Frondsmith

The bones of a beautiful tank.

Modular hardscape designed to disappear. Caves and stone for the planted aquarium.

A cave shouldn't decorate a tank. It should belong to it. Frondsmith makes modular hardscape — architectural refuge built for nature aquariums, planted tanks, and the fish that live inside them.

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Caves & hides

Hideout Driftwood

$23

Roman Cave

$34

The Basalt Bluff

$19

The Biological Fragment

$14

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Build the scape.

Most aquascapes take more than one piece. Buy two and save 10%. Three or more, save 15%. Applied automatically at checkout.

2 pieces — 10% off 3+ pieces — 15% off

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Why Frondsmith

Made for the tank, not for the shelf.

Modular by design

Every piece is sized to work alongside others. Stack them, space them, build formations. Three pieces read as one.

Inert and shrimp-safe

Dense resin and fired ceramic. Neutral pH, no leachate. Tested in soft and hard water. Safe for Caridina, Neocaridina, and sensitive biotopes.

Designed by aquascapers

Built for the Apistogramma keeper and planted-tank hobbyist. Proportions that work at 60 cm. Textures that invite moss and Anubias.

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In the wild

Nature layout, 60 cm. Cryptocoryne wendtii, Anubias nana petite.

South American blackwater biotope. Apistogramma cacatuoides pair.

Shrimp nano tank with The Geometric Refuge

Caridina sp. "Blue Bolt". 30 cm cube, ADA Amazonia.

SE Asian stream biotope with Hideout Driftwood

SE Asian shallow stream. Cryptocoryne, rasbora school.

About

Hardscape that wants to disappear.

We don't decorate aquariums. We compose them. The pieces are the bones — the plants and fish bring it to life. Every piece is designed to look like geology that was always there.

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