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AGA 2023 World Ranking Announcement

21 November 2023

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It is with great pleasure that the Aquatic Gardeners Association announces the results of the 2023 AGA International Aquascaping Contest. The contest had another outstanding year with excellent participation in every category, including a number of beautiful aquascapes submitted to our new Riparium category! And we again had many spectacular aquascapes entered in the Aquatic Gardens categories making the judging very challenging for our panel of judges to pick the best aquascapes for this year’s contest.

AGA 2023 World Ranking Announcement

Aquatic Garden, <28L

Aquatic Garden, 28~55L

Aquatic Garden, 55~80L

Aquatic Garden, 80~162L

Aquatic Garden, 162~220L

Aquatic Garden, 220~320L

Aquatic Garden, >320L

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I am very happy to participate as a judge for the 8th time in this renowned and relevant aquascaping contest. In addition to the feeling of belonging I am proud to be part of this team of such good and dedicated people and judging the work of our community is a privilege for few. I have no doubt that the AGA contest is one of the biggest responsible for the dissemination of aquascaping in the world and that our joint work organization judges and participants serves as an inspiration for thousands of people. I wish long life to this association that each year earns even more of my respect and love.
God bless you all.
— Andre Longarco

Judging from various perspectives and reflecting participants' efforts and potential in multiple aspects is a truly meaningful experience. Taking part as a judge in the AGA Contest driven by passion and interest has been a remarkable endeavor.

The efficiency and reliability of the judging system significantly impact both participants and judges. Particularly minimal errors are crucial. This outcome is a reflection of the dedication and expertise of those managing the operation and the system. Their passion and professionalism elevate the quality of the contest providing participants with a fair competitive opportunity.

Being a part of this system as a judge is a great honor for me. I express my gratitude to all the participants who showcased splendid works.
— Cho Jaesun

This year was again a year filled with beautiful aquascapes for us to enjoy as we had the privilege of judging them. Thank you to all who participated. It is truly impressive how many incredibly talented people we have in this wonderful community!
— Karen Randall

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, < 28L

01 - Green Forest - Aditia eko saputro - Indonesia.
02 - The Jungle Book - Leung Chung Hin - HongKong.
03 - Rocky Road - Kawin Arponiam - Thailand.
04 - Bonpolo Forest - Maulana Fahmi - Indonesia.
05 - The Fairytale Forests of Yakushima - Agnieszka Choeneck - Poland.
06 - Uprising - Rajib Saha - India.
07 - The Cave - Leung Chung Hin - HongKong.
08 - Relax - Steven Nguyen - VietNam.
09 - Two Worlds - Alen Hodzic - Croatia.
10 - Uncut - I NYOMAN PUTRA KERTIYASA - Indonesia.

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, 28L ~ 55L

01 - Shady Path - I Putu Bayu Yatha Loka - Indonesia.
02 - Hutan Kalimboan - MATHEUS THEO FENANLAMPIR - Indonesia.
03 - Abstract Serenity - Shin Dong Jin - Korea.
04 - Simplicity - Luis Cardoso - Portugal.
05 - Horizon - Paco Mir - Spain.
06 - Through The Forest - Steven Nguyen - VietNam.
07 - First Garden - Willian Willrich Dias - Brazil.
08 - Twinkle - Tanja Pechhold - Germany.
09 - Hope - Saiful Hadi - Indonesia.
10 - KETABE HILL - Sansan Zo - Indonesia.

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, 55L ~ 80L

01 - Dragon Wings - Gustavo Pimenta - Brazil.
02 - River of silver - Carlos Souza - Brazil.
03 - Into the deep forest - Muhammad Yusuf - Indonesia.
04 - Singular - Cliverton Dantas da Silva - Brazil.
05 - Four Winds valley - Fernando Moraes - Brazil.
06 - bloom - taegi yoo - Korea.
07 - The Rift - Sander Olak Alves - Brazil.
08 - Announces If The Storm - Aldo Santana - Brazil.
09 - Lembah Angker - Indra Alfiyanto - Indonesia.
10 - THE FALLEN GIANT - Salvatore Scifo - Italy.

