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1st Place – Green Cloud 500L by Massimo Faberi
Tank volume (liter) : 500
Tank Age (months or years) : 1 year
Tank size (Length x width x height) : 150x60x60
Plants : Eleocharis acicularis, Echinodorus tenellus, Ceratopteris thalictroides
Lightnin : 6x54W neon T5
Fish & Invertebrates : Colisa ialia, Petitella georgiae, Epaolzeorinchus siamensis, Caridina japonica, Epalzeorhynchos sp., Gyrinocheilus sp.,
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate : ADA Power Sand Special L, ADA Aqua Soil-Amazonia, External filter Eheim professionel 3

2nd Place – Oriens et occasus(Oriente e occidente) 400L by Pasquale Buonpane
Tank volume (liter) : 400
Tank Age (months or years) : 7 months
Tank size (Length x width x height) : 160x52x60
Plants : Hemianthus callitrichoides,Fissidens fontanus.
Lightnin : 4x58w T8(6500°K)
Fish & Invertebrates : Paracheirodon innesi,Crossocheilus siamensis,Otocinclus sp.,Caridina japonica,Neocaridina “Red Cherry”.
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate : Tropica capsules., CO2:about 20mg/l., Akadama,sand.

3rd Place – Aaron’s Peak 682L by David Williams
Tank volume (liter) : 682
Tank Age (months or years) :
Tank size (Length x width x height) : 182x61x61cm
Plants : Anubias Barteri Nana, Anubias Barteri Nana ‘Narrow’, Anubias Barteri Nana ‘Petite’, Cryptocorene Balansae, Cryptocorene Spiralis, Cryptocorene Parva, Limnophila sp., Limnophila sp. Repens ‘mini’
Isoites Lacustris, Eleocharis sp., Eleocharis Parvula, Lileaopsis sp. ‘micro’, Pogostemon Helferi, Hygrophila sp. ‘Araguaia’, Sphaerocaryum Malaccense, Rotala sp. “mini type I’, Rotala Indica, Anubias Lanceolata, Microsorum sp. ‘Trident’, Hyptis sp. (erroneously Hemigraphis Traian), Poaceae sp. ‘Purple Bamboo’, Vesicularia montagnei, Rotala sp. ‘Butterfly’, Nesea sp ‘Gold”, Alternanthera sp.
Lightnin : 12x39w T5HO TEK lighting
Fish & Invertebrates : Rasbora sp. , Hyphessobrycon amandae, Otocinclus, Neocaridina heteropoda, Caridina japonica
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate : Eheim 2260, MagDrive 9.5 for filtration and flow, Mineralized Soil with Colorquartz cap substrate.
Pressurized CO2

4th Place – Passage To The Red Forest 312L by Illarion Makarikhin
Tank volume (liter) : 312 liters
Tank Age (months or years) : 6 month
Tank size (Length x width x height) : 125x50x50
Plants : Rotala Rotundifolia, Eusterallis stellata, Blyxa Japonica, Micranthemum umbrosum, Hemianthus micranthemoides, Glossostigma elantanoides, Pellia evadifolia, Riccia fluitans, Microsorum pteropus (narrow leaf), Vesicularia montagnei
Lightnin : 6*36 T8 – 10 hours/day
Fish & Invertebrates : Rasbora Heteromorpha, Parachirodon innesi, Crossocheilus siamensis
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate : DIY ferts (npk+trace+fe), Simple gravel 4-5mm, Pressurized, 4 bubl/sec 24/7, Atman1200CF+Fluval FX-5 filter

5th Place – Sunset on the mysterious island 300L by Grigoriy Polishchuk
Tank volume (liter) : 300 liter
Tank Age (months or years) : 7 months
Tank size (Length x width x height) : 120x50x50
Plants : Rotala rotundifolia,Ludwigia arquata,Hemianthus micranthemoides,Heteranthera zosterifolia,Cryptocoryne wendtii,Cryptocoryne beckettii,Cryptocoryne lutea,Vesicularia dubyana,Anubias barteri var. nana,Blyxa japonica,Echinodorus tenellus,Lindernia rotundifolia,
Lightnin : 40Wx8(320W), 10hours per day
Fish & Invertebrates : Tanichthys albonubes, Caridina japonica
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate : Substrate – Large grain sand,CO2 – four per second

6th Place – Skeleton of a bush 300L by Alex Korakis
Tank volume (liter) : 300
Tank Age (months or years) : 8 months
Tank size (Length x width x height) : 121x50x55
Plants : Anubias coffeafolia, Anubias afzelli,Crinum calamistratum, Microsorum pteropus, Eusteralis stellata, Proserpinaca palustris, Micranthemum umbrosum, Rotala macrandra, Blyxa japponica, Lysimachia nummularia, Pogostemon helferi, Ludwigia repens, Limnophila aromatica, Heteranthera zosterifolia, Rotala rotundifolia, Cabomba furcata, Mayaca fluviatilis, Hemianthus micranthemoides, Cryptocoryne beckettii, Glossostigma elatinoides, Xmas moss, Willow moss, Triangle moss, Pelia, Riccardia chamaedryfolia.
Lightnin : 4x54Watt T5 Sylvania grolux
Fish & Invertebrates : Trigonostigma heteromorpha, Iriatherina werneri, Danio margaritatus, Pseudomugil furcata, Melanotaenia praecox.Caridina multidentata, Neocaridina heteropoda, Neritina natalensis.
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate : Estimative Index fertilizing method. Pressurized CO2., Substrate, Ecco complete, seachem flourite.

