120 gallon DIY Stand- complete

Well, here it is!  I've been waiting to have my first aquarium, and thanks to a lot of you folks, I've started.  Sorry if the picture is huge!  I'm still learning.

You can see the baseboard trim, but I don't have the molding around where the tank will sit yet.  The sides and doors are raised panel construction (doors not shown here).  I've chosen clear and knotty alder as the facade wood, with the standard 2x4 construction underneath. 

Thanks to everybody's advice, the stand is 42" from the floor to where the tank sits.

Does anyone know a good finish for this?  I've heard that spar varnish is good.

Jeff

I bought the rough boards from Sierra Hardwood out by the SL Airport, and everything you see was planed and ripped down from there.  I take a woodworking class at night at a high school and the school has all of the tools one may need.  I even used a "shop-bot" (computer-controlled router) to flute the front trim.  The base board and crown molding that will be used was all shaped there at the school.

Ok, time for another update.  It looks as though tax season will yield up all the money we've loaned the feds for zero interest, but I'll still be under budget constraints.  So far, the tank stand is not stained, but is really close to completion.  I've purchased most of the plumbing parts as well.  One thing I've learned from that-

PLUMBING PARTS ARE EXPENSIVE FOR ANYTHING REMOTELY ELABORATE AND SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED WHEN CONSIDERING THE OVERALL INITIAL SETUP COST...

I think I've spent $150 and I'm still at least $100 away from finishing it!  Of course, due to a obsessive/compulsive desire to be as neat as possible and still keep the total head loss of the plumbing to a minimum could be the problem here.  Or, it could be that $32 for a 2" true-union ball valve seems outrageous!  I'm sure that most of the local plumber's supply are sick of my asking about hard-to-find PVC parts.  Wait 'till they hear about the schedule 80, 40, and 200 plumbing all fitted toegther in order to come under budget and still maintain satisfactory flow. (Did I mention spa-flex as well?) 

The circulation will consist of a basement-housed Sequence pump that will push the water up thru 2" pvc pipe to the tank above.  The sump was custom-built at Marine Aquatics and will do the job.  If you want a nice acrylic sump, Eric and Arjien sure do a good job!

I've even got a room in the basement all planned out for the fish room.  Pictures will come soon.  I also realized the other day that testing the plumbing could result in flooding my living room and acute spouse distress syndrome, but there's no other way to test it right.  I'll have to solicit some fellow reefkeeper help for the testing.