A small aquarium layout featuring Gratitude, 53 L, by Jeffrey Miotke. The composition is built around Serpentine Stone collected in Sierra Nevada Mountains.
The hardscape with Serpentine Stone collected in Sierra Nevada Mountains sets the rhythm; planting should support those lines without burying them. The plant list (Rotala rotundifolia Green, Rotala rotundifolia H’ra, Hemianthus micranthemoides, Micranthemum callitrichoides ‘) favors background stem plants; packing the foreground too dense can make the tank feel heavy. Aquasoil, fine white sand substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.
Two RGB LEDs lighting sits at a moderate-to-high technical level for this small aquarium. Cannister Filter filtration needs enough turnovers without blasting the hardscape; browse matching filters.
With Trigonostigma espei, neocaradinia shrimp, watch bioload: a small aquarium drifts quickly if stocking is heavy.
Lighting, filtration, substrate, and plant details sit in the specs table below, or browse more layouts in 28–55L.