7th Place – Phuket Riverside 375L by Cheattha Sae-Teaw
Tank volume (liter) : 375 L
Tank Age (months or years) : 4 Months
Tank size (Length x width x height) : 150 cm X 50 cm X 50 cm
Plants : Bryxa , hairgrass , grosso , rotala ,moss , pealia , etc.
Lightnin : Philip 865 x 8 , 7hr
Fish & Invertebrates : Sawba , Siamese triangle tetra , green neon , chinese algae eater
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate : DIY substrate , CO2 5 bubbles/sec , Substrate GEX

8th Place – Aurora Boreal 352L by Luis Carlos Galarraga
Volume: 352 liters
Age: 8 months
Dimensions: 160 x 40 x 55
Floors: Glossostigma elatinoides, Eleocharis vivipara, Echinodorus tenellus “Amano,” Ludwigia glandulosa, Nymphaea rubra, Limnophila aromatica.
Lighting: JBL 80W T5 HO 4, with 2 Natur, 1 Color and 1 Tropic.
Fish: Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi, Paracheirodon axelrodi and Crossocheilus siamensis.
Fertilizer, CO2 and substrate:
Substrate: Tropica Plant Substrate, ADA Bacter 100, Clear Super ADA, ADA Tourmaline BC, W ADA and ADA Penac Penac P.
CO2: Aquamazon system pressurized steel cylinder of 3.0 kg, solenoid valve, two bubbles per second, Eheim diffuser.
Fertilizer: Tropica Plant Nutrition +, Seachem Seachem Iron and Potassium.

9th Place – Paradise by Peter Bela
Tank volume (liter) : 340 L
Tank Age (months or years) : 1 year
Tank size (Length x width x height) : 120X53X50
Plants : Eleocharis,Glossostigma elatinoides,Riccia fluitans, Hygrophila difformis,Hygrophila corymbosa,Hydrocotyle leucocephala,Limnophila aromatica,Micranthemum umbrosum,Rotala rotundifolia,Hygrophila polysperma,Hottonia palustris,Ludwigia repens
Lightnin : 36WX5 NO (Osram Daylight Lumilux)
Fish & Invertebrates : Aphyosemion gardneri, Paracheirodon innesi, Pterophyllum scalare, Betta splendens, Hyphersobrycon Herbertaxelrodi, Aplocheilus lineatus, Black Molly
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate : PPS Pro, CO2: 3 b/sec, Substrate: soil from lokal wood and round gravel

10th Place – Kiattisak Phueakrai
Tank volume (liter) : 262
Tank Age (months or years) : 5 months
Tank size (Length x width x height) : L90 x W45 x H45 (cm)
Plants : Vesicularia sp., Hydrocotyle leucocephala, Rotala rotundifolia, Hemianthus callitrichoides, Hygrophila sp.
Lightnin : Grand Solar II x 2 (8 hours a day)
Fish & Invertebrates : Sundadanio axelrodi, Otocinclus vittatus, Caridina japonica
Fertilization, CO2, Substrate : Fertilization : Green Brighty Step 2, Special Shade, ECA.
CO2 : 4 bubbles per second
Substrate : Amazonia II, Powersand special M.

Source : acuavida.com

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FAAO or Filipe Oliveira have aquascaping many project. you can read from 3 years of Aquascaping by FAAO and looking detail of aquarium setup at 350L Plantado Vs Discos Aquajournal by FAAO. This is Pinheiro manso that have inspiration from big tree.

Name: Pinheiro manso
Size: 55x35x35 ( long*wide*tall) cm
Volume: 67L
Temperature: 25ºC
pH: 6,8

Lighting: 3x24w T5 6.500k
Filter: Aquaclear 25
CO2: DIY + Elos ATO-10
Substrate: Elos bottom mineral, Elos Terra zero, Elos Terra natural soil small grain (12L)
Fertilization: Elos Fase1, Fase2, Extra1 and K40 by Elos Schedule program
Fase2 on Mon, Wed and Fri
Fase1 + K40 on Tue and Thur
Extra1 + K40 on Sat
with 0.5ml of each product

Maintenance: TPA once a week of 20%, Usually I do it on Sunday.

