years. Until the wife and I decided to move out to a more rural area. The new house had to have a basement and a walkout so I could get a big tank into the house without steps. The house we bought had a walkout with an unfinished basement. So now I get to finish the basement the way I want with a fish room and a nice bar. I wanted to incorporate the bar and the fish tank. My idea was to build the stand to be bar height and use the tank as a medical for the bar but still be viewable on 3 sides. It’s easier to understand in pics. I wanted to set up the dream tank. I wanted something 8foot long. Hopefully 30”-36” wide and 24ish tall. I was shown the mega matrix tanks made by Planet Aquariums. The 310 was almost exactly what I wanted. I priced out the 96x36x24 and the price was way out of the budget. So I looked into the 96x30x24 and was pleasantly surprised by the price. I asked my LFS if they could get me a quote on the tank set up peninsula style with low iron glass on both long panes and on the end. The other thing that I really wanted to try was a closed loop and keep any power heads off the glass. So I asked if we could do the pvc bottom that planet offers. The quote was acceptable. So I ordered the tank. After a few shipping delays due to the COVID the tank showed up yesterday. I called my fireman buddies and we loaded it up with just 4 and a half guys (one dude was old) lol. We carried it around the house and into the basement on the stand that I built out of 2x6’s. I’m making progress on the basement but construction kind of stalled out when the restrictions on going to public places started. My goal is to have everything ready for family thanksgiving 2020. I have quite a bit of work to do but seeing the tank on its stand has reignited the fire to get this basement done; and the wife has made it known that no more fish tank related purchases until the basement is finished. I feel it’s fair. I do have my rock so I can start to work on scaping the tank. I’m excited and nervous about trying to get this tank aquascaped to look nice from all 3 sides. I apologize for the longest paragraph ever posted. Here are the pics from last night. I will cover more as we get more done.