23 - 15/11/2024, 10:00

Jade Cascades

A small aquarium layout featuring Jade Cascades, 75 L, by Chantz Cramer. The composition is built around Serpentine stone (Barr stone) with Swamp Cedar.

Read the stone and wood (Serpentine stone (Barr stone), Swamp Cedar) as visual pathways before judging the plant mass. On the plant side, the layout leans toward slow-growing epiphytes with species such as Anubias barteri petite round, Anubias nana petite, Anubias nana petite — trim in layers so hardscape still breathes. Oase ScaperSoil, UNS Controsand substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.

WeekAqua p-600 lighting sits at a approachable technical level for this small aquarium. Oase Biomaster 600 Thermo 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 55–80L.

Setup specifications

Layout nameJade Cascades
Volume75 L
LightingWeekAqua p-600
FiltrationOase Biomaster 600 Thermo
PlantsAnubias barteri petite round, Anubias nana petite, Anubias nana petite, Anubias jade, Anubias pangolino, Anubias nana petite ‘thai’, Bucephalandra unknown Sp (x3), Bucephalandra Sp green wavy Marble, Cryptocoryne parva, dipolis diandra, Eriocaulon Sp ‘mato grosso’, Vallisneria nana, Eleocharis Sp ‘Murphy Grass’, Riccardia chamedryfolia, Fissidens fontanus, Vesicularia Montagnei, Hymenasplenium obscurum
Live stockGarra flavatra, Danio margaritatus, Blue Ramshorn snails
HardscapeSerpentine stone (Barr stone), Swamp Cedar
BackgroundAqua Rocks Colorado lightscreen
SubstrateOase ScaperSoil, UNS Controsand

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