Ancient
Forms naturally as various minerals accumulate over centuries, resulting in distinctive horizontal stripes, color variations, and a captivating shimmer when illuminated. Its versatile nature allows for the creation of various aquascapes through stacking and manipulation.
Ancient Pagoda
Known for its rugged shape and weathered texture, is a sought-after aquascaping stone that can give your tank a naturally ancient appearance. Its unique character and style make it a rare find in the US due to its sourcing challenges.
Ancient Petrified Wood
Formed by the layering of minerals over centuries, boasts distinctive horizontal striations and captivating color shifts. This versatile stone can be stacked and arranged to craft various aquascapes.
Arbor
A unique and characterful aquarium hardscape with an orange/reddish-brown color, white streaks, and a smooth, craterous appearance. It's ideal for creating cave-like structures that offer cover for small fish and invertebrates in your aquarium.
Ash
A versatile and striking hardscape element with a smooth gray and tan texture and creased detailing. Its holes (1-3 inches) are perfect for shrimp hiding spots and plant foundations. In aquascaping, it adds depth, realism, and tranquility, whether used to create natural riverbeds or as unique focal points. Stones vary in shape and size, typically ranging from 3 to 10 inches.
Black Lava
A porous hardscape, ideal for aquarium setups, especially planted tanks. It's great for attaching plants, promoting beneficial bacteria growth, and adding character to your aquascape.
Black Lava Cave
Black Lava Rock is a versatile and porous stone used in various aquarium setups. These pre-drilled pieces provide hiding spots for fish, opportunities for easy plant attachment, and create a habitat for beneficial bacteria, contributing to a healthier aquarium.
Black Lava Mound
These Black Lava Rock mound pieces feature pre-cut holes for added character, resting places for small fauna, and plant attachment points. Mix and match these pieces with regular Black Lava Rock to create your ideal aquascape.
Black Mountain Seiryu
A darker variation of the popular Seiryu stone, featuring a deep grey, almost blueish tone. Its craggy texture and intricate details make it ideal for crafting natural-looking aquascapes.
Black River Slate
A less common hardscape choice in the planted aquarium hobby. These dark gray to black flat stones are versatile for creating cave structures, paths, or as a base for intricate driftwood layouts.
Black Slate
An aquascaping stone with deep black and grey hues, suitable for stacking, creating structures, caves, and pathways in aquariums. It's also perfect for attaching aquarium mosses for added aesthetics.
Black Star
A type of aquarium hardscape rock that has a rounded shape and a smoother texture than other lava rocks
Blood
Features a smooth, glossy texture and a rich red color, making it a striking addition to any planted aquarium. Its bold aesthetic creates a visually stunning underwater landscape. Versatile for various setups, Blood Stone is perfect for rock formations and gentle enough for tanks with delicate fish.
Blue Seiryu
A striking and darker bluish-grey version of the well-loved Seiryu stone. It features attractive white veins, making it a standout choice for aquascaping with colorful aquarium plants.
Boutique Seiryu
A selection of the finest Seiryu stones, featuring the most attractive and detailed pieces handpicked for aquascaping.
Boutique Seiryu Accent
The smallest whole pieces from Boutique Seiryu, are essential for creating lifelike hardscape layouts, adding depth and realism to your aquascape. They are perfect for nano or pico tanks. Boutique Seiryu represents the finest stones, carefully selected for their detail and desirable features, ensuring the highest quality in your aquascape.
Brook
A new aquarium rock with a deep grey tone and white striations, similar to popular stones like Ryuoh and Seiryu. Its jagged texture adds character to the planted aquarium, making it suitable for creating Iwagumi style aquascapes.
Burmese Petrified Wood
A fossilized remains of trees, with organic materials replaced by minerals over millions of years. Sourced from Myanmar, this striking stone is perfect for creating beautiful underwater landscapes in a planted aquarium.
Canyon Rock
Beige to brownish stones that are often used in aquascaping. They are rugged and have layers, which is why they are sometimes called "pagoda". Canyon rocks can slightly harden aquarium water due to their calcium content, but this effect can be counteracted by changing at least 50% of the water per week.
Dark Blue Slate
With its flat profile and deep color, is ideal for aquascaping. It can form a solid base for driftwood, be stacked for canyon effects, or used as an accent. Available in various LB packs, it suits different tank sizes and preferences. Additionally, it's perfect for terrariums, paludariums, and similar enclosures.
Dark Pagoda
Named for its rugged, textured layers formed over thousands of years, is a highly sought-after and unique aquascaping stone, often rare in the US due to sourcing challenges. When used in aquascaping, it can create a dramatic, naturally ancient look and feel in your tank.
Dragon (Ohko)
A beloved choice in the planted aquarium hobby, known for its unique texture resembling dragon scales. This lightweight stone, with its brown to golden yellow tones, contrasts beautifully with green aquarium plants. It's ideal for anchoring plants and mosses and provides shelter for fish and shrimp. Its natural shape suits aquascapes, but it can be broken into smaller pieces for various tank applications.
Dragon Accent
An aquascaping rock known for its unique scale-like texture and a range of colors. Its clay-like composition is ideal for aquatic plants to self-attach, and it won't impact your water chemistry, making it a popular choice for aquarium layouts.
