Hi everyone,
As some might have seen this thread "Thanks to UKAPS" I have an empty tank in my living room for quite a while


Over the last couple of years I have been obtaining all the equipment I wanted on bargain hunters (eBay), now that I have all the pieces I decided to finally make it happen. (missus was fed up with an empty tank in the living room and since I had the rocks and hardscape in there over some Akadama for a long time people that came over kept asking if I had a snake in there
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This is the Evolution Aqua Aquascaper 900 tank, a little photo shoot I did one day while I was bored with looking at the tank.
Really good quality glass and cabinet, at the time I got it was pretty new in the market but now a lot of you have it also
Also got a Twinstar 900E LED unit, again this at the time was one of the first in the UK but since its old news lol
Full Equipment List:
Aquascaper 900 Aquarium and cabinet (90x50x45cm) around 180l
Twinstar E900 LED Light + with timer/dimmer controller
Eheim Professional 3e 600T Thermofilter
Borneo Wild Metal Lily pipe set (also have glass lily's but decided to use the metal)
CO2 Dual Gauge Regular and Solenoid (with 5Kg FE)
ADA Pollen Glass Beetle 300 CO2 Diffuser (decided not to use the Aquamedic 1000 reactor or inline reactor)
GHL 4 pump auto doser, 2 litre fert container with magnetic stirrer (why not
)
Will be using a formula based on the standard EI with some tweaks to dose enough K but not too much nitrite.
Mixture is calculated to dose 50ml per day which should last around 40 days.
Hardscape:
Thanks to @Piece-of-fish (His Facebook Page)
Manzanita wood
Pagoda stone
Tropica Soil back and bottom layer
Tropica Soil Powder for front and top layer
Plant List:
Thanks to @Piece-of-fish (His Facebook Page)
Rotala rotundifolia Green
Rotala rotundifolia 'Orange Juice'
Rotala species 'Yao Yai'
Ludwigia brevipes
Ludwigia ovalis
Juncus repens
Cryptocoryne beckettii
Cryptocoryne legroi
Bolbitis heudelotii
Bolbitis Rare Dwarf Species
Bucephalandra wavy green
Bucephalandra Theia
Bucephalandra sp. Red Tropica
Microsorum pteropus 'Needle Lead'
Microsorum trident
Anubias barteri var nana
Anubias barteri var nana Pangolino
Anubias barteri var nana bonzai
Anubias barteri var nana 'Paxing'
Lilaeopsis 'Novea-Zealandiae'
Eleocharis sp. 'Mini'
Taiwan Moss
In the end might have gone a little too crazy with the stems! Let see how it goes, might add some extras here and there as time goes by and see what works best, most of these plants I have also not tried before, fun and games ahead
, I haven't done this in a long time and still a noob! My 7 year long planted tank journal I was using plain gravel! 

As some might have seen this thread "Thanks to UKAPS" I have an empty tank in my living room for quite a while
Over the last couple of years I have been obtaining all the equipment I wanted on bargain hunters (eBay), now that I have all the pieces I decided to finally make it happen. (missus was fed up with an empty tank in the living room and since I had the rocks and hardscape in there over some Akadama for a long time people that came over kept asking if I had a snake in there
This is the Evolution Aqua Aquascaper 900 tank, a little photo shoot I did one day while I was bored with looking at the tank.
Really good quality glass and cabinet, at the time I got it was pretty new in the market but now a lot of you have it also
Also got a Twinstar 900E LED unit, again this at the time was one of the first in the UK but since its old news lol
Full Equipment List:
Aquascaper 900 Aquarium and cabinet (90x50x45cm) around 180l
Twinstar E900 LED Light + with timer/dimmer controller
Eheim Professional 3e 600T Thermofilter
Borneo Wild Metal Lily pipe set (also have glass lily's but decided to use the metal)
CO2 Dual Gauge Regular and Solenoid (with 5Kg FE)
ADA Pollen Glass Beetle 300 CO2 Diffuser (decided not to use the Aquamedic 1000 reactor or inline reactor)
GHL 4 pump auto doser, 2 litre fert container with magnetic stirrer (why not
Will be using a formula based on the standard EI with some tweaks to dose enough K but not too much nitrite.
Mixture is calculated to dose 50ml per day which should last around 40 days.
Hardscape:
Thanks to @Piece-of-fish (His Facebook Page)
Manzanita wood
Pagoda stone
Tropica Soil back and bottom layer
Tropica Soil Powder for front and top layer
Plant List:
Thanks to @Piece-of-fish (His Facebook Page)
Rotala rotundifolia Green
Rotala rotundifolia 'Orange Juice'
Rotala species 'Yao Yai'
Ludwigia brevipes
Ludwigia ovalis
Juncus repens
Cryptocoryne beckettii
Cryptocoryne legroi
Bolbitis heudelotii
Bolbitis Rare Dwarf Species
Bucephalandra wavy green
Bucephalandra Theia
Bucephalandra sp. Red Tropica
Microsorum pteropus 'Needle Lead'
Microsorum trident
Anubias barteri var nana
Anubias barteri var nana Pangolino
Anubias barteri var nana bonzai
Anubias barteri var nana 'Paxing'
Lilaeopsis 'Novea-Zealandiae'
Eleocharis sp. 'Mini'
Taiwan Moss
In the end might have gone a little too crazy with the stems! Let see how it goes, might add some extras here and there as time goes by and see what works best, most of these plants I have also not tried before, fun and games ahead