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Where Should the Open Water Go? A Behavior-First Stocking Plan for Planted Freshwater Aquariums

Where Should the Open Water Go? A Behavior-First Stocking Plan for Planted Freshwater Aquariums

A planted aquarium can look full long before it is properly stocked. Every stem, rock, cave, floating plant, fish, shrimp, and snail changes how the tank is used. The practical question is not simply which species can share water, but where each anim...
Algae on Glass, Mulm in Substrate, or Leftover Food? Assign the Right Snail Job

Algae on Glass, Mulm in Substrate, or Leftover Food? Assign the Right Snail Job

Aquarium snails are often sold as cleanup crews, but that phrase hides several different jobs. One snail may scrape soft algae from glass, another may consume leftover food and decaying plant matter, while a burrowing species mainly moves through the...
When Aquarium Shrimp Keep Dying: A Failure-Diagnosis Plan for Planted Tanks

When Aquarium Shrimp Keep Dying: A Failure-Diagnosis Plan for Planted Tanks

Repeated shrimp losses are rarely solved by adding another product at random. The useful question is not simply why one shrimp died, but what happened before the loss, which shrimp were affected, and whether the same trigger is still present. A plant...
The Four-Filter Plant Plan: Match Aquarium Plants to Your Setup and Schedule

The Four-Filter Plant Plan: Match Aquarium Plants to Your Setup and Schedule

A plant can be labeled easy and still fail in your aquarium if it needs more light, stronger circulation, richer substrate, or more pruning than your routine allows. The better approach is to filter every plant through four practical questions: How m...

Aquascaping Contest Schedule 2026

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KIAC

Open for Entries
Closes in: --:--:--
Open21/10
Close22/11
Result26/12

AGA

Judging
Results in: --:--:--
Open01/08
Close04/10
Result07/11

CBAP

Judging
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Open01/07
Close16/08
Result29/11

ITAC

Judging
Results in: --:--:--
Open01/08
Close30/09
Result30/11

EAPLC

Completed
Status: Announced
Open01/06
Close31/07
Result17/10

CIAC

Completed
Status: Announced
Open02/08
Close15/09
Result10/10

IAPLC

Completed
Status: Announced
Open01/04
Close31/05
Result10/10

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Analyse Spain aquascapes at IAPLC 2026, then explore the country’s results, contributing creators and competition history on AquaRank Nations.

Spain at IAPLC 2026: Roberto Buenadicha’s Forest and the Space Between Trunks

Roberto Buenadicha’s aquarium is the only Spanish work in the published ranks 1–300. Its slender dar...
Analyse France aquascapes at IAPLC 2026, then explore the country’s results, contributing creators and competition history on AquaRank Nations.

France at IAPLC 2026: A Close Reading of Jean Christophe Grosset’s Woodland

Only one French work appears in the published ranks 1–300. That gives this instalment a different ta...
Analyse Singapore aquascapes at IAPLC 2026, then explore the country’s results, contributing creators and competition history on AquaRank Nations.

Singapore at IAPLC 2026: Open Stone and an Enclosed Planted Passage

Two Singaporean works appear in the published ranks 1–300, and they offer an unusually clear contras...
Analyse Hong Kong aquascapes at IAPLC 2026, then explore the country’s results, contributing creators and competition history on AquaRank Nations.

Hong Kong at IAPLC 2026: Three Studies in Light, Layers and Visual Impact

A low timber ceiling, blue-toned terraces and converging planted diagonals create three visibly diff...
Analyse Italy aquascapes at IAPLC 2026, then explore the country’s results, contributing creators and competition history on AquaRank Nations.

Italy at IAPLC 2026: Calm Routes and More Dramatic Planted Frames

A clear route through planted banks can feel quiet; a coloured ridge beneath a dark frame can feel t...
Analyse United States aquascapes at IAPLC 2026, then explore the country’s results, contributing creators and competition history on AquaRank Nations.

United States at IAPLC 2026: Four Distinct Readings of a Wooded Aquarium

The four American photographs selected here all contain important wood structures, yet they do not p...
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Juan Puchades

Spain
5528

The enthusiasm to participate IAPLC year after year forces me to continue developing as an artist.

Age/ 39 years old
Occupation/ Dentist (Periodontist)

Years of experience in the aquarium hobby/ Previously I have been 3 times in honour prizes. During the last ten years always on top50 places.
Any other hobbies besides aquarium/ Actually free time for hobbies is limited to the aquarium.

The planted aquarium hobby is undoubtedly my link to what I don’t have. I grew up surrounded by space and always with nature close by. However, with the arrival of university life and later work, it was the planted aquarium that allowed me to develop my love for animals and nature, in a limited space and in the interior of my urban flat. It is also essential to say that the planted aquarium has allowed me to expose an artistic facet that I have discovered over the years, and the IAPLC has had a major influence on this, since the enthusiasm to participate year after year forces me to start new projects that provide new experiences and opportunities to continue developing as an artist.

 

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Roots of marriage

AGA International Aquascaping Contest - 2016
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Flow of life

AGA International Aquascaping Contest - 2017
30

SILVER WINDS

The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest - 2018
41

OCTOBER WHISPER

The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest - 2019
17

Twilight African Nights

The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest - 2020
38

Imagine. Living Under Primeval Dragons

The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest - 2021
7

Origin. Dawn lights

The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest - 2021
3

Radiance

Korea International Aquascaping Contest (KIAC) Korea - 2023
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