ASE Contest 2009 result is out

The official result of International Aquascaping Contest 2009 organize by Aquatic Scapers Eurpoe is out. REsult and gallery can be find here

Nano category:
1. Marcel Dykierek (Deutschland)
2. Timo Wunsche (German)
3. Siak Wee Yeo (Malaysia)

Standard category:
1. Michael G. W. Wong (SAR)
2. Jamie Lin (China)
3. Ngo Truong Thinh (Vietnam)

Congratulation to all winner.

a bit of update

2 weeks have passed and water have clear up. I added 2 Otocinclus affinis and 3 Iriatherina werneri yesterday. All of the plants are doing well. However, I'm still looking for plant to put at the left side behind the wood. Change the idea of mixing Glossotigma elatinoides with Elatin trianda. Glosso leaf is about the same size and color as Elatin trianda, it would be difficult to differentiate both from far, thus defeat the purpose of mixing it. Instead, I'm mixing it with Hemianthus callitrichoides 'cuba' (HC) which is much smaller leaf.

AGA competition is back

2009 AGA International Aquascaping Contest is back. The submission date line is September 15th, 2009. Detail information can be find here

Finally have the time to continue this project. I'm using GEX soil green packet, mainly due to the fact that ADA soil price keep increasing thus must think of alternative. The water still cloudy or milky when I took the photo, it clear up after a week. I did not expected this, I always hearing GEX soil does not cloud the water, I guess it was not entirely true.

Current plants selection:
1. Java fern on top of the stump
2. Cryptocoryne wendtii 'brown' left side behind the stump
3. Vesicularia montagnei (Christmas Moss)
4. Elatin trianda on the foreground, thinking to mix it with glosso
5. Eleocharis parvula as a background behind the root