Rocks: Schist
Wood decoration: Red Moorwood, DIY from 3 branches of wood

Plants: Eleocharis parvula, Utricularia graminifolia and Singapore moss (Vesicularia dubyana)

Fish: Otocinclus sp, Boraras maculatus and Iriatherina werneri

Invertebrate: Neocaridina heteropoda var. red and Caridina cf. cantonensis ‘Tiger’

This is setup detail…

Source : aquascapingworld.com

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Equipment:
Tank – Do!Aqua 90p 94x45x45 cm (36x18x18″) That’s about 48 gallons
Stand – half-DYI 36x18x33″
Light – GLO light T5HO 2x39W, both 6700K, one Lifeglo, one Coralife
Filtration – Eheim Ecco 2232 (35gal) and 2236 (80gal) with Do!Aqua and Aquamagic glass lily pipes
Heater – Hydor In-line 200W (on 2236)
CO2 – pressurized 5lb, 24/7 at about 0.5 bps. Diffuser under small powerhead (for now)

Scape:
Bottom layer – mix of natural Fluorite, Laterite, Turface and sand
Upper layer – mix of black Fluorite, Laterite and black Onyx sand.
Front – Sand from Lake Tahoe
Manzanita collected in East Sierras and Lake Tahoe area (soaked and hand scrapped)
Rocks bought from fellow aquarist

Plants:
Java fern ‘narrow leaf’, ‘windellow’ and ‘trident’
Anubias nana and nana ‘petitte’
Bolbitis heudelotti
Crypt. wendtii ‘mi oya’, ‘Florida sunset’, ‘green gecko’, (?)
C. lutea
C. parva
Eleocharis acicularis
Glossostigma elatinoides
Hydrocotyle
Hygrophila corymbosa ‘compact’
Lobelia cardinalis
Myriophyllum mattogrossense
Mayaca fluviatilis
Rotala macrandra
R. indica
R. colorata
Potamogeton gayii
Polygonum sp. kawagoeanum
Blyxa aubertii
Echinodorus ‘vesuvius’
Fissidens fontanus

Animals:
Cardinal tetras (Paracheirodon axelrodi) – 10
Rummynose tetras (Hemigrammus bleheri) – 30(?)
Columbian tetras (Hyphessobrycon colombianus) – 2
Panda cory (Corydoras panda) – 5
Mystery cory (Corydoras ????) – 2
Otto (Otocinclus affinis?) – 2
Pitbull Pleco (LDA-25) (Parotocinclus jumbo) – 1
Amano shrimp (Caridina japonica ) – 1
MTS (Elanoides tuberculata) – many
other snails (Helisoma sp. (?), Physa acuta, Lymnea (?), Planorbis sp.)

Source : aquaticplantcentral.com

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Skeleton of a Bush is the Aquascaper’s first serious attempt to create a beautiful aquarium garden. The plant selection was the first major challenge of this aquascape. After a trial with over fifty species, thirty-five species of plants were selected for the aquascape. The goal was to combine the different plant shapes, leave structures and growth rates into a balance aquascape that evoked harmony and fluid-eye movement.

The central focal point and the foundation of the layout consisted of the dead skeleton of a bush plant (located on the right). The piece of driftwood with the thin curled branches was perfect for this aquascape. Crinum calamistratum was planted so that its curled plant leaves would complement the similar shaped branches of the driftwood.

Pagoda stones where placed at the bordering edges of the white sand over the first few months of the aquascape. Also, on the left side, mangrove driftwood was incorporated to balance the side, and complete the aquascape. Lava rock was placed beneath the driftwood to prevent plants from growing under the driftwood.

For the substrate, Seachem Fluorite and Caribsea Eco Complete were placed at the corners of the aquarium where the majority of the stem plants would go. In the center, a wide white sand path was created to add brightness and contrast.

During the first four months, this high-tech, high light aquarium experienced algae issues. Extensive research on plant biology, fertilizers, carbon dioxide injection, algae, and lighting helped the Aquascaper understand the needs of the plants to the point where the Aquascaper developed a “feel” for the aquarium. This led to regular following of the Estimate Index and PMDD fertilization methods that ensured plant health and the eradication of algae. For fertilizing, a formula of KNO3, K2SO4, Fleet enema, Power4, Seachem Iron and Epsom salts is dosed.

Trimming takes part every week for the stem plants such as Heteranthera zosterifolia (Stargrass), Micranthemum umbrosum, Hemanthius micranthemoides, and Glossostigma elantinoides. Sometimes two or three weeks would pass without a trimming for some slower growing plants to ensure a balance and rhythmic growth of all the plants in the aquarium. Water parameters are: pH 6.6-6.8, NO3 20-30 ppm, PO4 1-2 ppm, DH 8, Kh 4. Every Monday a 50% water change and maintenance of the two external filters and the internal DIY filter occurs. The DIY filter is composed of a 1000L Eheim pump head, and is also responsible for carbon dioxide diffusion.

As the first true aquascape achieved by the Aquascaper, Skeleton of a Bush is a great achievement and far beyond the level of where the Aquascaper thought he would be. This aquascape received a 6th place ranking in the large category and a 10th place world ranking at the Acuavida Aquascaping Contest 2009. It also received a 66th ranking in the 2009 International Aquascaping Plant Layout Contest (IAPLC).

Source : aquascapingworld.com

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Source : aquascapingworld.com