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TOP 27 - IAPLC 2006 - The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest (IAPLC) 2006. This year, the contest received a total of 959 entries

World ranking 1 - Autumnal colors - W90xD45xH45 (cm)

Chen Yu Lin - Taiwan

Plant:
Rotala nanjean
Glossostigma elatinoides
Eleocharis parvula

Fish:
Hemigrammus bleheri
Caridina multidentata

World ranking 2 - Relaxed Time - W114xD52xH52 (cm)

Masashi Ono - Japan

Plant:
Vallisneria nana
Microsorum sp.
Eleocharis xingua
Fantinalis antipyretica

Fish:
Puntius sp.cf.denisoni
Crossocheilus siamensis
Caridina multidentata

World ranking 3 - Rain is coming - W125xD45xH45(cm)

Olga Baranovskaya - Ukraine

Plant:
Cladophora aegagrophira
Echinodorus tenellus 'red'
Eleocharis acicularis
E. pusilla
Glossostigma elatinoides
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Lindernia rotundifolia
Ludwigia sp.
Micranthenum micranthemoides
Microsorum sp.
Nymphaea sp.
Didiplis diandra
Rotala macrandra
Rotala macrandra var.
Rotala rotundifolia
Rotala rotundifolia 'green'
Vesicularia dubyana
Riccia fluitans

Fish:
Trigonostigma heteromorpha
Naocaridina denticulata

World ranking 4 - Old Tree - W105xD58xH45(cm)

Chen Ze Xin - Taiwan

Plant:
Hemiantbus callitrichoides "Cuba"
Blyxa japonica
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Elatine triandra
Hottonia inflate
Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae
Microsorum sp.
Vesicularia sp.
Riccia fluitans

Fish:
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Hemigrammus erythrozonus
Pterophyllum altum
Pterophyllum scalare
Ancistrus temmincki
Apistogramma cacatuoides
Corydoras sterbai
Hemimyzon formosanus

World ranking 5 - Part of Nature - W130xD45xH57(cm)

Jung Soon Ja - Korea

Plant:
Glossostigma elatinoides
Anubias barteri var. nana
Bolbitis heudelotii
Microsorum pteropus
Microsorum pteropus "WINDELOV"
Vesicularia dubyana

Fish:
Hemigrammus erythrozonus
Gyrinocheilus aymonieri
Neocaridina sp.

World ranking 6 - Lingering Snow - W120xD45xH45(cm)

Minoru Yamagashi - Japan

Plant:
Bolbitis heudelotii
Microsorum sp.
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Green'
Cryptocoryne parva
Eleocharis acicularis
Vesicularia sp.

Fish:
Rasbora agilis
Otocinclus sp.
Caridina multidentata

World ranking 7 - Listen Carefully for the Sound of a Stream - W150xD45xH60(cm)

Fumio Shiga - Japan

Plant:
Echinodorus angstifolia
Vallisneria nana
Bolbitis heudelotii
Microsorum sp.
Isoetes japonica
Blyxa novoguineensis
Eleocharis acicularis
Rotala nanjean
Ludwigia arcuata
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'brown'
Fantinalis antipyretica

Fish:
Hemigrammus ulreyi
Otocinclus sp.
Crossocheilus siamensis
Caridina multidentata

World ranking 8 - Hometown, Has Pure Water Stream - W90xD45xH45(cm)

Akira Yamagishi - Japan

Plant:
Rotala rotundifolia 'green'
Rotala nanjean
Anubias barteri var. nana
Ludwigia sp.
Micranthemum micranthemoides
Ludwigia arcuata
Echinodorus tenellus
Rotala sp.
Rotala indica
Vallisneria nana
Hygrophila polysperma
Bolbitis heudelotii
Myriophyllum mattogrossense
Glossostigma elatinoides
Fantinalis antipyretica
Vesicularia sp.
Cryptocoryne wendtii

Fish:
Hemigrammus hyanuary
Moenkhausia pittieri
Hyphessobrycon haraldschultzi
Otocinclus sp.
Caridina multidentata

World ranking 9 - Hometown in a Mountain Pass - W90xD45xH45(cm)

Takayuki Kosuge - Japan

Plant:
Rotala rotundifolia 'green'
Rotala rotundifolia vietnam
Eleocharis acicularis
Vesicularia sp.
Glossostigma elatinoides
Ludwigia arcuata

Fish:
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Otocinclus sp.
Caridina multidentata

World ranking 10 - Hiding Hometown - W120xD45xH45(cm)

Junichi Itakura - Japan

Plant:
Rotala rotundifolia 'green'
Vesicularia sp.
Micranthenum micranthemoides
Micranthenum unbrosum
Bolbitis heudelotii
Microsorum sp.
Microsorum pteropus
Echinodorus tenellus
Eleocharis sp.
Eichhornia natans
Rotala nanjean
Ludwigia brevipes
Ludwigia inclinata var.
Myriophyllum mattogrossense
Hottonia palustris
Glossostigma elatinoides
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'green'

Fish:
Hemigrammus bleheri
Otocinclus sp.
Caridina multidentata

TOP 27 IAPLC 2001: https://youtu.be/rpu6nEkwQNw

TOP 27 IAPLC 2002: https://youtu.be/olbDvtSFwAQ

TOP 27 IAPLC 2003: https://youtu.be/Ro7NPcN0xU0

TOP 27 IAPLC 2004: https://youtu.be/h7N__Dv_lvU

TOP 27 IAPLC 2005: https://youtu.be/UPYwedd5exk

TOP 27 IAPLC 2006: https://youtu.be/lNnafDy4n9w

TOP 127 IAPLC 2009: https://youtu.be/RChGpujKfxo

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