TomGilberg Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 hey guys! so this past weekend i attended The art of the planted aquarium. This was to be my first aquascaping event, certainly not my last, if i can help it. i went on friday and saturday, sunday would have been done but i was in Bremen to visit family. I was staying at my friends house, on the friday i went into the Underground and caught the rail to the east entrance. this tturned out to be the opposite end of entry, ok cant be that long right? i was told to try the south gate, when i got there it was for commercial entrace etc. i asked if i could get in through here, i was asked if i had a ticket, my reflex answer was for sure, so i was going to the event without a ticket. so far so good. as i got closer to hall 17 a tall temporary fence seemed to be conspiring against me. i had a quick look around and hitched up my pants and climbed over, luckily there wasnt much going on as it was friday and i was early. so i got in on fridayy with no entry charge just a dissproving look from a builder of some sort. i first came accross Shrimp in all sorts of sizes and colours, awesome! being from New Zealand and NZ having a very apparent lack of tropical shrimp this was a whole new experience and was great to see so many colours etc i really liked some of the bigger crayfish which had some stunning colours. my favourite shrimp was the blue and black one, unfortunately a lot of them werent named so i couldn't tell you its name or species. my favourite c: my favourite shrimp then came a stall from a Betta Splendan community that imported and breed siamese fighters STUNNING yet another stall had high quality discus for sale the biotope section was sweet too! most of the L number cats were hiding though :cry1: because of the dim lighting it was hard to take decent pics, sorry bout that now my favourite! the aquascping contest first ill post the Nano section really liked this one the above water portion was really neat here a close up this was 2 entries oliver knotts entry was creative didnt take the special prize though this tank took 1st place, WOW now the xl catagory this one took 2nd or 3rd place, also my 2nd favourite i think this dutch scape was done by a 9 year old, i think his dad helped more than a bit though :rotf: my least favourite haha this one is nice but i dont like the little people on the "beach" not very classy IMO this one was done by the ADA germany team, planted on the day of judging still looks great again knott out did everyone on the cheese factor this iwagumi was my favourite, only took 6th place though this one took 1st, well done to a brilliant scape so yea theres more but tbh this took long enough feel free to have a sort through myy photobucket folder http://s1141.beta.photobucket.com/user/ ... 20aquarium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomGilberg Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 i hope you all drizzle at the mouth as much as i did, even though they are only photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Nice! TBH I reckon your tank could more than hold its own in this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Some great work there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkyz Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 i wish we had similar events here in new zealand... :cophot: great pictures though! currently planting my first tank... xmas moss dying on me... :digH: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomGilberg Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Nice! TBH I reckon your tank could more than hold its own in this aww shucks i wish we had similar events here in new zealand... :cophot: great pictures though! currently planting my first tank... xmas moss dying on me... :digH: so do i! aw geez thats not a good sign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 thanks for sharing :cophot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr A Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 This guy, featured some of the same stuff - if you want it in video form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 i wish we had similar events here in new zealand... The scene isn't big enough, sure plenty of people would go and watch but there's not enough participants sadly. My favourite are the shrimp! Super jealous of those !drool: Some nice scapes in there, I liked Knott's first one with the tipping tank. It seems like he's been in the game too long, bored of the standard tank and is testing his boundaries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomGilberg Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 The scene isn't big enough, sure plenty of people would go and watch but there's not enough participants sadly. My favourite are the shrimp! Super jealous of those !drool: Some nice scapes in there, I liked Knott's first one with the tipping tank. It seems like he's been in the game too long, bored of the standard tank and is testing his boundaries. one day maybe we can have the first new zealand aquascaping contest id happily help organise it haha sadly heaps of people go into stores and go "FUUUAAA cuuzz those ornaments are mean, na forget plants they just die anyways" plants are the gateway to aquascaping, well oonly if you use the internet and forums etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 "FUUUAAA cuuzz those ornaments are mean, na forget plants they just die anyways" :rolfl: :rolfl: :iag: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :sml1: :sml1: :sml1: :sml2: :sml2: :sml2: :sml2: :gpo2: Excepts its dies not die Ohhhh yeh, thoese pics are super sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomGilberg Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 :rolfl: :rolfl: :iag: :rotf: :rotf: :rotf: :sml1: :sml1: :sml1: :sml2: :sml2: :sml2: :sml2: :gpo2: Excepts its dies not die Ohhhh yeh, thoese pics are super sweet haha yea it annoys me:P yea im super happy with my camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 They're some good looking scapes man, wow. Your nano would fit in quite well their I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomGilberg Posted January 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 They're some good looking scapes man, wow. Your nano would fit in quite well their I reckon. thanks man, im gonna save these pics for inspiration down the line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Incredible photos! !drool: Thanks a ton for sharing them with us I hope you are going to get some of those blue and black shrimp for your nano :happy2: These are my favourite tanks: Thanks again for posting all those photos Also what camera/lenses are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 am I the only one who likes the dragon one??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomGilberg Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 am I the only one who likes the dragon one??? Yes. Incredible photos! !drool: Thanks a ton for sharing them with us I hope you are going to get some of those blue and black shrimp for your nano :happy2: These are my favourite tanks: Thanks again for posting all those photos Also what camera/lenses are you using? Yea Those were Great to, the Below water portion wasnt great though. Im using the Canon 40D with a 18-55ml lense with IS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 ok, gonnaq start a debate but imo tank 1 there, heaps of attention to detail in the top, forgot to worry about what was in the tank. Tank 2: an exercise in how much plant you can grow in a small area, its ugly, lotsa green on green with no detail, no trimming, nothing. looks like kermit spewed and then miss piggy put it in a tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellydave Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 Yes. :slfg: :lar: :rolfl: :slfg: :rotf: :lar: i was thinking the same thing haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomGilberg Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 missed this aquarium, it wass a stall so not in the contest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 :slfg: :lar: :rolfl: :slfg: :rotf: :lar: i was thinking the same thing haha Ditto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomGilberg Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 ok, gonnaq start a debate but imo tank 1 there, heaps of attention to detail in the top, forgot to worry about what was in the tank. Tank 2: an exercise in how much plant you can grow in a small area, its ugly, lotsa green on green with no detail, no trimming, nothing. looks like kermit spewed and then miss piggy put it in a tank. tank 1i fully agree the underwater portion really is lacking tank 2 disagree the hydeocotyle tripatita nicely out lines the other grouping of plants, it draws the eye to the wood that sticks out, the only peice of visible hard scape. i think its a nice scape, not great but nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarletmonuka Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 am I the only one who likes the dragon one??? no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomGilberg Posted January 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 technically its a nice tank the planting is nice etc but i just dont linke cheesy bits haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted January 31, 2013 Report Share Posted January 31, 2013 I once had to maintain the tank in the childrens ward, so I like the cheese factor, I prefer to use the term "Whimsical" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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