A nano tank layout featuring silent, 3.5L, by Thimanthi Lakshani. The hardscape focus sits on small drift wood.
Read the stone and wood (small drift wood) as visual pathways before judging the plant mass. The plant list (s.repens, lobelia, montecarlo, ludwigia rubin) favors background stem plants; packing the foreground too dense can make the tank feel heavy. black substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.
DIY light lighting sits at a approachable technical level for this nano tank. NO 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.
Livestock (no) fits this nano tank — prefer species that will not dig up the substrate and wreck hardscape lines.
Lighting, filtration, substrate, and plant details sit in the specs table below, or browse more layouts in Collection.
