well I have gone and did it I bult a frame from scrap lumber from a house I am helping build right now I have the frame and plexy for the bottom of the tank when I am finished the tank not includeing the stand will be about 3 maybe 4 feet tall definatly 4 feet wide and 2.5 feet maybe an even 3 feet deep but for the three glass sides I need to figure out should I go with half inch glass or thicker or maybe a homemade saftey glass by sandwiching thinner glass with thin plexy in several layers also should the glass be tempered