A large aquarium layout featuring flower of abyss, 182L, by Pavlos Exadaktylos. The hardscape focus sits on rocks and woods collected from mountains.
Hardscape (rocks and woods collected from mountains) forms the skeleton — negative space between wood and stone guides the eye from foreground to depth. The plant list (Nesaea pedicellata Golden, Eleocharis mini, Rotala macrandra, Riccardia chamedryfolia) favors background stem plants; packing the foreground too dense can make the tank feel heavy.
Twinstar 900EA lighting sits at a moderate-to-high technical level for this large aquarium. Eheim professional +4 350 filtration needs enough turnovers without blasting the hardscape; browse matching filters.
Livestock (Inpaichthys kerri-blue, clithon corona, sae) fits this large 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 162–220L.
