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The Low-Tech Planted Aquarium Blueprint: Match Plant Growth to Livestock Before You Buy

The Low-Tech Planted Aquarium Blueprint: Match Plant Growth to Livestock Before You Buy

A planted aquarium without injected CO2 can look full, natural, and colorful, but it will not behave like a high-tech aquascape. Growth is usually slower, demanding carpet plants may stay sparse, and red foliage may be less intense. The most reliable...
Which Tank Mates Belong Together in a Planted Aquarium? A Peaceful Community Decision Guide

Which Tank Mates Belong Together in a Planted Aquarium? A Peaceful Community Decision Guide

A peaceful community aquarium is not created by choosing the smallest or most colorful fish available. Compatibility depends on adult size, swimming level, social needs, temperament, feeding behavior, water preferences, and whether shrimp or snails a...
The Aquarium Snail Reality Check: Match Cleanup Claims to the Job Your Planted Tank Needs

The Aquarium Snail Reality Check: Match Cleanup Claims to the Job Your Planted Tank Needs

Aquarium snails are often sold as a cleanup crew, but that label can create unrealistic expectations. They may graze algae, consume biofilm, find uneaten food, process decaying plant tissue, or move through the substrate. They do not replace water ch...
How to Feed Freshwater Shrimp Without Feeding the Algae Problem

How to Feed Freshwater Shrimp Without Feeding the Algae Problem

Freshwater shrimp are often added to planted aquariums with two goals: enjoy their color and reduce algae. The difficulty is that extra food can work against both goals. Shrimp graze biofilm, soft algae, plant debris, and missed fish food, but a tank...
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Spain at IAPLC 2026: Roberto Buenadicha’s Forest and the Space Between Trunks

Roberto Buenadicha’s aquarium is the only Spanish work in the published ranks 1–300. Its slender dar...

France at IAPLC 2026: A Close Reading of Jean Christophe Grosset’s Woodland

Only one French work appears in the published ranks 1–300. That gives this instalment a different ta...

Singapore at IAPLC 2026: Open Stone and an Enclosed Planted Passage

Two Singaporean works appear in the published ranks 1–300, and they offer an unusually clear contras...

Hong Kong at IAPLC 2026: Three Studies in Light, Layers and Visual Impact

A low timber ceiling, blue-toned terraces and converging planted diagonals create three visibly diff...

Italy at IAPLC 2026: Calm Routes and More Dramatic Planted Frames

A clear route through planted banks can feel quiet; a coloured ridge beneath a dark frame can feel t...

United States at IAPLC 2026: Four Distinct Readings of a Wooded Aquarium

The four American photographs selected here all contain important wood structures, yet they do not p...
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Age/ 39 years old
Occupation/ Dentist (Periodontist)

Years of experience in the aquarium hobby/ Previously I have been 3 times in honour prizes. During the last ten years always on top50 places.
Any other hobbies besides aquarium/ Actually free time for hobbies is limited to the aquarium.

The planted aquarium hobby is undoubtedly my link to what I don’t have. I grew up surrounded by space and always with nature close by. However, with the arrival of university life and later work, it was the planted aquarium that allowed me to develop my love for animals and nature, in a limited space and in the interior of my urban flat. It is also essential to say that the planted aquarium has allowed me to expose an artistic facet that I have discovered over the years, and the IAPLC has had a major influence on this, since the enthusiasm to participate year after year forces me to start new projects that provide new experiences and opportunities to continue developing as an artist.

 

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Roots of marriage

AGA International Aquascaping Contest - 2016
TOP TEN

Flow of life

AGA International Aquascaping Contest - 2017
30

SILVER WINDS

The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest - 2018
41

OCTOBER WHISPER

The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest - 2019
17

Twilight African Nights

The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest - 2020
38

Imagine. Living Under Primeval Dragons

The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest - 2021
7

Origin. Dawn lights

The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest - 2021
3

Radiance

Korea International Aquascaping Contest (KIAC) Korea - 2023