27 - 15/11/2024, 10:00

Reserved forest

A planted aquarium layout featuring Reserved forest, 360(L) L, by Jelantoi Jelantoi Lantoi. The hardscape focus sits on driftwood, sea cypress roots, river rocks.

The hardscape with driftwood sets the rhythm; planting should support those lines without burying them. On the plant side, the layout leans toward mosses and epiphytes with species such as Weping moss, Weping moss tropicana, Flame moss — trim in layers so hardscape still breathes. Activated carbon charcoal,pumice,bio ball,larva rock,soil fluval substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.

Week Aqua p600 x2 lighting sits at a approachable technical level for this planted aquarium. Ejet 3388 x2 plus skimmer sunsun 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 Collection.

Setup specifications

Layout nameReserved forest
Volume360(L) L
LightingWeek Aqua p600 x2
FiltrationEjet 3388 x2 plus skimmer sunsun
PlantsWeping moss, Weping moss tropicana, Flame moss, Christmas moss, Mini Christmas, Mini fissiden, Mini hairgrass, Monte Carlo, Dwarf hairgrass, Marsilea quadrifolia, Glosostigma elatinoides, Pogostemon gayi, Pogostemon stelatus, Hydrocotyle verticillata, Hydrophila pinnadifida, Echinodorus tenellus, Vallisneria nana, Needle leaf fern, Bolbitis difformis, Bolbitis heudelotti, Cryptocoryne, Bucep palandra, Limnophila aromatica, Ludwigia arcuata, Rotala blood red, Rotala green, Didiplis diandra.
Live stockBlackline tetra
Hardscapedriftwood, sea cypress roots, river rocks, rock larvae, rio colorado sand size (m)
BackgroundSticker Transparent
SubstrateActivated carbon charcoal, pumice, bio ball, larva rock, soil fluval

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