OP I'd check out this thread for inspiration, particularly regarding stock: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=486449. It went through some adjustments but I especially liked his stock when added the different geophagus. You've already mentioned you're looking for fish 3 inches and bigger and I think that's wise if you'll be stocking any larger fish. Skip the CPDs and really small fish as they'll just end up being expensive food.
There's also another journal on TPT I'm too lazy to search for where a guy had a 265g planted tank solely comprised of a very large school of Congo tetras and it looked magnificent.
Just going to throw out some fish types that would look amazing in large groups in such a (planted) tank:
Denison barbs
Snakeskin barbs
Odessa barbs
Congo tetras
Rainbows (although personally not a fan)
Clown loaches
Discus
Altum Angels
Geophagus (what I would probably do, along with SA cichlids)
Here's a useful beginners guide to discus: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=36532&d=1319427051
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There's also another journal on TPT I'm too lazy to search for where a guy had a 265g planted tank solely comprised of a very large school of Congo tetras and it looked magnificent.
Just going to throw out some fish types that would look amazing in large groups in such a (planted) tank:
Denison barbs
Snakeskin barbs
Odessa barbs
Congo tetras
Rainbows (although personally not a fan)
Clown loaches
Discus
Altum Angels
Geophagus (what I would probably do, along with SA cichlids)
Here's a useful beginners guide to discus: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=36532&d=1319427051
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