A small aquarium layout featuring A little forest, 40L, by José Luis Cátedra Martinez. Roca dragón y troncos de romero set the depth lines of the frame.
Hardscape (Roca dragón y troncos de romero) forms the skeleton — negative space between wood and stone guides the eye from foreground to depth. The plant list (hemianthus micranthemoides, rotala h´ra, staurogyne repens, bucephalandra biblis) favors slow-growing epiphytes; packing the foreground too dense can make the tank feel heavy. Vinilo substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.
Chihiros wrgb 2 – 8 horas lighting sits at a moderate-to-high technical level for this small aquarium. Filtosmart thermo 100 filtration needs enough turnovers without blasting the hardscape; browse matching filters.
Livestock (rasbora brigittae, neocaridina blue velvet) fits this small aquarium — prefer species that will not dig up the substrate and wreck hardscape lines.
Lighting, filtration, substrate, and plant details sit in the specs table below, or browse more layouts in 28–55L.
