After being patient, I was able to find what I needed to upgrade my 75g to a 150. I found a 150g on the forum for free......... it was full of sand, a custom insert and dirt. After cleaning it up, I pulled out the old silicone and resealed it. I was able to get the new silicone using a gift card I won at one of our group meetings. Thanks guys!
Here's a pic of it cleaned up.
I still need to make a center brace for the tank and test fill it... I'm planning on using some aluminum and doing a small brace over the center.
Next, I was able to find some left over wood from someone's house build on KSL and threw me together a stand for the tank. I stained it with some leftover stain I have from a 20g stand and my LED fixture I previously built. Here's the pics:
From a pile of wood....
To a stand:
Next? get it all together and get everything moved!