Yeah, that tablet was the best gift anyone's ever gotten my sister (I told my parents to get it for her) she uses it all the time. If you're into computer art at all it's a REALLY good way to spend $100, in fact it's cheaper than most good software and comes with some great software. The Graphire 2 is out now, nicer looking and more levels of sensitivity. My fiánce used it to write the "Ho. Ho. Ho." and did a pretty good job for never using it before (she wrote "Ho" about 30 times and I took the best one and copied it).
Anyway, bringing this thread back to what it's supposed to be about... What kinds of plants are you putting in the tank, Jim? I mentioned amazon swords, one could make a great center piece plant. You mentioned plants with "thousands of tiny tendrils" and I thought of Cabomba, man, that would be a LOT of work. Are you going for more leafy plants or stringy grass like ones?
There, that should get this back on track...