Aquatic Plants: Eleocharis acicularis, Fontinalis antipyretica, Glossostigma elatinoides, Micranthemum umbrosum “Cuba,” Hemianthus micranthemoides, Hydrocotyle leucocephala, Micranthemum umbrosum, Microsorum pteropus, Myriophyllum elatinoides, Myriophyllum mattogrossense “green,” Myriophyllum pinnatum, Rotala sp.“nanjenshan,” Rotala rotundifolia “green”
Fish & Invertebrates: Boraras maculatus, Caridina japonica, Neocaridina denticulata
Evaluation: This year’s grand-prize winner is from Russia with an innovative image of a forest. Four judges selected this layout as the best layout. The creator combined many different sizes of straight woods, and expressed a perspective of the forest in a 150-cm (60-inch)-wide aquarium. Myriophyllumspp. planted in the back were closing their leaves due to nyctinasty (the movement of plants in response to the onset of darkness), but this worked out well because it made them look like needle-leaf trees. It is regrettable that there were no fish captured in the photo, but the nature of forest was skillfully created and the creator’s idea was highly evaluated.
Original Author: Takashi Amano
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