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, 80L ~ 162L

01 - Flooded Cenote - Mateus Fer Pereira - Brazil.
02 - Moon Haven - Fernando Moraes - Brazil.
03 - SWAMP - Inyoman Marwita - Indonesia.
04 - Season of wind - Qiang Liang - China.
05 - Combus Island - Marreira Junior - Brazil.
06 - Nature Unleashed - Guillermo Barrientos - Chile.
07 - Oztotl - Roberto Villalobos Sanchez - Mexico.
08 - Shadow of a distant mountain and clouds - Niu Qiang - China.
09 - From shadows to light - Sidney cordeiro da Costa - Brazil.
10 - Serenity - Paco Mir - Spain.

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, 162L ~ 220L

01 - Evergreen Valley - Bahtiar - Indonesia.
02 - Roots adn Stones - Laurent GRAS - France.
03 - Mangroves the natures guardians - Asaftei Adrian Cristian - Romania.
04 - Ancestral Element of Fear - Luigi Carboni - Brazil.
05 - Overcomes - Dokyun Lim - Korea.
06 - If you go there - Jeon Hyoungjoo - Korea.
07 - Sun valley - BRUNA ANDRADE - Brazil.
08 - Dragon Valley - Luis Cardoso - Portugal.
09 - Wormhole - Lian - China.
10 - Everlasting - Han-Hsuan Chen - Taiwan.

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, 220L ~ 320L

01 - Pandora - Carlos Souza - Brazil.
02 - Rooted Sunrise - Shin Dong Jin - Korea.
03 - Echo of the Pali - Steven Chong - US.
04 - MANGKOL - SANSAN ZO - Indonesia.
05 - Driftwood spring - Hugo Liao - Taiwan.
06 - Kayu Pramana - Inyoman Marwita - Indonesia.
07 - Eternity - Marcelo Takeno - Brazil.
08 - Shadow Of The Day - Lich Do - VietNam.
09 - CENOTE - Rennier Recio Katigbak - Philippines.
10 - FILIPE DOLIVEIRA FOREST - Bernat Hosta Rovira - Catalonia.

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, > 320L

01 - Radiance - Juan Puchades - Spain.
02 - Zenith - liang jin - China.
03 - Yearning - Zhao Gang - China.
04 - Flow of Nature - Luis Cardoso - Portugal.
05 - Red Alert - Nobphacha Yimyou - Thailand.
06 - Chenxi - Wang Chenxi - China.
07 - Living Beings - Yang Yufan - China.
08 - Submerged Forest - Eakthanat Isarathikul - Thailand.
09 - Living Beings - Yang Yufan - China.
10 - Verdant Gorge - Shin Dong Jin - Korea.

TOP 05 Biotope Aquascape

01 - Epifania - Fernando Puente Saldana - Mexico.
02 - Flooded Bank of an Unnamed Blackwater Stream - Bryson Zheng - US.
03 - Sandy sedimentary bottom area in Ndole Bay - Protim Sarkar - India.
04 - Flood is coming Small igarape near Barcelos - Valeriy Shylenko - Ukraine.
05 - Igarape do Daracua Rio Negro - MAA Rafsanjani - Indonesia.

TOP 05 Dutch Aquascape

01 - Colorful world - Pavlina Pevna - Czech Republic.
02 - The second Hand of Carew - Michael Miller - US.
03 - Woman Life Freedom - Omid Niavarani - US.
04 - Dream of Heaven - kamran shayanfar - Iran.
05 - Here and Now - Chantz Cramer - US.

TOP 05 Wabi-Kusa

01-FIKA.
02-Reborn.
03-Silent rain.
04-Wild Trilogy.
05-Dream.

TOP 05 Paludarium

01-heavy.
02-A piece of peace and balance.
03-Fatima.
04-Lets Get Wild.
05-rain.

TOP 05 Riparium

01-From Above & Below.
02-Mountain Forrest.
03-Supra Viridis.
04-Resilience.
05-Kalimantan Barat.

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TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, < 28L

01 - Green Forest - Aditia eko saputro - Indonesia.

02 - The Jungle Book - Leung Chung Hin - HongKong.

03 - Rocky Road - Kawin Arponiam - Thailand.

04 - Bonpolo Forest - Maulana Fahmi - Indonesia.

