A small aquarium layout featuring Where the Forest Breathes, 72 L (19.0 gal.), Aquatic Garden style, by Evandro Rinolfi Marin. The hardscape focus sits on Seiryu Stone
Dragon Wood.
Hardscape (Seiryu Stone
Dragon Wood) forms the skeleton — negative space between wood and stone guides the eye from foreground to depth. About 21 plant species are listed — fine for a multi-layer look, but keep a care log so slower species are not shaded out. Ada Power Sand S
Aqua Soil Amazonia V.2
Dune Sand PlantPro
Molinari Gravel PlantPro substrate helps stabilize root-zone nutrition in the early weeks.
Netlea AT5S – 45cm
Micmol Master 600 – 60cm lighting sits at a moderate-to-high technical level for this small aquarium. CO₂ (~ 45 ppm CO2, running 2 hours before lights on and turning off 1 hour before lights out
3 times per week using macros and micros, with 30% weekly water changes.) — see our CO₂ systems if you want to clone a similar setup. Seachem Tidal 110
Matrix
Purigen filtration needs enough turnovers without blasting the hardscape; browse matching filters.
Use the specs table as a shopping checklist for equivalent gear — then explore 55–80L.
