FlyingFishKeeper Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) Best Scape - Nerm Week 2022 Hello everyone! This is the thread for the "Best Aquascape" aquascape competition, please glance over this post before making your entry. Best Scape | 2022 NERM Week Fish Photo Comps Explanation This is the best aquarium in terms of appearance . The submitted tank/body of water is the aquarium that you feel is the best setup you have, mostly in terms of appearance. 3D backgrounds and solid colour backgrounds are permitted. Please do not include any other type of background Formatting Please submit one picture of the full setup. You may include up to 3 separate files that highlight certain characteristics of your setup. Best Scape Rules and Guidelines: Stay within the guidelines of the forum. The setup must be your own. The setup must be a suitable environment for your animals. 3D and solid colour backgrounds are permitted, however all others are not. Invalid Posts: If your post does not comply with our rules/ guidelines you will be private messaged for the post to be fixed. If the post has not been fixed by Wednesday at noon, your post becomes invalid. Any members post thats does not comply with our rules/guidelines will receive a private message. Best of luck to all! Edited July 10, 2022 by FlyingFishKeeper 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdaddy36 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Picture 1. Whole tank Picture 2. Center Area Picture 3. Honey Gourami Hideaway - 20 high - All real plants - Fake and Real wood - Harlequin Rasboras, Snakeskin Tuxedo guppy’s, Shy baby honey gourami, (getting another soon), snails. -Sagattaria, Amazon Sword, Anubias, Tiger Lotus, Crypt, Corkscrew Val. -no co2, maybe fertilizer In the future. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Mollusk Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) 29 G Betta Community Tank Detail Photos 1. Fish exploring rocks and wood (right) 2. Betta swimming through red root floaters 3. Detail of background "Snart" (snail trail art in algae) Hardscape: driftwood and found rocks Aquatic Plants: amazon sword, cardinal plant, dwarf four leaf clover, Cryptocoryne wendtii, Cryptocoryne undulata, Ludwigia peruensis, red root floaters, crested java fern, duckweed, red dwarf lily Emersed plants: peace lily, polka-dot plant, purple knight, pothos Animals: mystery snails, nerite snails, panda cory cats, albino cory cats, blue velvet shrimp, amano shrimp, half-moon dumbo betta Miscellaneous/Hardware: sand and scattered gravel over eco-complete and soil, two emersed planters (shower soap racks), hygger full spectrum light, sponge filter, HOB, heater, plain black background with algae Edited July 13, 2022 by Darth Mollusk 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLFishChik Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 29g Community tank some real, some artificial plants. Spiderwood and lava rock with natural gravel substrate 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Hill-Legion Aquatics Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) This is my first planted tank so I hope you like it. 🙂 -10 gallon tank -all easy plants(elodea, limnophila sessiliflora, Java fern, anubias, buce, Christmas moss, crypt parva, crypt lutea, S repens, floating plants) -6 golden white cloud minnows -1 stiphodon goby - 3 nerite snails -all real wood and rock -fluval planted substrate and sand Edited July 12, 2022 by Jacob Hill-Legion Aquatics 9 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solstice_Lacer Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Here's my 29 gallon. First planted tank. Changed back to a plain background to hopefully meet guidelines. Hornwort, duck weed, anubius, dwarf sag, micro sword, crypt lucens, crypt wendtii red, crypt tropica. Some hydrocotyle tripartita. Little bit of java fern and moss. Probably a couple plants I'm forgetting. Real rocks and sticks. Sponge filter back right. Currently has 8 white clouds minnows and a decent group of cherry shrimp. Pics of the full tank, a little closer shot of fish in the middle area, and a nice shrimp on a rock. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 This is my first go into bigger tanks - 20 gal UNS 90L. Hope you enjoy, I’ve had a lot of fun researching and building this one. Plants: Rotala, Java fern, Buce, Anubia, Amazon Frogbit, Crypts, Swords Stock: Plakat Betta, Panda Corys, BN Pleco, Ramshorn snails Hardscape: Seriyu stones, Mopani wood, coarse sand capped over UNS Controsoil Equipment: Coop medium sponge filter, Dymax SlimFlo 500 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Unfortunately, this tank is a bit underdeveloped, but why not try! 75 gallon. 9 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) I absolutely don't expect to win, but I do want to encourage participation! I don't think it's fair to show my tank without showing the chaos that it's been through (photos in my journal). I tried to clean the glass as best I could, but I always miss some. There is algae, there likely will be for a while on this one, but it is newly planted. I turned the lights on, scared a pleco and he tossed the Hygrophilia Pinnatifida in the back left up into the water. Please ignore! I'll be really excited when this one grows in! Edited July 13, 2022 by nabokovfan87 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 This is a 55G and it will hopefully have a bunch of German blue rams swimming around. I have a breeding pair in here now, patiently I’m waiting. Filtering with a HOB and a sponge filter. I have 2 other airstones running as well. Jungle vallisneria, bacopa caroliniana, and a bunch of crypts. I don’t have the lights to grow actual carpeting plants so I used crypts for that. this has a lot of growing to do but I’m very happy with how it is coming together. 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanked Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 7/12/2022 at 11:10 PM, Mmiller2001 said: Unfortunately, this tank is a bit underdeveloped, but why not try! 75 gallon. A variety of texture, color, shape, size, and height What's not to like? I don't see underdeveloped here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandBkeeper Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 60 gal rimless tank. Trying to be biotopy, not really working with the tannins. Plants: Water lettuce, duckweed. Can't really have plants because the headstanders eat them. Stock: Marbled headstanders, rummy nose tetras, pencilfish, sterbai cories 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) On 7/13/2022 at 12:41 PM, SandBkeeper said: My favorite photo, nice photography work! ORD, but I'll add it tomorrow. 🙂 There is a thread we had where people were taking their photos and running them through a watercolor filter. Would love to see this one over there! On 7/13/2022 at 12:41 PM, SandBkeeper said: Such a cool shape to the tank, especially for this scape. Edited July 13, 2022 by nabokovfan87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billango Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 This is my 8.3 gallon tank that was the first tank I built myself to fit onto my kitchen countertop lol. Everything I put in there can be removed and no plants are planted in the actual substrate because I'm growing out some fry in it. The pictures show the whole tank, one nerite snail living in there, and my dwarf anchor catfish that is in there. And all real plants and wood. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwallace Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 12 gallon cube. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Is this closed or next Wednesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 Hi @Mmiller2001, this is currently closed for submissions (comments relating to submissions are allowed permanently), however voting is allowed until this Sunday (July 17th, 2022). After that winners will be announced. Thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandBkeeper Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 How do we vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 @SandBkeeper, to vote just react to a post you believe should win (you can vote for multiple posts per thread). All reactions are worth the same amount of points for these competitions, thank you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFishKeeper Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 Hello everyone, congratulations to @Mmiller2001, the winner of 2022's "Best Scape" Aquarium competition with 15 votes. Thank you so much everyone who participated in all competitions this year! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmiller2001 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 I'm absolutely ecstatic and thankful for everyone's vote. Thank you to all the people involved with NERM''s week events, and those who make it all happen. Seriously, thank you! 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 WOOT WOOT! Congratulations @Mmiller2001 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atitagain Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 @Mmiller2001 congratulations, very much deserved. Such a beautiful scape! Very well thought out and executed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minanora Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Congratulations @Mmiller2001! Well deserved! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 Congratulations @Mmiller2001! Your tank is stunning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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