2024 dutch category

#453 Good Enough for Who it’s For by Gavin Carew, United States of America

Aquascape Details

Dimensions: 120 cm x 45 cm x 50 cm

Title: Good Enough for Who it’s For

Volume: 280 L

Lighting:

Filtration:

Plants: 1. Limnophila sp. Wavy 2. Rotala macrandra ‘green’ 3. Hygrophila angustifolia 4. Ludwigia reopens 5. Bolbitis heudelotii 6. Nymphaea lotus 7. Vallisneria Americana 8. Bucephalandra kedagang 9. Cryptocoryne nurii 10. Lobelia cardinalis 11. Cryptocoryne jacobsenii 12. Hydrocotyle leucocephala variegated

Live stock: Melanotaenia trifasciata “Habgood River”, Chilatherina sp. ‘Upper Tor’

Hardscape Materials:

Background:

Substrate: Sand

A very atractive glimpse of a tank. I wish the photo crop would let me see it all. From what I can see, there’s a lot that this tank gets right. Nice curtain plants, but both are overpowering. Presence of dark greens and browns are great. Use of reds is restrained. However, the midground is poorly developed, as a result, the foreground feels like it runs into a wall of tall background plants. Hygrophila seems unhappy. The Cryptocoryne nurii in the center isn’t serving a purpose. That space would have been better given to the Lobelia, which should ideally disappear behind the C. jacobsenii. Too many oversized fish.
— Vinny Kutty