The result of arguably the most prestigious aquascaping contest is released on 28th July, with total 1603 participants, this contest has become tougher than ever. Following are the ranking of the top 27 tanks:
1. Long Tran Hoang VIETNAM
2. Xue Hai TAIWAN
3. Dmitriy Parshin RUSSIA
4. Cliff Hui HONG KONG
5. Fa Loy Lee MALAYSIA
6. Koji Kogure JAPAN
7. Chow Wai Sun HONG KONG
8. Yuji Yoshinaga JAPAN
9. Wai Hung Tony Wong HONG KONG
10. Eriko Kanno JAPAN
11. Hidekazu Tsukiji JAPAN
12. May Kwan HONG KONG
13. Takayuki Fukada JAPAN
14. Chow Wing Ki HONG KONG
15. Wang Chao CHINA
16. Timucin Sagel TURKEY
17. K.P. Wong HONG KONG
18. Luis Carlos Galarraga BRAZIL
19. Toshifumi Watanabe JAPAN
20. Robert Oei SINGAPORE
21. Johs Sim MALAYSIA
22. Pasquale Buonpane ITALY
23. Wei Cheong Chung MALAYSIA
24. Zhang Jian Feng MACAU
25. Abdullah Tezer TURKEY
26. Truo Thinh Ngo VIETNAM
27. Ng Wai Kwong HONG KONG
Congratulations to the top wining tanks and their creators
Full result can be downloaded in pdf format from the link below
English: http://en.iaplc.com/results11/pdf/ranking2011e.pdf
Japanese/Chinese: http://en.iaplc.com/results11/pdf/ranking2011j.pdf .
The Aquatic Gardeners Association is proud to announce our 12th International Aquascaping Contest!! This event is an opportunity for all aquascapers, from the beginner hobbyist to the professional, to display and share their art with others around the world.
New this year: In an effort to stimulate worldwide economic recovery, there will be NO ENTRY FEE for 2011!
All that is required are 1 - 5 photos of your aquarium, a simple entry form, and a signed photo release. You can enter entirely online. We will display all entries permanently on the AGA's web site. You can also choose to have your tank entered in the 2012 Aqua Design Amano contest at the same time.
Winners will receive ribbons and cash awards.
Closing date for entries: September 25
Winners announced: November 18
This contest just keeps growing and growing and growing! So fluff the plants, snap those photos, and enter your aquascape in the AGA contest to share with aquatic gardeners and artists around the world!
We'd like to thank Jen Williams for the beautiful graphics and the advertisement for The Aquatic Gardener.
We are recruiting volunteers to help with online promotion of the contest. If you regularly visit forums or aquarium-related Facebook pages, and can spend an hour posting online, please contact cheryl @ dustyuniverse.com. Also, if you have a blog or web site, please download a web banner and link. This contest cannot be a success without folks who contribute a little of their time and effort.
Also, if you or your company is interested in sponsoring the AGA aquascaping contest, we would be grateful for donations to offset the cost of the cash awards, which are numerous. Sponsors have their company logo and web site link printed in The Aquatic Gardener and featured prominently on the AGA showcase web site.
Please e-mail us if you need more information. Contest Technical Coordinator Erik Olson (erik @ thekrib.com) is happy to answer any questions about the web site or electronic entry process. For general questions, please contact Cheryl @ dustyuniverse.com.
Good Luck and Happy 'Scaping!
Cheryl Rogers
AGA Contest Chair
source: http://showcase.aquatic-gardeners.org/2011.cgi
New Tips added (Feb 25, 2011)
Drop Checker in Planted Aquarium
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IAPLC 2011 - The whole most prestigous aquascaping competition is here ! (Feb 20, 2011)
The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest 2011 is here again! Ever being inspired by the grand champion creation in 2010 and think you can do better? Don't wait, don't hide! Submit your entry this year and let the world know you! For competition details, please click here to visit the official website.
Russia Open Aquatic Plants Layout Contest 2011 is now "OPEN"! (Feb 20, 2011)
The Russia Open Aquatic Plants Layout Contest 2011 is now open. For competition details, please here to visit the official website.
