I still need to decide weather to use a 48" 2 X 40w shoplight or a 4 X 20w light that only covers the planted area. Input is welcome.
and here is a couple quick pics of the tank the filter is being made for
current stock (off the top of my head) includes 9 Frontosa, 2 Texas, two Midas, a small oscar, several small salvini, 3 small red texas, pair of clown loaches, and several exotc plecos.
The frontosa are leftover from when the tank was full of Africans (Im giving south americans a try now)
I may remove the frontosa before I replace the filter, but I'm still undecided.