IAPLC 2025 in Review: Top 300 Aquascaping Styles Before the 2026 Results
Before a new IAPLC winner is revealed, the previous season deserves a closer look. Which aquascaping styles filled the TOP 300 in 2025? Did the same visual families become more common in the TOP 100, TOP 27 and TOP 7? And what can those layouts teach...
Rasio Wild Secrets - Heri Amir / Indonesia - Honour Prize IAPLC 2020 - Rooted Forest Canopy Framing a Bright Sandy Underwater Trail
This image presents a densely planted underwater scene organized around a pale sandy trail that recedes beneath an arch of roots and foliage. A school of small fish occupies the upper-left and central water, while layered greens, reddish plant accent...
How Swimming Space Should Shape a Planted Aquarium Stocking Plan
A planted aquarium can look spacious in a photograph while offering very little usable room for fish. Dense stems may block a school’s cruising path, driftwood can divide territories, and a tall centerpiece plant may leave bottom dwellers with nowher...
Every IAPLC Grand Prize Winner, 2001–2025: Design Trends, National Milestones and the Amano Legacy
Twenty-five years. Twenty-five winning aquascapes. Twenty-two individual champions. The history of the IAPLC Grand Prize is a record of how aquascaping has expanded its visual language—from lush planted habitats and open swimming spaces to forests,...
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