AquaScaping WORLD Competition is now OPEN! (Dec 22, 2010)
Aquascaping WORLD Competition (ASWC) is now open and accepting entries!
URL: www.aquascapingworld.com/competition
Entry deadline: March 31, 2011
Contact: aswc@aquascapingworld.com
New Gallery 2010- Tunnel of Light by William Ng (Oct 31, 2010)
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New Gallery 2010- Beyond Darkness by Robertus (Oct 07, 2010)
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The result of arguably the most prestigious aquascaping contest is released on 10 August, with a record breaking 1819 participants in total, this contest has become tougher than ever. Following are the ranking of the top 27 tanks:
|
Rank |
Name |
Country |
|
1 |
Pavel Bautin |
RUSSIA |
|
2 |
Zhang Jian Feng |
MACAU |
|
3 |
Xuan Thuy Nguyen Thi |
VIETNAM |
|
4 |
Yutaka Kanno |
JAPAN |
|
5 |
Zeng Qing Jun |
CHINA |
|
6 |
CHEN I SHENG |
TAIWAN |
|
7 |
Grigoriy Polishchuk |
UKRAINE |
|
8 |
Long Tran Hoang |
VIETNAM |
|
9 |
K.P.Wong |
HONG KONG |
|
10 |
Li Da Wei |
CHINA |
|
11 |
Wang Chao |
CHINA |
|
12 |
May Kwan |
HONG KONG |
|
13 |
Chonladar Rattanawichien |
THAILAND |
|
14 |
Zheng Ren Chao |
CHINA |
|
15 |
Quoc Hung Vu |
VIETNAM |
|
16 |
Kazutaka Murase |
JAPAN |
|
17 |
Koji Nakamura |
JAPAN |
|
18 |
Chow Wai Sun |
HONG KONG |
|
19 |
Lin Ting Quan |
TAIWAN |
|
20 |
Gary Wu |
HONG KONG |
|
21 |
Jiang Wei |
CHINA |
|
22 |
Michael G.W.Wong |
HONG KONG |
|
23 |
Hironori Handa |
JAPAN |
|
24 |
Lee Do Jae |
KOREA |
|
25 |
Junichi Itakura |
JAPAN |
|
26 |
Takehiko Honoki |
JAPAN |
|
27 |
Minako Hara |
JAPAN |
Congratulations to the top wining tanks and their creators
It has not been a particularly good year for aquascaper from Malaysia and Singapore, as compare to last year’s result where we have 3 tanks in the top 27, this year’s result is quite pale in comparison. Following are the tanks from Malaysia and Singapore in the top 100:
#38 Yee Guan Sian (Malaysia)
#46 Chung Wei Cheong (Malaysia)
#52 Joel TL Tai (Malaysia)
#75 Rachael Lye (Malaysia)
#81 Ng Hwee Tian (Singapore)
#85 Bernice Sim (Malaysia)
6 entries in the top 100 and none in the top 27 is considered a relatively poor result from this region (Malaysia and Singapore). We hope that aquascapers from this region will work harder next year to improve our ranking. Although the number of the participant has increased significantly, there is no excuse for the poor results displayed from Malaysia and Singapore, it shows that the gap in aquascaping standard from this region is still quite big as compare to the world’s best.
The result from Little Green Corner is also very disappointing, as follow:
#75 Rachael Lye (by Rachael Lye & Yeo Siak Wee)
# 81 Ng Hwee Tian (by Ng Hwee Tian & William Ng)
# 85 Bernice Sim (By Bernice & Josh Sim)
# 105 Kevin Teoh
# 109 Yeo Siak Wee
#133 Christopher Yeo (By Christopher Yeo & Yeo Siak Wee)
# 151 Josh Sim
# 158 Evane Gan (By Evane Gan & Kevin Teoh)
# 218 Robert Hartono
# 235 William Ng
# 342 Gladys Hann (By Gladys Hann & Josh Sim
We hope to turn this disappointing result into a motivation to do better next year. As of now, let’s just wait for the release of the winning tank photo for more inspiration.
Once again, congratulation to all the participants and winners..
New Tips added (Aug 3, 2010)
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