Planning new tank "Build"

[clay]

I wanted to start off by introducing my self.

My name is Clay, me and my wify Monica live in Rockport. We have 4 kiddos that love the fish we own right now. We have a 60 gallon South American FW tank and a 55 gallon African FW tank.

We are planning to dive head first into a Marine setup I have so many questions i don't really know where to start, so i'll tell yall the plan as I have it right now.

The TANK:

I am drawing up plans for a 200+ gallon laminated plywood tank with a 40+ gallon sump/refugium. The tank will be fiberglass reinforced plywood coated and bonded with epoxy resin.Pardon my MSPaint skills.


I am very confidn't of the process of building the tank, but with that being said I am not confident on the design of the sump and other filtering for SW Reef setups.
Any suggestions and advice would really be helpfull. I also plann on adding a closed system just for flow with little to no filteration. Placement is still a question.

Besides these plans, well even including these plans every thing is up for evaulation,critisium,and hopefully a lil enthusium.