300 Gallon Help

So I have been in the hobby for 4 years now and I still consider myself a beginner, just recently I got 2 300 gallon tanks built 84 by 28 by 30. For one of the tanks I am for sure getting a big male umbee but for the other one I have no clue of what I want, I was thinking about a planted tank. I know the basics about planted tanks but I don’t know many plants, all I know for plants that I want so far are cryptocoryne spiralis, jungle Val, dwarf baby tiers, anubias nana petite, Java moss and some sorte of lily. For fish I have a decent idea of what I want, 15 hillstream loaches, 10 Siamese algae eaters, 2 sajica cichlids, 4 German blue rams, a pair of apistogramma, 6 angels, 4 discus, 15 rummy nose tetras, 20 neon tetras, 10 Congo tetras and maybe a dwarf pike cichlid pair, please leave feedback if my stocking idea won’t work of If you have something to add. My other idea would be a somewhat aggressive community tank of ca cichlids, as for fish in that tank it would be nice to have 1 2 female jaguar cichlid, a male red tiger motaguense, 2 female red terrors, some sorte of catfish, some plecos, a red devil female and a bichir. Please leave suggestions of what I should or shouldn’t have for that kind of setup. Thanks

 

spiralis, , dwarf baby tiers, nana petite, and some sorte of lily

Those are all excellent beginner plants. Because of the size of your tank, you're much better off buying dry fertilisers (e.g. Plantex CSM-B, EDTA/DTPA iron chelate, monopotassium phosphate, potassium nitrate, etc.) and adding directly to the tank rather than buying the dilute liquid solutions that are usually sold in your LFS.

You'll want to have a think about the lighting system and whether you'll be injecting CO2.

 

Those are all excellent beginner plants. Because of the size of your tank, you're much better off buying dry fertilisers (e.g. Plantex CSM-B, EDTA/DTPA iron chelate, monopotassium phosphate, potassium nitrate, etc.) and adding directly to the tank rather than buying the dilute liquid solutions that are usually sold in your LFS.

You'll want to have a think about the lighting system and whether you'll be injecting CO2.

I won’t be injecting co2 and I honestly don’t have a clue about lighting, but money isn’t a issue here, also is there any other plants you would recommend.

 

I you consider yourself a beginner, I would definitely veer away from discus. They are extremely sensitive to water quality and are usually only kept by very experienced fishkeepers. I'm not saying that you can't do it, just be aware that they will take some special care and attention.

 

I you consider yourself a beginner, I would definitely veer away from discus. They are extremely sensitive to water quality and are usually only kept by very experienced fishkeepers. I'm not saying that you can't do it, just be aware that they will take some special care and attention.

Ya I’ve heard that about discus

 

I am not knowledgeable enough to say how well it would work, but your idea for a semI aggressive CA cichlid tanks sounds intriguing.

 

I am not knowledgeable enough to say how well it would work, but your idea for a semI aggressive CA cichlid tanks sounds intriguing.

Ya definitely does, not sure it it will work though