A small aquarium layout featuring Nature garden, 81 L, by Tim Dieks. The hardscape focus sits on Azalearoot, Elderlystone, gravel.
Hardscape (Azalearoot, Elderlystone, gravel) forms the skeleton — negative space between wood and stone guides the eye from foreground to depth. The plant list (Rotala, bucephalandra, anubias, hygrophila pinnatifida) favors slow-growing epiphytes; packing the foreground too dense can make the tank feel heavy. Colombo substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.
Chihiros wrgb slim 60 lighting sits at a moderate-to-high technical level for this small aquarium. Oase biomaster 350 filtration needs enough turnovers without blasting the hardscape; browse matching filters.
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