A nano tank layout featuring spiritual inspiration, 36 L (9.5 gal.), Aquatic Garden style, by Erik Angel Ugaz davila. The hardscape focus sits on Darkscape stone, tree trunk wood, Everglades sand..
Hardscape (Darkscape stone, tree trunk wood, Everglades sand.) forms the skeleton — negative space between wood and stone guides the eye from foreground to depth. About 5 plant species are listed — fine for a multi-layer look, but keep a care log so slower species are not shaded out. Powervol base wio substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.
Chihiros serie A2 lighting sits at a high technical level for this nano tank. CO₂ (20 ppm CO2, running 2 hours before lights on and turning off 1 hour before lights out) — see our CO₂ systems if you want to clone a similar setup. Sun sun CBG-800S filtration needs enough turnovers without blasting the hardscape; browse matching filters. On nano tanks, ramp light intensity over the first 2–3 weeks to limit hair algae.
Lighting, filtration, substrate, and plant details sit in the specs table below, or browse more layouts in Under 28L.
