First tank inhabitant is in. Its a strange one... Algae. Specifically cladophora.
There is a story behind this. It was quite a few years back when the marimo craze started. I'd recently got back into fish keeping after a couple years off. Anyway didn't do any research and ordered a marimo online. Think it was about $50 or something similarly rediculous. When it arrived, I wondered why it wasn't perfectly round ......
the bastard scammer had rolled clado into a ball and passed it off as marimo. I've held onto the clado since. Its sat in a container on a windowsill for the last few years. Not sure why I hung onto it, maybe as a reminder.
Now I figure the best screw you to the scammer is to use it.
Tank has pretty much cleared now, did a 70% water change to remove the final bit of silt. Added a screen to the inflow of the filter today. Will post pic soon.