- Quite a lot of people see these contest entries
- There is currently zero native fish representation
Deadline is September 15th.
Posted 02 September 2013 - 11:49 AM
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Posted 02 September 2013 - 11:05 PM
Oh, I forgot to say on my list of tips: the judges routinely rate something extremely poorly if it had straight-line-ended branches. They say, "don't saw your branches off" and the give it minus a billion score. That most likely factored into the SE Australian stream biotope's rating. It's like a pet peeve of theirs. They also don't like thick driftwood.Why this SE Australian stream biotope didn't win instead is completely beyond me...everything was even locally collected!
http://showcase.aqua...007/show53.html
Posted 03 September 2013 - 08:03 AM
Posted 03 September 2013 - 08:18 AM
They say in the guidelines for the biotope category that it's possible they might forgive one misplaced species.Good points, Erica. That makes sense. Still doesn't explain the not-even-trying-to-be-a-biotopes placing, but...c'est la vie. It's not that I care about placing or winning...but if you're gonna call the section "Biotopes," then stick to biotopes! I love a well-done biotope, so I'm a stickler for accuracy...or at least plausibility.
So it's possible they overlooked the java fern?[*]Plants and animals should be indigenous to the specific location.
Example: Guppies should not be used in a Lake Malawi biotope aquascape. However, a few non-native fish or shrimp included for algae control will be overlooked.
Posted 03 September 2013 - 07:43 PM
Posted 03 September 2013 - 10:53 PM
Technically the rules say you can't. But I'm not sure why. Better to ask forgiveness than permission, so I entered it. Although I did document the entire tank build on the AGA forum from the time a year before I started it all the way to the end, saying the whole time that I was going to enter it in the contest. http://forum.aquatic...php?f=29&t=1429I didn't know you could enter saltwater tanks--I thought it was FW only.
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Posted 08 September 2013 - 05:45 AM
The contest photos are always great fun to look at. I'm submitting my cornfield-runoff-ditch biotope this time. I think this is gonna be my year!
Posted 09 September 2013 - 02:53 PM
lolMy 'washed out submarine bridge/culvert-abandoned Chevy biotope' will give it a good fight!
Posted 09 September 2013 - 09:02 PM
Now, that is an entry I would pay to see. Don't forget the dead dogs.My 'washed out submarine bridge/culvert-abandoned Chevy biotope' will give it a good fight!
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Posted 11 September 2013 - 08:45 PM
You forgot the dardevle-type spoon hung up in there as well! I like that tank; it pulls off enough "realism" but still keeps a certain charm to itself.Not to go quite that far, but I have a 55 that is decorated with drift wood, a classic glass Coke bottle, a pair of sun glasses that the snorkelmeister found one day and an "hung up" fishing bobber... I like the look.
Posted 13 September 2013 - 03:39 PM
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