My planted tank

[mc 1]

Here are some pics of my resently converted malawi tank into a planted (Excuse the small amount of plants as i only started it about 6 weeks ago so they havnt had chance to grow out yet) :)
specs
the tank
270 litres
height = 51cm
the equipment
light:Hagen-Glo T5 Ho (2x39W tubes)
filter is a small elite which will be raplaced by a fluval 305 or 205 next month
ps i am thinking of getting a Co2 injector and another ballast ,would this be over kill and would it mean more work + more algea???
heater??
The plants
Hairgrass
amozen swords ....
and i cant remember the rest
the substrate
Silica sand

hope you enjoy:bigsmile:
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Some of the hair grass in the below pic is starting to go brown and die is that normal??
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All comments and suggestions are much appreciated
Thanks Mc1

[Vis]

Think it is going to look real nice when grown out.
The hairgrass do that when it goes from emersed to submersed and would
soon start growing from the roots again.
If you are going to add CO2 make sure to add some red or other coulered plants for variaty.

[Zoom]

Nice tank there MC!

My hairgrass did exactly the same. So don't stress about it right now.

[Khalid]

MC1 your tank is coming along nicely
if you do not have any root fertilization you can put in some root tabs
have fun

[Gareth]

The tank is looking good MC1

[Donny]

Tank looks awesome

[Linxie]

Love your scaping :) The tank looks awesome!

[mc 1]

hey guys sorry for the late reply i have been sooooo busy .
Thanks for all the positive comments.
I was wondering ...I need a plant for the empty space at the back and some more fore ground plants ... any ideas ???
I also just got my new fluval 204 filter(yay) and now i can finaly add more fish :)
OOH i also did a tiny rescape because i found out that one of the red plants i had (looks like a red miniture amazon sword)Had about 5 shoots off it and took those of and planted them.
ps i might need an Id and will post pics later.

[shihr]

nice looking scape :) just be careful of the swords though.. they're deceptively small.. if they do well they will grow outa the tank... the red one could be a crypt.. nice foreground plant