CIAC Champions: The Stories Behind Their Winning Aquascapes
Every CIAC results announcement gives the aquascaping community a new collection of works to discuss, study and remember. Behind the winning photograph is a longer story: earlier competitions, ideas developed across seasons, and the practical work ...
CIAC 2025 Review: Six Lessons Before the 2026 Results
Before the CIAC 2026 results arrive on October 10, there is time to look again at the aquascapes that made the previous season memorable. The most useful question is not simply which work finished highest. It is how each composition earned our atte...
When to Cut, Replant, or Leave an Aquarium Plant Alone
A planted aquarium rarely fails because its plants grow too slowly. More often, a stem reaches the surface, a runner crosses the foreground, floating cover blocks light, or a moss clump traps debris before the keeper knows what to cut. The right resp...
IAPLC 2025 in Review: Top 300 Aquascaping Styles Before the 2026 Results
Before a new IAPLC winner is revealed, the previous season deserves a closer look. Which aquascaping styles filled the TOP 300 in 2025? Did the same visual families become more common in the TOP 100, TOP 27 and TOP 7? And what can those layouts teach...
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