Acuavida Aquascaping Contest 2010 Results

     Mini Tanks:
     1. Siak Wee Yeo (Malaysia)

Layout Title: Towards Immortality

Tank Volume (liters): 54
Tank Age: 3/4
Tank size (Length x width x height): 60cm x 30cm x 30cm
Plants: fissiden nobillis, fissiden fontanus, taxiphyllum sp (flame moss),   hairgrass(japan), Hemianthus callitrichoides.
Lightning: T5HO 24 watt x 3 / 10 hours daily.
Fish & Invertebrates: kubotai tetra, Crossocheilus Siamensis, Otocinclus affinis, Caridina japonica, cystal red shrimps.
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate: ADA Brightly K, step 1 & 2, cylinder co2 with 1 min per 4 bubbles, ADA amazonia 2 , ADA powersand special.

     2. Jordi Pelegri (Spain)

Layout Title: Mont-Ral
Tank Volume (liters): 38
Tank Age: 1 year
Tank size (Length x width x height): 45x28x30
Plants: Glossostigma elatinoides, Lilaeopsis brasiliensis, Staurogyne sp., Rotala rotundifolia, Eleocharis vivipara, Taxiphyllum alternans (taiwan moss), Riccardia Chamedryfolia.
Lightning: 1 pll 36w 865.
Fish & Invertebrates: Neocaridina heteropoda var "yellow", Planorbis corneus.
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate: KNO3 1 mg/l everyday, K2PO4 0,2 mg/l everyday, KSO4 1,5 mg/l everyday, 2b/s difusor pollen glass.

     3. Wolinski Grégoire (France)

Layout Title: Forest stream
Tank Volume (liters): 31.5
Tank Age: 6 months
Tank size (Length x width x height): 30x30x35
Plants: hemianthus micranthemoides, christmas-moos, fissidens moos,         x-moss, java moos, eleocharis parvula,cryptocoryne “petchii”var mini, microsorum pteropus “narrow”, bolbitis heudelotii, riccardia graeffe.
Lightning: DIY, bulb eco 20w - 6500K, 8H/24H.
Fish & Invertebrates: boraras urophthalmoides, red cherry shrimp, amano shrimp.
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate: DIY+BrightyK, Step2 Soil Amazonia II 3l, Volcanic rock, black volcanic sand.

     Medium Tanks:
     1. Siak Wee Yeo (Malaysia)

Layout Title: Beyond Horizon
Tank Volume (liters): 182
Tank Age: 1/2
Tank size (Length x width x height): 90cm x 45cm x 45cm
Plants: Taxiphyllum sp(spilky moss), fissiden fontanus, anubias nana var “petite”, taxiphyllum sp (flame moss),
echindorus tenullus, uticularia graminifolia, Rotala nanjenshan, blyxa japonica “red”, rotala macandra  “narrow”, starogyne sp., bolbitis heudelotii.
Lightning: T5HO 39 watt x 3 / 10 hours daily.
Fish & Invertebrates: Hyphessobrycon Amandae, Crossocheilus Siamensis, Otocinclus affinis, Caridina japonica.
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate: ADA Brightly K, step 1 &2, cylinder co2 with 1 min per 4 bubbles, ADA Sarawak sand , ADA amazonia 2 , ADA powersand special.

     2.Fabiano Marcos Gobbo (Brazil)

 
Layout Title: Paracheirodon´s garden
Tank Volume (liters): 180
Tank Age: 1 year
Tank size (Length x width x height): 100 x 40 x 45
Plants: Anubia barteri var. nana, Blyxa aubertii, Didiplis diandra, Eleocharis minima,  Hemianthus callitrichoides, Hemianthus micranthemoides, Heteranthera zosterifolia, Ludwigia arcuata, Ludwigia inclinata,
Micranthemum umbrosum, Microsorium pteropus "Windelow", Nymphaea lotus ”Zenkeri”, Rotala sp. green, Rotala sp. "vietnã", Sagittaria subulata, Vesicularia dubyana, Vesicularia montagnei.
Lightning: 4 x 55w 7200k
Fish & Invertebrates: Neritina natalensis, Paracheirodon axelrodi.
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate: CO2 pressurizado, 2b/s, Tropica Plant Substrate, Prodac FertilPlant.

     3. Riccardo Gallego Garcia (Italy)

Layout Title: Green

Tank Volume (liters): 240

Tank Age: 1 year

Tank size (Length x width x height): 120x50x40

Plants: Eleocaris acicularis, Staurogyne repens, Riccia fluitans, Hemianthus callitrichoides"cuba", Hydrocotyle Sp.
Lightning: 6x54 watt T5Askoll Life-glo2
Fish & Invertebrates: Cheirodon axelrodi, Otocinclus affinis, Caridina japonica, Clithon Sp.
Fertilization: ADA line
Co2: Home made
Substrate: power sand special, Tourmaline BC, Aquasoil Amazoni2.

     Large Tanks:
     1. Pasquale Buonpane (Italy)

Layout Title: The world before Columbus
Tank Volume (liters): 400
Tank Age: 6 months
Tank size (Length x width x height): 160x52x60cm
Plants: Hemianthus callitrichoides, Vesicularia ferrieri, Fissidens fontanus, Riccia fluitans "dwarf".
Lightning: 4x58w T8(6.500°K)
Fish & Invertebrates: Paracheirodon innesi, Crossocheilus siamensis, Caridina japonica, Neocaridina "red cherry", Neritina turrita.
Substrate: akadama+ sand
Co2: 20mg/l

     2. Gary Jose Chagas (Brazil)

Layout Title: Fluxo na floresta

Tank Volume (liters): 324

Tank Age: 1 year
Tank size (Length x width x height): 120x60x45
Plants: Rotala sp. Green, Rotala sp ceylon, Vesicularia montagnei, Glossostiga elatinoides, Mayaca sp., Tonina sp., Hygrophila polysperma, Limnophila aquatica, Cyperus helferi, Euteralis stelata.
Lightning: 2x luminária boyu (8x55w total)
Fish & Invertebrates: Paracheirodon axelrodi, Otocinclus affinis.
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate: CO2 pressurizado 4 bolhas/s, Amazônia MBreda.

     3. Massimo Faberi (Italy)

 
Layout Title: Wild Cube
Tank Volume (liters): 860
Tank Age: 2 years
Tank size (Length x width x height): 120x120x60
Plants: Alternanthera rosaefolia, Anubias barteri var. nana 'Gold', Aponogeton crispus, Blyxa japonica, Cyperus papyrus, Cladophora aegagrophila, Cryptocoryne parva, Cryptocoryne undulata, Cryptocoryne lucens, Echinodorus osiris, Eleocharis parvula, Eleocharis vivipara, Eusteralis stellata, Flower moss,
Hemianthus callitrichoides, Litorella uniflora, Ludwigia glandulosa, Microsorum pteropus, Ophiopogon Japonicus var. Kyoto, Pogostemon helferi, Riccia fluitans, Rotala rotundifolia, Sagittaria subulata, Vesicularia dubyana.
Lightning: Aquaristica AQ Liton Skyline with 12 lamps AQ HI-LITE T5 54W.
Fish & Invertebrates: Ancistrus gold, Caridina japonica, Crossocheilus siamensis, Gyrinocheilus aymonieri, Nerita picea (lumaca), Otocinclus affinis, Puntius conchonius, Pterophyllum scalare gold.
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate: ADA Power Sand Special L, ADA Aqua Soil-Amazonia, CO2.