Dave Chow

This tank is phenomenal. Strong lines excellent hard scape both in terms of materials and placement. Outstanding! — Karen Randall

Mr. Chow was the Grand Prize winner of ADA International Aquatic Plant Layout Contest 2007, the first ever Hong Kong person to receive such honour.

Very creative bundling of the wood -- I absolutely see the two dragons! Even with the dragon gimmick the wood and rock are well placed and you did a good job trimming the moss on it.
— Kris

The layout arrangement is impressive. The use of perspective lines of stones is very original and natural. The use of side glass reflections is skillful and the aquarium seems endless...

This is No. 1 choice. Total layout design is excellent but the use of extra wide-angle lens emphasized the inclining driftwood size and it looks much larger than actual size. Plant arrangement in

I can see great "waves" in this driftwood composition. A lot of movement and fluidity but I miss more plants. I think the skyline could be less polluted with less information to give more

This work is awesome I can feel the power of nature flowing from this roots!
Congratulations for this MASTERPIECE!
— Luca Galarraga

Because this aquascape was entered by one of the judges (before they were drafted as a judge) it has been left unscored and left out of the competition.
— Erik

Very artistic use of moss! You have really created a very natural effect with this layout. Very nice balance of interesting features in this layout. — Jason Baliban

Your rockwork and basic structure are absolutely lovely. At this point in time your stem plants look a little sparse and "stemmy". Try allowing them to grow out into a more natural graceful

A very detailed tank... masterfully crafted. Well Done!
— Kam Wong

I can clearly see the verdant mountains in summer. The rockwork draws my eye is drawn slightly too near center which lessens the visual tension of the composition. Still this is one of the

I ranked this tank highly because of the intricate and very beautiful planting and rock work. But I think I would have liked it even better if the wood wasn't quite so overwhelming. — Karen

Unique concept beautiful materials and skillful arrangement techniques makes this layout become outstanding.
— Long Tran Hoang

A set of great master stones proudly set at the center of the scene - it is quite appealing. Yet the composition looks slightly imbalanced because there are no stones arranged on both sides of