I did what Pilot is talking about with my sump/fuge. Bought an old ugly standard 55 gal glass AGA aquarium from someone out of the newspaper for peanuts, bought a few pieces of glass at HD (they'll cut it for you whatever size you want) and siliconed the baffles myself. Also drilled it myself for the external return pump using a dremmel. It definitely doesn't look nice but it's not supposed to for my case. It's underneath out of view and full of algae and stuff anyway. I'm the type that likes to do things myself when I can because I like to learn about how it all works. That being said, in the future I might very well have a nice one built because now I've experienced making one myself. So I would say if you're really really strapped for money, and/or like to try things yourself at least once, make it yourself. If you really want it to come out nice, and/or don't have the time or patience for a DIY project, have one built by one of the expert acrylic guys on this forum. JMHO... Good luck!!