Hey everybody! Long-time forum lurker and planted tank keeper here. Let me give you a little background on this build. Ive been researching reefkeeping for about 10 years with the plans on eventually doing a build and have finally started. This build has taken several different turns during the initial planning stages. Long story short, originally supposed to be a 75 gallon, then a 110 since it is the same footprint of a 75. I then saw an Aqueon 125 at the store so the 110 cherry stand/canopy went to my son's bearded dragon tank. I planned on running the full Triton system so I bought a Trigger Systems Triton 44 sump. One day it dawned on me that I would not be able to remove the sump from the stand if I wanted unless I cut it up since you had to put it in through the top. I definitely wouldn't be able to get another large sump back in it for sure.
Since I was building my dream tank, I wanted it to be perfect, so I reached out to have a custom stand built that would allow me to do everything I wanted. I found a stand builder who was able to do it but the time frame was really long so I started to think. For the price I was going to pay for a custom stand, for an Aqueon mind you, I could pay a little more and really get what I wanted. I just couldn't justify paying that much for stand for an Aqueon. Not to knock their products at all, but the price difference between the stand and tank was a little more than I could justify. So that leads me to where I am now, I sold the Aqueon and bought a Waterbox 220.6
Since I was building my dream tank, I wanted it to be perfect, so I reached out to have a custom stand built that would allow me to do everything I wanted. I found a stand builder who was able to do it but the time frame was really long so I started to think. For the price I was going to pay for a custom stand, for an Aqueon mind you, I could pay a little more and really get what I wanted. I just couldn't justify paying that much for stand for an Aqueon. Not to knock their products at all, but the price difference between the stand and tank was a little more than I could justify. So that leads me to where I am now, I sold the Aqueon and bought a Waterbox 220.6