Finally got around to doing some tank stuff today and I snapped a few pics... its going to take about 6 more months to get it nice and full lol. Keep in mind this only has 8W of florescent light. Its hard to tell by the pics but the hairgrass is actually spreading... albeit very slowly. Also added the 'zepplin' heater back in to keep the temp a little more consistent overnight when the light isn't on.
I added a few sprigs of limnophila 'mini' to help control some of the algae growth since all I really have done to this is water topoffs. No dosing.
Still no life in there other than a few pesky hitchhiker trumpet snails... I'll catch them sooner or later.