Well been a long time coming but going to resume the tank build. After the sale of house, a layoff, and a Knee surgery I think I am finally able and well enough to set-up and maintain tank. Decided im not going to drill tank (next tank will for sure be drilled) went with a eshopps pf-1200. I plan on running one of the drain in a "full" siphon to the skimmer area and one drain throttled back going to the refuge. I also plan on putting one more drain in the eshopps overflow as a emergency, after i figure out what water lvl is in the box ill drill a hole higher and put drain.....should almost be a bean animal from a overflow box. I also ordered a waveline dc-4000 return pump. Will be doing leak test within the next week. Hopefully within the month ill get salt sand and rock and will start the cycle process.