A mid-size aquarium layout featuring Lush Haven (AGA 2023 #509), 165L, by Roberto Villalobos Sánchez. The planting revolves around Micranthemum 'Monte Carlo'.
The plant list (Micranthemum 'Monte Carlo') favors foreground carpeting; packing the foreground too dense can make the tank feel heavy. White wall substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.
Twinstar III 900 sp lighting sits at a moderate-to-high technical level for this mid-size aquarium. Delta 120 UNS filtration needs enough turnovers without blasting the hardscape; browse matching filters.
Lighting, filtration, substrate, and plant details sit in the specs table below, or browse more layouts in 162–220L.
