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Hello all I am new here but have been reading and doing research here for quite a while. I had a small 20 gallon reef some years ago and am looking to get back into the hobby in the next year with my daughter who just turned 1 as she loves going to the aquarium and looking and fish and coral not to mention I have been looking for an excuse to convince my wife to start another reef tank. I own my own construction company and am very handy and have almost every tool you could ever need. So my question is should I build my own tank or not? I am really into shallow tanks so the thought would be for a 72" long x 24" wide x 16" tall. I am thinking acrylic since I mentioned kids glass makes me nervous. I figured 1/2 acrylic with eurobraced top. I would love to buy a tank and save time but buying this size tank seems expensive. Please let me know what you guys think I would appreciate any feedback as I know there are a lot of experts and great reefers on here that seem to be willing to help. Thanks from a new reef2reef member.