Ted, we're basically doing the same thing. I already have the stand. But was very happy with the price from John. The great part about the steel rim is we'll only have two cells. How awesome is that on a 8 foot rimmed tanked? Only one brace to deal with!!! Also, my understanding is that with the steel rim and max 24" height, half inch glass will work fine. I'll be doing the same thing with the overflow internal/external coast to coast ghost overflow. The added cost to notch the glass for a completely external overflow just wasn't worth it. I have a newer illustration I'll post later tonight when I get to my computer.
Tony, the overflow will be made from acrylic. I have access to 1/4" black cell cast 96x48 inch sheets for $100. So, I may consider building it myself. I have the tools to do it. I'll just have to see how much more it would cost to have Johns guy make them. If it's not terribly too much more I'll likely value my time more and go that route. Although, I enjoy hands on work. My day job is meeting with clients and filling out paperwork so I tend to work with my hands and DIY a lot of stuff just to break the monotony. Who's knows if I find I'm any good at it, perhaps I'll start selling custom overflows.
There seems to be a real shortage of company's that do this. As for the WP's, I have two already, but I haven't researched the RW's. Mine are controlled by my Apex so I don't know if that effects the Apex controllability because they're wireless. Chime in if you know the answer to that.
I didn't do a very good job documenting my 90 build, but I can assure you this one is going to be documented well with lots of pictures and a very clean setup where the guts will be, in my opinion, just as pretty as the display. Haha.
