Hiya. It's all in place and ready to go, problem is that we don't have any water at the moment that I can spare from the tanks to fill it. My partner has promised next rain I can do it. However I have spent plenty of time planning and I have decided that you were right and sub-tropical is what I am going to do. Clouds or danios definitely, golden barbs as a bit of colour and paradise fish are a possible. Planted tank although I really don't know re the bottom. I read a few cories are ok sub-tropical and I do love them. Will understock to help the bio-load. So if anyone wants to do a rain dance I'd be stoked. The north is just so dry at the moment.