Practice 80G plywood tank

I just typed out this whole post on how far I got today and what not... Added the pics, and then closed the windows Lost all that typing...
Any way, here are the pics; that's we all want to see any way.
Will update again on Monday. Parents don't have the net at their place... Savages!
PS. Fiberglass resin STINKS!!! don't use it in a well ventilated area. USE IT OUSIDE! I can't get that smell out of my nose

These price questions are bringing tears to my eyes so far I've spent about R1600(that's South African Rands) +- US $225. ouch... But keep in mind that's for every thing. Lumber for stand and tank AND canopy, glue, silicone, screws, plumbing bits and pieces, epoxy, polyester resin and chopped strand mat, a pump, glass, wood sealer and stain.
I wouldn't say I saved much... A store bought tank setup of more or less the same dimensions would go for about R2500 ($350) and would look nicer, BUT I didn't build the store bought tank, now did I...
So all and all, this is my $225 practice tank. I've done the financial planning for the future +-330G tank and that's gonna be like R7500 ($1050) for the whole setup... So I’d rather spend $225 and have it fail, than spend $1000 and have that FAIL! If this practice tank gives me any s&%t, then I'll build my self a nice little 220G all glass.

Enough of the morbid money talk.
I made some progress this weekend. The stand frame is done, now just needs a couple more layers of wood sealer and then it can be skinned in ply and stained(and sealed again).
Canopy is 80% done structure wise. I need to still add support for the structure and then coat the inside with epoxy. I'll just stain and wood seal the outside...
And the tank it self is probably about 50% done. The individual pieces need 2 more coats of epoxy(at least). So for now its wait time.

From the pics you'll see I probably picked the worst pieces of lumber and ply from the lumber yard... Reason being; if I can get it working with this POOR quality materials, the big boy will definitely work with the good stuff

The polyester resin stinks to high hell, but at least it applies fairly easy. The 2 part epoxy I got to cover the fibreglass doesn't smell at all, BUT is a nightmare to apply. Tacky as you would not believe! Now if they could just make an epoxy that was odourless, easy to mix and apply, and that is fish safe, that would be a true miracle substance to work with.

Dr J, we have a couple of hardware superstores around, but they are the reason I didn't start on this venture earlier. The mark-up on their products are shocking. So what I did was to find suppliers that are willing to sell to the public. If I attempted to do this project using all hardware superstore materials, I would have spent $400 easy. So, yes and no. You can find parts easy if you're willing to spend the cash. If you want specialist materials like the acrylic epoxy or you don't want to spend too much doe, then you have to hit the net and yellow pages, and push that phone bill for a day or two.