sorry about the super late replys...with Finals, sickness, X-Mas shopping, and the power/Comcast loss, its been a hectic few weeks.
the sump is going to be under the tank/in the tank stand.
the design that she wanted it to look like is something like the one Static made.
i'll try to get the dimensions of the container this Wednesday (weekend for me) and hopefully figure out where how to make the design from there. i'll even take pictures of her tank too.
She also has a smaller tank that's not being utilized anymore (she was using it for live rocks and quarentine), now she uses a hexagon tank (dont know the size off the top of my head)...
and thanks for all the help so far. hopefully i'll get this done by New Years.