Thanks for all of the feedback!!!!
My brother is a carpenter so I cheated on the stand
He is more of a contractor but has a few tricks up his sleeve. It is really nice all trimmed out.
Thanks (camarojweed) for the offer on some Green Star polyp and mushrooms. I'll be sure to take you up on that once my tank is right and a meeting is near
UPDATE10-3-06
My levels are still all wacky so I think my tank is still cycling from what people have told me. My parameters today were:
Salinity-1.023 (planning on bringing it up after the cycle)
Salinity PPM -30
Ammonia-about a .15
Nitrite-close to 0.10
PH-about 8.3
Alklinity-2.2
Nitrate-50+ high
Seems like my Ammonia is slowly creeping down while my Nitrite is still on the rise. I am dying to change out some water but everyone says its cycling and to ride it out. Keep in mind that my rock was already cured from a 2+ year old established tank so if you are commenting on the parameter situation, keep this in mind.
I am quickly learning that pictures are very boring without cool stuff going on. My tank doesn't have much, but here are a few new pics for the pic-a-holics.
Here are some random updated pics from the last week or so
