josh sim

The water flow running through the left front side from the right far corner is well expressed. A sense of depth created by driftwood is overemphasized, but the layout's balanced composition

Featuring the skillful expression of perspective using driftwood and overwhelming natural feel, this creation has the contents and dignity suited for the Grand Prize winning layout. Particularly,

The second Silver Prize went to the layout featuring an impressive arrangement of driftwood and shade plants including ferns. Combination of different sizes of driftwood attached with ferns

This year's Grand prize goes to Mr. Josh Sim of Malaysia. What inspires us the most about this work is its novel and powerful approach to the composition brought out by fine planting details.

The second Bronze Prize went to an aquascape which is a fusion of a interesting composition and beauty of aquatic plants. As a trend of recent contests, compositional eccentricity tends to be

The first Silver prize is awarded to a mysterious aquascape, mainly using shade-loving plants such as ferns and moss. The dynamic arrangement of large driftwood, which is the framework of the

The first Bronze Prize went to an aquascape with impressive exposed layered rock surfaces. By arranging materials to make them look like a valley with rock cliffs rising to the left and right,

Aquarium setup is the process of creating and maintaining a suitable environment for aquatic life in a tank. It involves choosing the right tank size, filter, lighting, substrate, heater, plants,

The thinking process behind "Eternal".

"Dream" represent a transformation in my aquascaping style over the last 12 years. I was making complicated forest layout for the major part of my aquascaping journey and sophisticated forest is

This tank was created in March 2020 when Malaysia had the first lockdown due to Covid19 for six weeks. I have not done any layout with rocks for the past 5-6 years, so i have decided to try a

There is no right or wrong in aquascaping. As long as you are happy with the final outcome, you are doing the right thing! All of the above are purely based on my personal opinion, i did not mean

My dream would be to bring back the Nature Aquarium as the main style in this aquarium hobby.

Warning: super long and boring post. Feel free to skip. I am not a good photographer. OK, I am not even a good aquascaping photographer. But in the past 13 years, I took my aquariums contest

He is one of best scapers from Malaysia. His layouts are always very powerfull and very detailed. So, high are the rankings ! And he manages to present two impressive layouts per year since

The best layout title depends on the context and purpose of the layout - Josh Sim / Malaysia

This is a touchy sensitive topic. In a way it is like drugs (performance enhancing substances) in sports, many drugs are banned but many athletes are taking them nonetheless. If we dont get

Have you ever wondered what is the longest period that a fully planted tank can go on without fertilizer and still maintaining the plant in healthy condition?

Although this is not my best ranking, but in my very humble opinion, this is one of my most special and memorable work so far. I enjoyed the process of creating this layout very much, it makes me

Contest season is upon us!!!!! I wish to share some experiences that hopefully some of you may find it helpful in preparation for the aquascaping competition of your choice. In Part I today,