So I've finally got some salt water in the glass box and it is cycling on a coffee table while I work on the stand. I built some tall live rock structures to stand in front of the wall using this:
I don't have any lights yet so had difficulty getting good photos but here's a couple of wet ones using an Ikea bedside lamp.
And top down so you can see that there is actually some swimming room. And even though it looks like the top of the bommie is close to the front glass it is at least 2 inches away.
