first attempt at planted tank

[kj2006]

Well I have now gone in a full circle, from cichlids to marine now back to fresh.  Here are some pics of my new planted tank, never having tried a planted tank before I am open to suggestions.
Specs
5x2x2
2x 150w 6000k metal halides
pressurised co2

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Suggestion 1 - Clean Glass  :oops:

kj

[fishlover]

hi nice looking tank you have there you have inspired me to get some plants now.

its comming along really nice.  one sugestion i would make is try adding some structure like small rocks or some more drift wood.  i use river rocks in mine and burry them so they look really natural with only part of them viewable.
oh and heaps more fish lol

[tom]

Hey, Beautiful tank you have there. What kind of plants have you got in there?

[kj2006]

Ludwigia repens x palustris
Alternanthera sessilis var rubra
Nymphaea lotus
Echinodorus tenellus
Rotala rotundifolia
Nomaphila stricta
Vallisneria spiralis
Echinodorus parviflorus
Hygrophila polysperma
Rotala macrantha
Hemianthus micranthemoides
Limnophila sessiliflora

Some of these I have to admitted I have taken a guess at????so I am likely to be wrong, unfortuately when I first started I just grabbed plants when I could and did not pay attention to their names.

[tom]

Thanks Ill try to find some for mine. Thanks Tom