Finally, after about 6 weeks of buying and planning, it was time to put this thing together. My plan was to start early in  the morning and have it done buy before kickoff of the Super Bowl. In hindsight that was just wishful thinking.

First I had to fill the used 75 gallon tank check the old tank in the foreground and see the size difference:

So I stopped filling the tank so that I could install the filters:

Filters installed and water filled up:

Now to add the turtle topper and lights: