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Dream garden

A small aquarium layout featuring Dream garden, 88L L, by Charles William Filart. Standout plants include Lobelia cardinalis, ammania pedicellata golden(nasaea golden), Staurugyne repens green.

The plant list (Lobelia cardinalis, ammania pedicellata golden(nasaea golden), Staurugyne repens green, Ludwigia super red mini) favors background stem plants; packing the foreground too dense can make the tank feel heavy. TCFM ecosoil substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.

Hikari 6d lighting sits at a approachable technical level for this small aquarium. sunsun 603b, sunsun surface skimmer filtration needs enough turnovers without blasting the hardscape; browse matching filters. Low-tech tip: favor slow growers and avoid dense planting if filtration is modest.

Lighting, filtration, substrate, and plant details sit in the specs table below, or browse more layouts in 80–162L.

Setup specifications

Layout nameDream garden
Volume88L L
LightingHikari 6d
Filtrationsunsun 603b, sunsun surface skimmer
PlantsLobelia cardinalis, ammania pedicellata golden(nasaea golden), Staurugyne repens green, Ludwigia super red mini, Rotala ramosoir florida, Hyptiz lorentziana, Rotala h’ra, Bacopa salzamanii, Blyxa japonica, Limnophila sessiliflora(Ambulia), Pearlweed, Ludwigia arcuata, Rotala macrandra narrow leaf, Rotala macrandra variegated, Rotala mexicana bangladesh, Ludwigia pantanal, Rotala ceylon
Live stockotocinclus catfish, neocaridina shrimps
BackgroundBlack Sticker Background
SubstrateTCFM ecosoil

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