I deinstalled my shrimp rack recently for my removal. What I found shocked me: 22 dead and dried dwarf shrimps on the floor :/ So don’t believe anybody saying open tanks are okay for shrimps… I already oberserved that Guinea Swarm Shrimp are good jumpers, but in fact every shrimp is in danger to commit suicide when living in an tank without coverage.
Another international contest with an international jury (sic!) is upcoming in 2010. Everybody interested in freshwatwer aquascaping should head to San Francisco
‘The International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest is a global-scale planted aquarium layout contest, organized by Aqua Design Amano Co., Ltd. The year 2010 marks the 10th anniversary, and we look forward to receiving many innovative and original layout designs in the contest 2010.’
Closing date for application is may 31rst 2010; the results will come out end of july 2010. Please check the application rules here.
While gathering for inspiration, check out the work of Oliver Knott: http://www.pbase.com
