2024 dutch category

#318 Silence by Marcin Zając, Poland

Aquascape Details

Dimensions: 150 cm x 70 cm x 55 cm

Title: Silence

Volume: 577 L

Lighting: 2x Chihiros Vivid

Filtration: 2x Oase Biomaster Thermo 850

Plants: 1. Vallisneria spiralis, 2. Ammania sp.Bonsai, 3. Pogostemon erectus, 4. Bacopa caroliniana, 5. Myriophyllum sp. guyana, 6. Ludwigia glandulosa, 7. Heteranthera zosterifolia, 8. Lobelia cardinalis mini, 9. Limnophila aromatica, 10. Blyxa japonica, 11. Limnophila sessiliflora, 12. Staurogyne repens, 13. Cryptocoryne wendtii “brown”

Live stock: Moenkhausia costate, Caridina multidentata

Hardscape Materials:

Background: Black

Substrate: Rotala Maflora Intense, Rotala Maflora Light

Beautifully crafted and trimmed but I wish most groups weren’t oval or ball-shaped. Good restraint on red plants. Correct number of species for the tank size. Do not use same curtain plants on both ends. Lobelia street should ideally disappear behind another plant, giving the impression of depth. There is excessive similarity in leaf size and shape. Something in the horticulture is miniaturizing leaf size – a shortage of CO2 and nitrogen, perhaps? A large-leaves plant like Ottelia, Aponogeton, or Echinodorus instead of the Limnophila aromatica would have been better. A lilttle more space between the groups would have served this scape well.
— Vinny Kutty