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the concrete utopia

A large aquarium layout featuring the concrete utopia, 182 L (48.1 gal.), Aquatic Garden style, by soung bin im. The composition is built around cement concrete.

Read the stone and wood (cement concrete) as visual pathways before judging the plant mass. About 23 plant species are listed — fine for a multi-layer look, but keep a care log so slower species are not shaded out. Neo No co2 soil, sand substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.

PLANT LIGHT SDLAR 900 lighting sits at a moderate-to-high technical level for this large aquarium. CO₂ (high-pressure co2 / 4 drops per second) — see our CO₂ systems if you want to clone a similar setup. 7W side filter, Netlea 26W filtration needs enough turnovers without blasting the hardscape; browse matching filters.

Lighting, filtration, substrate, and plant details sit in the specs table below, or browse more layouts in 162–220L.

Setup specifications

Filtration7W side filter, Netlea 26W
CO2high-pressure co2 / 4 drops per second
LightingPLANT LIGHT SDLAR 900
SubstrateNeo No co2 soil, sand
Hardscapecement concrete
BackgroundWhite Formax
StyleAquatic Garden
Dimensions90x45x45 cm
Volume182 L (48.1 gal.)
Plant Species23
Fish Species3

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