Just an update.
The tops are built, I'll finish plumming the filter tomorrow (can't do it today because the silicone gaskets on the bulkheads are drying). So if everything goes as planned, which it normally doesn't, it will be running on Tuesday. The filter won't have any media, the spraybar won't be done, no decorations, and it won't be framed into the wall, but I don't care, I just want to see it work.
Guinness