100 gallon rimless build thread-UPDATED Stand done

Well ladies and gentlement, I have purchased myself a work in progress tank, it's a 100 gallon(48x24x20) rimless tank with starphire front and sides. The back however was broken by the owner when he was taking it down. Now most of the time I would be afraid of a project like this but I am confident in my abilities and my friend who works for a local glass companies help

Here's pictures of the tank and stand I brought it home today for a price of almost nothing.
I will be replacing the back glass with new 1/2" glass and also will be doing quite a bit of fabrication to that god awful stand!
A nice tank like this deserves a beautiful stand!

Bare with me on progress as it will probably be a build of a couple months, I don't plan on completely setting it up until I move into my new place mid summer!
But here's some shots of it

 

Should look pretty slick once completed. Good luck and congrats.

 

Very excited. Is the 1/2" going to be tempered?

 

I wasn't planning on it, maybe my buddy will say otherwise, what do you think?

 

rimless tanks scare me lol. Thats what I think. For what its worth, my six foot 125g uses 3/8" thick glass.

 

So i have the glass on order, only cost me 75 bucks! with polished edges and all, what do you guys think should i paint the glass once it is finished black, or should i tint the glass?

 

So i will be running basically all the same hardware as my 75, let me know what you guys think

Movement:
2 MP40Ws

Lighting:
2 Reef breeders Photon 16s

Skimmer:
Bubble Magus NAC6

Sump:
30 gallon with refugium section

Return:
Ehiem 1262 Pump

I will need more live rock as i only have about 70 lbs, i plan to get some big show pieces from a local guy.
I want the tank to have two to three islands connected by shelf rock, Im excited for the 2FT depth

 

The back pane of glass is off!!! I got it off after a few hours of good old elbow grease, now the real pain starts. Endless hours of scrubbing and stuff to get every bit of silicone off the tank so the new piece holds nicely!

 

Acetone to remove silicone? Or what else do you guys recommend?

 

A razor blade and some good old fashioned elbow grease.....