well im gonna drill the 20, and do the sump, annd also ive priced evrything, down to the last elbow :P and it came out around 315 dollars. and that is everything except sand, and LR (and salt and a SW test kit, but i already bought those.) so im happy. then that leaves me with about 35 bucks for some LR. im getting sand with a gift certificate, so yea... ill be ready to fill her up sooner than i thought

i also think im going to start putting in all my prices in heer, so another beginner can have an idea of what they are gonna be spending. im thinking once i get a protien skimmer, corals, fish and its all setup, and an RO/DI unit, ill have probably spent around 900 dollors.
so this is what ive bought so far-
Tank-50$
stand/sump-40$
sand, test kit, salt-50$
thats what ive gotten so far.
my prices for what equipment im getting is an estimate,
about 315 for the lights, portable refractometer, heater, sump media, return pump, and all plumbing. and 25' of airline tubing.
then about another 150 for fish, and cleanup crews, shrimp ect.
then about 75 for a protien skimmer.
about 200(?) for corals?
and maybe in the distant future a RO/DI unti, and an auto topoff unit (ill leave those out of the budget for now :P) so that puts me ayt a total of... 880 dollars.