i'll post pictures as soon as i, well, even start this thing. i'm getting the glass cut today but i have a few questions. I decided to go glass over acrylic for the cost factor. 1/4" acrylic runs ~$14 a square foot, where as glass is only $6.50. granted i only need 3 sqft, but hey that's half. so here's my first question for all you DIY-ers. when i assemble the 'walls' of the tank, do i then put them ON-TOP of the base plate, or AROUND the base plate... if that makes any sense. It seems to me that the walls of the aquarium should be sitting on top of the base piece. and on that note, should i be looking at using a thicker piece of glass for the base? The finished inside dimenstions are going to be 7"Hx5"Wx14"L. It should be right at 2 gallons. It will soon be the home for all my berried shrimp. I'm moving soon, and rather than loosing all my new babies, i figured i'd make them a new home with no substrate to get lost in when i try to break the tanks down in a month or three. then it will become my office tank of blue tigers once i have moved. pretty stoked, but in need of a little guidance before i start moving with it!