AGA 2021 World Ranking Announcement

Every year, we rely on the hard work of our esteemed panel of judges to sift through hundreds of entries to choose a few of the very best aquascapes for our contest and this year was no exception. Participating as a judge for our contest takes time away from their very busy schedules and our contest would not be the success it is today without their efforts. For this year’s Aquatic Garden categories, we have our wonderful returning expert judges, Andre Longarco (Brazil) and Esther Mous (Netherlands), and our new judges for this year Marvin Lo (USA), Jhonny Vanegas Cardenas (Columbia), and Dave Chow (Hong Kong). Jen Williams (USA) judged the 220-320L size aquascapes.

Karen Randall (USA) judged all four of our specialty categories. In addition, we were again very fortunate to have Marco Aukes (Netherlands) and Vin Kutty (USA) return to judge our Dutch category. Hans-Georg Evers from Germany participated as one of our expert judges in the biotope category. For Paludariums, Cory Nudelman (USA) returned, along with new judge (and last year's category winner) Nick Kinser (USA). Finally, the Wabi-Kusa category was handled by Jo Ann Fujii (USA) and myself (USA). Thank you all!

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Again it was a pleasure and an honor to be part of the judging team for the annual AGA aquascaping contest and a fun year for me doing all the “specialty” categories! Congratulations to ALL of our wonderful entrants who work so hard each year to produce their best work for this contest and thank you to ALL my fellow judges and to all the incredibly hardworking people of the AGA who make this contest possible year after year!!!
— Karen Randall

This year is 22nd of the AGA Aquascaping Contest which started from 2000 till 2021. In these 20 plus years I have seen many unique great layouts to get a prize or honour in AGAAC. Now AGAAC is one of the great aquascaping competition in the world and this makes me feel a lot of emotion. Another question comes to my mind: Will there be an end or bottleneck in the creativity of aquascaping? I think the answer is negative because there is no limit in aquascaping world the limit is only what you give to it.
— Dave Chow

Aquascapes that dreams are made of!
— Hans-Georg Evers

Once again I had the privilege and honor of being part of this select group of judges.
In a year where we continue to suffer the hardships imposed by the terrible pandemic certainly our beloved aquariums were the escape valve and the salvation for many people around the world.
Bringing a piece of Nature into home is a gift in itself. Being able to interact create cultivate maintain and delight in it is a privilege full of magic and benefits.
In this edition each aquarium judged by me was also a blessing that I received directly here in my home in Brazil confined with my beloved family. At each aquarium at each photograph I could rejoice in the beauty created by aquascapers and passionates from around the world. And this worldwide connection through the Nature Aquarium was one of the fundamental factors for all of us to remain firm healthy and harmonious.
Congratulations friends you were warriors!!! Thank you for sharing your passion and uniting your energies for the common good. There are no just one winner in each category...we are all winners!
Gratitude sums up my feeling in this edition of the most important aquascaping contest in the world!!

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT AQUARIUMS.
IT'S ABOUT LOVE AND RESPECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!
— André Longarco

What an great honor to have the chance to admire relax and qualify the 22nd edition of the AGA aquascaping contest. It is absolutely impressive. Everything I learned looking in detail at so many aquariums and even more what brings us closer to nature and helps us to respect and value it more in our lives.
The talent observed is getting better and better and I am excited to know that each year that passes there will be no limit to creativity and the ability to represent everything that happens in our minds in an aquarium.
Congratulations to all.
— Jhonny Vanegas Cardenas

What a treat and honor it is to be able to be able to contribute to the 2021 AGA Aquscaping contest. Never did I imagine that aquascaping would come so far in such a short amount of time. What an impressive showing by everyone who submitted and congratulations to you all for all your hard work!
— Marvin Lo

TOP 10 AGA 2021 Aquatic Garden, < 28L

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  01 - Zura Ula - Agoes Effendi - Indonesia.

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  02 - Shrimps trail - Alen Hodzic - Croatia.

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  03 - Somewhere in my mind - Nguyen Van Tan - Vietnam.

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  04 - Ebb and Flow - Lau Kin Gi - HongKong China.

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  05 - Rocky Avenue - Andreas Ruppert-Flerlage - Germany.

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  06 - Destiny - RAJIB SAHA - India.

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  07 - Happiness - Barbara Ryba - Poland.

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  08 - Gemplang - ahmad nasrul - Indonesia.

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  09 - The green Dream - Omer Nadir KOCAOGLU - Turkey.

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  10 - Cherry Tsunami- Faiz Shoaib - Malaysia.

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TOP 10 AGA 2021 Aquatic Garden, 28L ~ 55L

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  1 - Through The Canyon - Luis Filipe Samora Cardoso - Portugal.

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  10 - Karst - Andre Scheffer -South Africa.

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  2 - Froggy Mountain - Ashraff Bin Alias - Malaysia.

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  3 - Devils Symphony - Emilie Loheac - France.

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  4 - Crack - Andreas Ruppert Flerlage - Germany.

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  5 - Ranggas Forest - Triyanto - Indonesia.

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  6 - Purity - Colombo angelo roberto - Italy.

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  7 - Childhood memories 2 - Chee Hwan An - Korea.

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  8 - Violet - Tanja Pechhold - Germany.

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  9 - Nature Bonds - ARIF ISKANDAR CHE ABDUL RAHMAN - Malaysia.

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TOP 10 AGA 2021 Aquatic Garden, 55L ~ 80L

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  01 - Rays among the greens - Tereza Lazar - Ukraine.

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  02 - Passage to inca rose - Timothy Stephen Gross - US.

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  03 - The roots conquer the forest - Salvatore Scifo - Italy.

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  04 - Forest Green Valley - Carlos Souza - Brazil.