05 - The Fairytale Forests of Yakushima - Agnieszka Choeneck - Poland.

06 - Uprising - Rajib Saha - India.

07 - The Cave - Leung Chung Hin - HongKong.

08 - Relax - Steven Nguyen - VietNam.

09 - Two Worlds - Alen Hodzic - Croatia.

10 - Uncut - I NYOMAN PUTRA KERTIYASA - Indonesia.

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, 28L ~ 55L

01 - Shady Path - I Putu Bayu Yatha Loka - Indonesia.

02 - Hutan Kalimboan - MATHEUS THEO FENANLAMPIR - Indonesia.

03 - Abstract Serenity - Shin Dong Jin - Korea.

04 - Simplicity - Luis Cardoso - Portugal.

05 - Horizon - Paco Mir - Spain.

06 - Through The Forest - Steven Nguyen - VietNam.

07 - First Garden - Willian Willrich Dias - Brazil.

08 - Twinkle - Tanja Pechhold - Germany.

09 - Hope - Saiful Hadi - Indonesia.

10 - KETABE HILL - Sansan Zo - Indonesia.

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, 55L ~ 80L

01 - Dragon Wings - Gustavo Pimenta - Brazil.

02 - River of silver - Carlos Souza - Brazil.

03 - Into the deep forest - Muhammad Yusuf - Indonesia.

04 - Singular - Cliverton Dantas da Silva - Brazil.

05 - Four Winds valley - Fernando Moraes - Brazil.

06 - bloom - taegi yoo - Korea.

07 - The Rift - Sander Olak Alves - Brazil.

08 - Announces If The Storm - Aldo Santana - Brazil.

09 - Lembah Angker - Indra Alfiyanto - Indonesia.

10 - THE FALLEN GIANT - Salvatore Scifo - Italy.

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, 80L ~ 162L

01 - Flooded Cenote - Mateus Fer Pereira - Brazil.

02 - Moon Haven - Fernando Moraes - Brazil.

03 - SWAMP - Inyoman Marwita - Indonesia.

04 - Season of wind - Qiang Liang - China.

05 - Combus Island - Marreira Junior - Brazil.

06 - Nature Unleashed - Guillermo Barrientos - Chile.

07 - Oztotl - Roberto Villalobos Sanchez - Mexico.

08 - Shadow of a distant mountain and clouds - Niu Qiang - China.

09 - From shadows to light - Sidney cordeiro da Costa - Brazil.

10 - Serenity - Paco Mir - Spain.

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, 162L ~ 220L

01 - Evergreen Valley - Bahtiar - Indonesia.

02 - Roots adn Stones - Laurent GRAS - France.

03 - Mangroves the natures guardians - Asaftei Adrian Cristian - Romania.

04 - Ancestral Element of Fear - Luigi Carboni - Brazil.

05 - Overcomes - Dokyun Lim - Korea.

06 - If you go there - Jeon Hyoungjoo - Korea.

07 - Sun valley - BRUNA ANDRADE - Brazil.

08 - Dragon Valley - Luis Cardoso - Portugal.

09 - Wormhole - Lian - China.

10 - Everlasting - Han-Hsuan Chen - Taiwan.

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, 220L ~ 320L

01 - Pandora - Carlos Souza - Brazil.

02 - Rooted Sunrise - Shin Dong Jin - Korea.

03 - Echo of the Pali - Steven Chong - US.

04 - MANGKOL - SANSAN ZO - Indonesia.

05 - Driftwood spring - Hugo Liao - Taiwan.

06 - Kayu Pramana - Inyoman Marwita - Indonesia.

07 - Eternity - Marcelo Takeno - Brazil.

08 - Shadow Of The Day - Lich Do - VietNam.

09 - CENOTE - Rennier Recio Katigbak - Philippines.

10 - FILIPE DOLIVEIRA FOREST - Bernat Hosta Rovira - Catalonia.

TOP 10 Aquatic Garden, > 320L

01 - Radiance - Juan Puchades - Spain.

02 - Zenith - liang jin - China.

03 - Yearning - Zhao Gang - China.

04 - Flow of Nature - Luis Cardoso - Portugal.

05 - Red Alert - Nobphacha Yimyou - Thailand.