You guys took all the good choices. Is anyone bringing bread/rolls? I can do that...

Also IME Nerites don't do anything for the more filamentous algae like BBA. They're just not made to nosh on stuff like that. Try upping your maintenance or use H2O2?

Can we get some more information? Lighting/water parameters/any other plants showing signs? When you say “which is where it came from” what does that mean? From the substrate??

I’m so bummed I can’t be there but have to be at Aquashella that weekend. Any chance someone wants to record it for me? With Jeff’s permission, of course.

There's native Fissidens in North America! Not sure if this far north, but one could think it's certainly a possibility...

I love all this planning. Also puffers. They're not a typical choice, which (to me) is awesome. Remember, biotope tanks don't always have plants....if you could stand that!

Between us, I would tend to agree with you on the shrimp. And don't sell yourself short... times are changing in the aquascaping contest world. There's been a movement back towards nature style the last couple of years.

The judges for biotopes are pretty strict and won't hesitate to DQ. Plants absolutely need to be spot on. I'm told there's a LITTLE wiggle room for materials, but that the location needs to be specific. So no "Borneo-ish" locale.

What Edward said. This is the contest, not the convention. Although in 2021 it'll be in Chicago :) The beauty of these contests is that you have a year to take a picture of your tank, there's no reason why you couldn't have a photo-worthy tank in, say, February and you just hold the photos until the...

This year's AGA aquascaping contest is open for entries as of today! You should enter. Yes, YOU. We would love to have another year of considerably more entries than the year before from US Aquascapers. This is the only contest where you could get feedback from the judges. This is not a ranked conte...