A mid-size aquarium layout featuring Aurora Borealis, 150 L, by Aniket Mukherjee. The hardscape focus sits on Seiryu stone.
Hardscape (Seiryu stone) forms the skeleton — negative space between wood and stone guides the eye from foreground to depth. The plant list (Dwarf hair grass, Hemianthus tweediei ‘, Monte carlo’, lilaeopsis brasiliensis) favors foreground carpeting; packing the foreground too dense can make the tank feel heavy. Tropica aqua soil, pumice stone, black lava chips, aquatic remedies river sand. substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.
Tech n Aqua wrgb 90w lighting sits at a moderate-to-high technical level for this mid-size aquarium. Sunsun 302B filtration needs enough turnovers without blasting the hardscape; browse matching filters.
Livestock (Rummynose, Cardinal tetra, Otocinclus) fits this mid-size 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 80–162L.
