#1042 The Chosen Cherry Blossoms
- Filter
- Fluval 407 and Dophin C1600
- CO2 System
- 30ppm CO2
- Lighting
- Full spectrum white light and RGB light
- Substrate
- Aquasoil
- Hardscape Materials
- Driftwood, Seiryu Stone
- Background
- White Vinyl
Species
Paracheirodon simulans, Petitella rhodostoma
Plant species
Hemianthus Callitrichoides Cuba, Micranthemum Umbrosum, Eleocharis Parvula, Eleocharis Acicularis, Helanthium Tennelum, Cryptocoryne Parva, Staurogyne Repens, Hydrocotyle Veticillata, Hemianthus Micranthemoides, Gratiola Viscidula, Mayacca Fluviatilis, Rotala Rotundifolia Orange, Rotala Hra, Rotala Green, Rotala sp. Vietnam, Rotala Wallichi, Myriophyllum Tuberculatum, Myriophyllum Mattogrossense, Ludwigia sp. Mini Super Red, Hygrophila Pinnatifida, Bucephelandra sp., Bolbitis Heudelotii, Microsorum Pteropus sp. Phillipine, Crepidomanes Malabaricum, Anubias Nana Petite, Fissidens Fontanus, Fissidens Crispulus, Vesicularia Montagnei 'Taiwan', Vesicularia Ferrei, Taxiphyllum sp. Spiky, Riccardia Chamedryfolia, Taxipjullum sp. Flame
Fertilization
Masterline All in one
Judges' Comments
An aquascape with a really good idea: the red plants placed on the tips of the branches really remind me of cherry blossoms, just as the title suggests. The path works really well, made longer by the way it plays with the rocks, so it looks much longer and doesn’t end sharply, letting you think the landscape goes on somewhere else, out of the viewer’s sight. This really helped give depth to the landscape. I also like the two groups of fish of different species, well separated and at different heights. Maybe the large-leaved plants at the sides of the foreground break the scale of the landscape a little, with smaller leaves the sense of size would have been even stronger.
— Gloria Ciriello
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