300 gallon set-up

SawickiB said:

So I thought id repost this in the correct area and get some feed back.

So what i need help with, im getting a 300 gallon tank and need some help on stocking and equipment
I want to have these fish
12" BGK
3 end bichirs
3 snegal bichirs
1 ornate bichir
2 asian leaf fish
2 tiger datnoids
3 tire track eels
1 fire eel
2 geophagus jurapari
2 African clawed frogs
And maybe 2 royal plecos, or two cool large plecos


Id like to do planted maybe just driftwood with java fern, anubis, and moss, i know rooted plants wouldnt be good for these fish
I need to know good lighting, filtration, heaters, substrate, driftwood, rocks, more or less stock?
Sorry for the loads of questions, thanks ahead for any answered!

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I think the Sengals and Asian Leafs maybe two small as adults and may be preyed upon by the bigger bichirs or Dats in the future. The same goes for the frogs I imagine they'd fall prey as well.
The Plecos aren't a good choice for a planted tank as they'll more then likely eat anything you put in there. So you may have to choose planted or the Plecos. Other then that I'm not much help in a planted tank as I have no idea what lights to recommend or whether you'd need CO2 or not, etc. The only thing I'll say is I'm pretty sure planting a 300 will be a pretty expensive proposition.

As far as filtration if money isn't an object my personal preference would be running one canister thru a UV sterilizer and obe thru a fluidized bed filters and maybe setting up an algae scrubber if not going the planted tank route. So I'd go with
1-Fluval FX 6 running an inline sterilizer my choice would be a coralife turbo twist 12x/ 36 watt
1-Fluval FX 6 running a TMC V2 model 1500 fluidized bed filter.

The Fluvals would help mechanical while offering medium biological filtration while the UV's would help eliminate patyhogens and free floating algae and improving water Redox and the fluidized bed would offer a great biological filtration base.