BIOTOPE AQUARIUM DESIGN CONTEST 2020

Welcome to the page of international Biotope Aquarium Design Contest 2020!

This year we received 110 aquaria from 32 countries of the world.

From the 20th to 30th of September, the entries will be evaluated by professional members of the jury, the organizers and the participants of the contest, who will choose winners in the special nominations for the best photo, video and so on.

The prize pool: 3000 euro + BADC magazine with the best aquaria 2020 + Commemorative honorary diplomas and certificates.

We proudly present to you the magazine entirely dedicated to biotope aquaria.

This magazine was printed in limited quantity and contains unique information about 50 biotope aquaria: beautiful illustrations, detailed descriptions of biotopes, as well as an informative article to find out main secrets of this fascinating field of the hobby. All the received funds will be spent for developing the BADC project.

Enjoy viewing aquaria!

The organizing of the biotope contest and is supported by the DECOTOP. Under this brand there are only natural materials: gravel, stones, driftwood and organics for decoration of aquarium, paludarium and terrarium.

Decotop.ru

500 Euro for the contest was given by the French company Prodibio, specializing on the aquarium care products. The company invents, develops, produces and sells a product range for freshwater, marine aquarium an pond.

Prodibio.com

Biohome Filter Media made from sintered glass offers the best possible environment for bacterial colonisation and is capable of supporting aerobic AND anaerobic bacteria in a wide variety of filters and varied flow rates.

biohome-filter-material.de

NILPA is a Russian brand that produces hydrochemicals for maintaining the aquarium’s ecology. The range includes tests for aquarium water, plant growth stimulators, conditioners and reagents for changing water parameters.

aquamenu.ru

Sunrise at Stone Crossing, dry season, Wenlock River, Australia, 220 L

Greece. Stavros Tsipas

The bank of the Solinka river, near Cisna town. Bieszczady mountains. Poland, 225 L

Poland. Bartłomiej Paśnik

Fuwen river, a tributary of the Emei River, Chuanzhu village, Chengdu, China, 175 L

China. Erwa Yang

Coastal area of Ayamaru Lake, West Papua, New Guinea, 480 L

Greece. Christos Nikolakoulis

Rio Olho d’água, the tributary of Rio da Prata river, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 216 L

China. Li Nan

Unnamed creek bank in Sebangau tropical peat swamp forest Indonesia, 197 L

Poland. Adrian Szczepański

Unnamed slugish stream in Bulungan forest , Indonesia, 100 L

Poland. Adrian Szczepański

Small creeks system in Hau Giang. Vietnam, 324 L

Vietnam. Luong Quoc Hung

Cuitzeo lake rock zone riverside, Ejido las Trojes, Mexico, 283 L

México. Ramiro Linares

Intermediate Rocky Habitat, Lake Tanganyika, Zambia, 216 L

Turkey. Uğur Ruşen Doğan

Rio Atabapo Flooded Forest, 1228 L

Poland. Aleksander Halczuk

Protected Natural Area “Lagunas de Zempoala National Park”. Huitzilac, Morelos. México, 160 L

Mexico. Amadeo Hernández Pérez

Intermediate Rocky Habitat, Kapumfi, Lake Tanganyika, Zambia, 406 L

Turkey. Fatih Özdemir

Flooded areas of the forest, the tributary of Rio Negro river, near Barcelos, Brazil, 324 L

China. Wang Peng

Shallow Vegetated Shoreline, Lake Tanganyika, Kipili, Tanzania, 536 L

Turkey. Fatih Özdemir

Shallow coastal section of the bazaiha river, MD. Bazaiha. Krasnoyarsk. Russia, 750 L

Russia. Sergey Lobanov

Forest Creek near Barcelus, Rio Negro Tributaries in Brazil, 324 L

China. Wang Peng

Shallow-swamp places of Işıklı Lake. Denizli – Turkey, 88 L

Turkey. Mert Yılmaz

A tributary of Taquari river, near the town of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 243 L

