I'm using a countertop as a stand...real convenient as there is a sink 2 inches from it. As for contents, I'm changing them out a lot now trying to cut back on the fish in it as it is overstocked. However right now there are severums, clown loaches, blue rams, flying foxes, cories, gouramies, a bala, pleco, and a tire-track eel i think im taking back tomorrow.