A large aquarium layout featuring Golden Hour, 180L, by Kevin Chuang. The composition is built around Dragon wood and seiryu stone.
The hardscape with Dragon wood and seiryu stone sets the rhythm; planting should support those lines without burying them. The plant list (Anubias Nana Petite) favors slow-growing epiphytes; packing the foreground too dense can make the tank feel heavy. LED light screen substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.
ADA solar RGB lighting sits at a moderate-to-high technical level for this large aquarium. Oase Biomaster 600 filtration needs enough turnovers without blasting the hardscape; browse matching filters.
Livestock (Green neon tetras) fits this large aquarium — prefer species that will not dig up the substrate and wreck hardscape lines.
Setup notes: Golden hour is the first hour after sunrise in the early morning. I wish to convey an underwater world that is very close to the surface of the water, where life is abundant. Whilst we do not know what happens above this river, under the waters surface all living beings co-exist in a beautiful and lush ecosystem. The fallen log, along with its broken pieces are now home to plants, fish and shrimp – providing shelter and a medium for mother nature to work her magic. Over time plants and mosses attach to the log and fish readily spawn in between the plants.
Lighting, filtration, substrate, and plant details sit in the specs table below, or browse more layouts in 162–220L.
