Here is my Evolve 4 planted tank!!!!

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Finally got everything to get my Aqueon Evolve 4 nano tank up and running on the right path. Set it up 3 days ago, and here's a listing of everything...

Tank - Aqueon Evolve 4
Lighting - 10" Finnex FugeRay LED
Heating - 25w Fluval compact heater
Substrate - 3" ADA Aqua Soil Amazonia w/ a small path of play sand

For my plant list I bought those Topfin packaged plants (not the tube plants)

Staurogyne Repens
Green Cryptocoryne Wendtii
Cryptocoryne Balansae
Dwarf Hairgrass
and 2 Blyxa japonica from my 45 gallon long tank


I had it set up before, but with dirt... I got the 10" Finnex FugeRay a couple weeks ago, and last week I ordered the ADA Aqua Soil. I already had the driftwood just sitting around, so today I finally decided to use it.

The first set of pictures were taken right after I first set up the tank with aqua soil.

Some new pics of the tank with clear water that were taken yesterday!

Then yesterday I decided to order another 10" Finnex FugeRay LED for this tank, because I plan to re-scape the entire tank, and add a few more Staurogyne Repens, and some Sunset Hygrophila to the tank, just waiting for the guy to trade me the plants for a 3/4lb Macro/Micro mix from AquariumFertilizer.com . . . Then today I Just re-scaped the entire tank to make more room for the plants, and I ordered the following plants for the tank.

8x Ceylon hygrophyla
5x Ludwigia Repens
5x Myrio Mattogrosense
5x Pearl Weed (Hemianthus micranthemoides)
5x Dwarf Sagittaria
3x Didiplis Diandra
3x Lindernia Variegated
1x Christmas Moss (1/2 golf ball size)
1x Java Moss (golf ball size)
1x Cryptocoryne Retrospiralis
1x Bronze Crypt
1x Java Fern Lace OR Java Fern

I'm also thinking of getting a injection co2 system, 10lb co2 cylinder, and a Milwaukee MA957 regulator. This co2 system should last me around 3-4 years lol!!! I should have more pictures tomorrow once the water has cleared back up from the re-scape.

 

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Here's a breakdown of everything I did... I moved the Cryptocoryne Balansae to the back left corner, I moved the Creeping Charlie (Micromeria Brownei) to the back right corner, moved the 3 Green Cryptocoryne Wendtii bunches in front of the driftwood, I moved all of the Staurogyne Repens to the front left corner, moved 1 of the Blyxa japonica right next to Wendtii in front of the driftwood. and replanted the Dwarf Hairgrass in smaller bunches in the right front corner.

1 of the Blyxa japonica died, and the 1 do have is slowly coming back (I never could figure out how to keep blyxa japonica from dying lol). But with this new re-scape it opened up so much more room for more plants. Pics 3 & 4 show the available room for more plants.


Here's the pictures of the re-scape!!!!

 

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Here's the newest pictures of the tank!!! I'm almost done planting this tank just waiting for my shipment of Lilaeopsis sp. to replace the dwarf hairgrass, then the only thing left is to get a co2 injection system.

 

[Pole]

whats the livestock?

 

[Etan]

Your little path is really cool.

 

[xxUnRaTeDxxRkOxx]

Your little path is really cool.

Thanks!

No livestock at this point because the tank is still cycling, and because of the ammonia that ADA aqua soil is known for. But here's my intended stocking list...

4 - Celestial Pearl Danio
3 - Otocinclus Alae Eater
12 - Ghost Shrimp