[steve the plumb]

looks like you have a lot of work ahead.I would get a new tank.Why drain everything to do a temporary fix and then have to do it all over again.How long will it take to design a tank?Its a box with water in it.The choice now is do you want a cl in it or will you do power heads.I would go with those big tunze pumps but make some kind of fake box to hide them.Will you go acrylic again?You said you were thinking of a hybrid tank.I wonder if you went all acrylic but after took a pane of glass and silicone it to the front panel.This way the front would be glass and you wouldn't have to worry about scratches.The glass wouldn't have to be thick since its only purpose would be to keep the front panel free of scratches.