I recently purchased a 150 tall tank and am wanting to set it up with plants and a comunity tank. I have always been fond of ug filters with power heads on the lift tubes but don't get the impression that this setup will produce a great planted tank. I have been looking at the setups here and am very impressed with some of the creations that I have seen. I don't know anything about dirting and would like for some personal input from this forum. My tank picture is shown in the picture section. I have found some nice decorations for it. My plan is to use a 575gph canister for the main filtration and maybe a large hob as well. I have co2 that I plan to insert through the return on the filter and plan to get a ph controller for it as well. As for lighting I have a single 48 inch with 40 watt t-8 aqua glow bulb and a double fixture with t-8 6500k lamps. I would appreciate any advice on how to and what to use for the substrate and how much. The floor is 48x24 inches to cover . I also wonder about what plants since this is 30 inch tall, would like to have some in background that get close to the top. I have quite a few plants in the 55 that will make the move to this when ready. I'm pretty excited about this build, and would to hear from some of the pro's. Thanks in advance. Kent...