Dear Terry, Sounds like a good idea sometimes you get many ideas all at once and want to try it all. Basically what I want out of this tank is to learn how to grow plants correctly and then turn the tank into a reasonable work of art. This isn't my first tank I have been doing fish fresh/salt for years (about 15 years) and saltwater reef tanks for about (10 years) so I am not new to the hobby just new into planted tank area. Damn it seems to be the most challenging part of the hobby yet for me. What I am looking for is sound advice from people who know and to incorporate it into this tank and make it successful. I am tried of doing my weekly water changes just pulling out hair algae scraping blue/green algae off the glass brushing off the diatom algae by hand from leaves of plants I want to do water changes weekly but instead of dealing with algae I want to be cutting plants and really start the aquascaping part. Finally, what is really wanted with this tank is to look into a beautiful garden after a long day of work and be happy with it and enjoy what I have created. AZ _______________________________________________ AGA-Member mailing list AGA-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-member