Nice job Mike! Your 65 was the first tank I visited when I started this hobby and it was inspirational.
I'm not 100% sure about this, but won't it be dangerous for the livestock when you start painting the stand? Perhaps you should cover the tank/sump with wet towels and/or run polyfilter/carbon while painting.
thats a lota good size pieces u got in there. no wonder u wanna upgrade.
that hand in tank thing is hard to kick, especially new setups. Good luck, i'm rooting 4 ya :thrash: