A mid-size aquarium layout featuring Nature Unleashed, 98L, by Guillermo Barrientos. The composition is built around Rocks and woods recolected by myself.
Hardscape (Rocks and woods recolected by myself) forms the skeleton — negative space between wood and stone guides the eye from foreground to depth. The plant list ("Banana plant" (Nymphoides aquatica), Aponogeton crispus red, green and "red x green", Bucephalandras sp) favors slow-growing epiphytes; packing the foreground too dense can make the tank feel heavy. backlit opaque background substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.
2 chihiros A601 and 1 Dophin 1090 rgb lighting sits at a moderate-to-high technical level for this mid-size aquarium. Fluval 207 + Sunsun hw 603b filtration needs enough turnovers without blasting the hardscape; browse matching filters.
Livestock (7 tetra federal (Aphyocharax rathbuni)) fits this mid-size aquarium — prefer species that will not dig up the substrate and wreck hardscape lines.
Setup notes: substrate based in mix of clay-peat-humus and gravel, changes of water 40-50% weekly, automatic fertilization with peristaltic pumps, presurized co2
Lighting, filtration, substrate, and plant details sit in the specs table below, or browse more layouts in 80–162L.
