The stand panels are made out of 1/4" baltic birch ply. Stained with midnight blue stain, and semi-gloss clear coat.
Panels sit flush with stand legs (both 1/4")
The panels attach via rare earth magnets epoxied in.
The two 1" drains are PVC street elbows painted black with krylon fusion. I cut teeth into them with a dremel. The return is: Eheim 1260 -> OM Squirt -> Pacific Coast flow accelerators. I had to throttle the pump way back with the accelerators on.
I still have lots of tinkering/upgrades. I would like to replace my PCs with a custom LED setup, upgrade my ATO and maybe do a custom Arduino based controller for data logging/monitoring/notification.