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I love the beautiful setups that are dominant in freshwater these days but feel they are sometimes too contrived, too poorly reflective of natural habitats.
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Well, you are not alone. FW aquascaping has gone abit too far
When reading the judges comments in the last Aquascaping contest att aquatic plant central I was really disillusioned. I felt they operate after a set of paradigms on how things are suppossed to be. Paradigms based on the history of aquascaping rather than on pure aesthetics or on biological relevance. Anyways, a few weeks later someone, you all know who, wrote an article in RK about seagrass so now your all stuck with me!
I promptly asked Art Giacosa, head-honcho at APC, about including marine planteds in future layout contest. This is his reply:
"We did discuss the possibility of adding marine seagrass aquariums but felt that it would be too different from the freshwaters. However, I do suggest that you post your aquarium in the aquascaping forum for others to see and appreciate. Maybe you can start a trend in that area."
So gear up, aquascaping really needs some new stuff!
//Mattias