Building my own stand, Filtration is going to be 2 x Marineland emperor power 400, planning on using a Eheim jager heater 250w. I am also going my hand at planting. I am planning on dwarf baby tears towards front, Ozelot or some other medium grass in the middle and moneywort towards the back. I was thinking of having Dwarf Gouramis, albino rainbows, red torpedo barbs, emerald green corys and panda loach. I've been tossing around the the idea of using black sand as a substrate or natural medium gravel. I would like to take in some ideas on how many fish and the ideas on the substrate. I also need some ideas on lighting.

Sand looks great in any Tank. As for the stocking... if you are going for smaller sized fish, you could fit a whole bunch into a 75, a whole lot of them.