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  05 - Little Dream - Pornsan Phuthong - Thailand.

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  06 - SandA Gorge - Firdaus Affendi - Malaysia.

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  07 - Spring - Wangtianchi - China.

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  08 - Holed Stone - Carlos Souza -Brazil.

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  09 - Aurora - Nguyen Van Tan - Vietnam.

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  10 - Haven of peace - KiYeong Kim - Korea.

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TOP 10 AGA 2021 Aquatic Garden, 80L ~ 162L

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  01 - Spikes Valley - Thiago Goncalves de Oliveira - Brazil.

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  02 - TALAWA FLOW - Paco Mir - Spain.

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  03 - Passion perseverance determination - Colombo Angelo Roberto - Italy.

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  04 - Falling Upward - Ryan David Noel - US.

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  05 - First - Arthur Spinola - Brazil.

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  06 - Time has passed - Chung Insik - Korea.

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  07 - Shinrin Yoku - LUIS MIGUEL BENITO YAGUE - Spain.

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  08 - Amandae Paradise - DOUHERET Maxime - France.

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  09 - Beyond What Is Seem - Leonardo Alves de Oliveira - Brazil.

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  10 - Green Mountain - Asaftei Adrian Cristian - Romania.

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TOP 10 AGA 2021 Aquatic Garden, 162L ~ 220L

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  01 - Eternal - Han-HsuanChen - Taiwan .

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  02 - Garajonay - Jesus Olier Perez - Spain.

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  03 - ALONG THE RIVER - Do Lam Vy - VietNam.

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  04 - Wild at Hearth - Thorsten Peetz - Germany.

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  05 - The colors of nature - Alen Hodzic - Croatia.

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  06 - Cavern Carnival - Andreas Ruppert-Flerlage -Germany.

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  07 - Light of wish - Hugo Liao - Taiwan.

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  08 - To Continue Without Ceasing - Rondale Gonzales - Philippines.

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  09 - The sun - I Nyoman Putra Kertiyasa - Indonesia.

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  10 - Wingspan - Tran Duc Minh - VietNam.

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TOP 10 AGA 2021 Aquatic Garden, 220L ~ 320L

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  01 - SYNERGY - Matthew Israel O Manes - Philippines.

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  02 - Silent Pool - Steven Chong - US.

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  03 - Habitat - Jirawong Laopiyasakul - Thailand.

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  04 - The Beauty After Storm - Sebanstian Hopf - Germany.

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  05 - Wana Janger - I nyoman marwita - Indonesia.

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  06 - Myth II - Hugo Liao - Taiwan.

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  07 - The Valley of the rising sun - Ismael Aguilar Soria -Spain.

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  08 - Fairy Hollow - Selcuk Durmaz - Turkey.

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  09 - Over Come - Huynh Hai - VietNam.

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  10 - Chunjian - Guan Fuhong - China.

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TOP 10 AGA 2021 Aquatic Garden, > 320L

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  01 - Forest In the Wind - Pavol Kulanda - UK.

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  02 - Invite the moon - Liang Jin - China.

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  03 - Revolve Pluse - Eakthanat Isarathikul - Thailand.

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  04 - Listen to the waterfall - Zhao gang - China.

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  05 - Forest Spirit - Kevin Liu - Taiwan.

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  06 - Efrain Sequera Moreno - Spain.

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  07 - TLALOC - Javier Alonso Lecuna - Mexico.

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  08 - Lotus pond in summer - HE YI - China.

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  09 - Costae - Miguel Angel Garcia - Spain.

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  10 - Abukuma-do - Albert Escrihuela Caceres - Spain.

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TOP 05 AGA 2021 Biotope Aquascape

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  01 - Flooded Forest Tributary of the Rio Negro - Alex Wenchel - US.

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  02 - Alum Creek - Vinny Anderson - US.

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  03 - Garape Carajizinho near the connection of the Rio Caurrs - Alex Franqui - US.

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  04 - Swamp in Tebo Ilir Jambi - MAA Rafsanjani - Indonesia.

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  05 - Under The Bridge There Is Life - Jennifer Williams - US.

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TOP 05 AGA 2021 Dutch Aquascape

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  01 - Community - Gavin Carew - US.

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  02 - The serenity of Giethroon village - Cheattha Sae Teaw - Thailand.

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  03 - Color of Eden - M Reza Mazinanian - Iran.

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  04 - Sanctuary - Ralph Peter Icalla - Philippines.

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  05 - September Sunshine - Joe Harvey - US.

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TOP 05 AGA 2021 Wabi-Kusa

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  01 - Little beauty - Mathias berg Ofersen - Denmark.

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  02 - Radiance - Sam Harlen - Australia.

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  03 - Duality - Javier Salmeron Aguilar - Mexico.

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  04 - Rerumputan - Rigan Gesang Ade Ginanjar- Indonesia.

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  05 - Bukit kandis - Andika - Indonesia.

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TOP 05 AGA 2021 Paludarium

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  01 - Hoia-Baciu - Marcal Gali Bohera - Spain - hardscape.

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  01 - Hoia-Baciu - Marcal Gali Bohera - Spain.

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  02 - Jean Gabriel Dal Ri - Peace - Brazil.

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  03 - Cloud Forest - Jonas Loose - Germany.

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  04 - Life Finds a way - Alan Ricardo Rodrigues - Brazil.

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  05 - Waters song - Tereza Lazar - Ukraine - hardscape.

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  05 - Waters song - Tereza Lazar - Ukraine.

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TOP 05 Riparium

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  01-From Above & Below.

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  02-Mountain Forrest.

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  03-Supra Viridis.

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  04-Resilience.

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  05-Kalimantan Barat.

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