Elephant Skin
Also known as Seegebirge Stone, is a popular aquascaping material with a unique texture and light color tone. It features a soft, rounded appearance and is ideal for aquariums with delicate-finned livestock.
Fire
A warm-toned, textured aquascaping stone that works well for creating rock-based layouts or as a foundation for driftwood. Its serrated texture provides attachment points for aquatic plants and mosses.
Gobi Desert
A smooth-textured aquarium hardscape with a light grayish-cream color and distinct layered patterns. Ideal for canyon-style aquascapes, it enhances the colors of aquarium plants, fish, and shrimp.
Goliath
A versatile aquarium stone that can be used for many aquascaping styles. It has a mix of brown and grey tones and a textured surface that's good for the greening method. Goliath stone is more rounded than other popular aquascaping stones, making it a good choice for planted tanks with livestock that have sensitive fins.
Grey River Slate
These flat stones are ideal for stacking, gluing together, or providing stability under driftwood layouts. They can also be used for paths and accented with aquatic mosses like Riccia, Pellia, and Fissidens.
Hakkai
Also known as Pa-Hai Stone, is a rare and sought-after aquascaping stone, distinguished by its unique blue, grey, and green hues. Its smooth, rounded shape and natural grooves, earned it the nickname "Bug Eaten Stone." Highly coveted, this stone is rare due to years of natural erosion, making it perfect for river-style aquariums and Iwagumi layouts. It pairs well with delicate aquatic plant species for a serene aquascape.
Icelandic Lava
A relative of Lava Rock, offers a porous yet slightly denser texture with added detail and character, making it ideal for mountain-style aquascapes and popular styles like Iwagumi and Pond-style layouts. Its rough surface is great for attaching moss and epiphytic plants.
Jade
A unique and eye-catching hardscape with vibrant emerald green and light orange-red speckling. Perfect for creating distinctive aquascapes and adding a touch of color to your aquarium, it's an ideal choice for those looking to stand out in the planted tank hobby.
Lagoon
A porous aquarium hardscape with a variety of colors, including grey, white, and black. Its rough texture is perfect for attaching mosses and epiphytic plants, but it should be used with care in tanks with sensitive-finned fish like Betta.
Manten
A highly sought-after aquascaping stone with rugged edges, unique textures, and natural color tones, making it ideal for creating realistic planted aquarium layouts. Its various cracks and textures are perfect for adding aquarium moss and the greening technique to enhance the tank's character and maturity.
Maple Leaf
A reddish-brown hardscape with a unique web-like texture, creating vivid color contrasts in a planted aquarium.
Marsh
Similar to Hakkai Stone, is a versatile, light grey aquarium hardscape with hints of cream and white. Its rounded yet grooved texture makes it ideal for attaching mosses and epiphytic plants, making it suitable for classic Iwagumi layouts or as a base for driftwood in community freshwater tanks.
Mountain
A lightweight and porous aquascaping stone, perfect for attaching mosses and epiphytic plants. Its jagged shape allows for easy stacking, making it ideal for creating cliff-style aquascapes.
Petrified Wood
Is formed when trees or plants are fossilized over millions of years, with their organic material replaced by minerals, resulting in a beautiful stone.
Prism
A visually striking aquarium hardscape featuring a mix of white, cream, orange, and brown hues, making it ideal for aquascapes that stand out. Its rounded edges and smooth surfaces ensure compatibility with delicate aquatic life, and it comes in various sizes for diverse applications in your tank.
Red Lava
A porous aquascaping stone commonly used in planted and African Cichlid tanks. Its porosity allows for use in aquarium filtration, providing surface area for beneficial bacteria to colonize.
Red Petrified Wood
A unique hardscape featuring the fossilized remains of wood with a distinctive red hue, textured appearance, and grain patterns reminiscent of the original tree. Ideal for creating canyon and mountain-style aquascapes, it adds a touch of natural beauty to your aquarium.
Red Slate
An aquarium-safe, pre-soaked, and artistically chosen metamorphic rock that won't affect water pH or hardness. Its unique shapes and sizes are handpicked for an eye-catching aquarium layout.
Rhino
A premium-quality stone with a neutral grey tone and versatile design, making it ideal for a wide range of aquascaping styles and aquatic plants. Its natural texture and shape allow for the creation of various underwater landscapes.
Sand
A hardscape with a weathered appearance and layers, creating the effect of aged stone. Its yellowish cream color provides an attractive backdrop for aquatic plants and animals, making it perfect for canyon-style aquascapes.
Striped River
A smooth, rounded stone with a striated pattern of white, grey, brown, and orange tones, lending it a natural look. Its texture is ideal for planted aquariums housing delicate fish. It's also perfect for river-style aquascape layouts, especially when paired with simple aquatic plant species. Its natural appearance complements aquatic plant foregrounds or cosmetic sand.
White Elephant Skin
A variation of Elephant Skin Stone, a rare stone with a texture similar to elephant skin. White Elephant Skin Stone is a mix of cream and beige tones, while Elephant Skin Stone is usually gray. Both types of stone are heavily textured with indentations.
Wolf
An aquarium hardscape with a jagged texture, varying color tones, and porous surface, making it great for attaching aquatic plants and promoting beneficial bacteria growth. It pairs well with mosses and other aquatic plants, offering an aged and balanced look for your aquarium.
Ep 1: The Ultum Nature System - UNS 120P Aquarium Hardscape Layout