China. Li Nan

Rio Poranga, tropical stream in the region of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, 500 L

Poland. Magdalena Szubska

Forest stream, Santa Isabel do Rio Negro, Brasil, 119 L

Czech Republic. Michal Klacek

Floresta de igapó, 160 L

India. Syed Mohammed Hamza

Rocky Coastline, Southwest Coast Lake Tanganyika, Cape Kaku, Zambia, 200 L

Brasil. Marco Antonio Cunha

The coastal area of the Moctezuma river, above the town of Tamazunchale, Mexico, 156 L

Russia. Anastasiya Chistyakova

Putumayo river basin in the Colombia-Perú area, 160 L

Lithuania. Inga Ragėnė

Eubenangee Swamp National Park North Queensland Australia, 500 L

Poland. Magdalena Szubska

Sandy rift in the middle reaches of the Kalchik river. Ukraine, 250 L

Ukraine. Bereznev Artem

Orilla de un arroyo, afluente del río Tenixtepec, Papantla, México, 223 L

México. Víctor Manuel Chávez Morales

Wang-Sook Stream. Calm water flow After summer monsoon. Korea, 1000 L

South Korea. Shinyoung Kim

Flooded Banks of Rio Nanay, Peru During Rainy Season, 400 L

United Kingdom. James Dale

Flooded Savanna, Capanaparo river, state of Apure, Venezuela, 180 L

Italy. Daniele Maxia

Flooded land in Nong Bua Lamphu Province, Isan Region, Northeast Thailand, 45 L

Romania. Olteanu Florin

Arrollo Santa Maria, diversion from the Cazones River, Mexico, 90 L

México. Johan Ailton Navarro Jimenez

Intermediate Rocky Habitat, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, 216 L

Turkey. Uğur Ruşen Doğan

Shallow Rocky Habitat, Kigoma, Tanganyika, Tanzania, 216 L

Turkey. Uğur Ruşen Doğan

Forest creek near Barcelos, Tributary of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil, 170 L

India. Anindam Ghosal

Endangered Ecosystem In Ciliwung’s Shallow Water At Cibinong, Bogor – Indonesia, 70 L

Indonesia. Margo Prasetya

Teranganu Forest, side channel, Sungai Kacung, Peninsular Malaysia, 74 L

España. Alejandro Rios Martin

Riverside area of the Rio Negro near Manaus, Brasil, South America, 700 L

Armenia. Taron Petrosyan

Igapó Forest Near Downstream Area of Rio Demini, Amazonas, Brazil, 74 L

Indonesia. Ngazis Mustofa

Tan Shan River, tributary of Ng Tung River, New Territories, Hong Kong, 160 L

Belgium. Xavier Bourdet

A riverbank near Villagarzon putumayo in Colombia, 135 L

France. Patrice Myrtil

Shaded headwater stream, Rathburn Run in Ohio, USA, 80 L

USA. Vinny Anderson

Igarapé do daracua an tributary of the rio negro near barcelos, Brazil, 135 L

France. Patrice Myrtil

Parte caudalosa del Arroyo, Tlaxcalantongo, Puebla, México, 146 L

México. Julio Cesar Cruz Diliegros

La Azotea, small tributary of Rio Paraná, in Pre-Delta National Park, Argentina, 185 L

Portugal. Pedro Mendanha Dias

Small Creek on the North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest , Malaysia, 65 L

Malaysia. Mohd Hafizul Akhma Bin Yusoff

Floresta Nacional de Tefé. Flona de Tefé, 135 L

Turkey. Cem Altay

Igarapé do Daracua, shallow blackwater stream of Rio Negro, Brazil, 140 L

India. Indranil Sinha Roy

Blackwater Small River System Vaupes River Mitu, Colombia, 47 L

Turkey. Arif Hikmet Basegmez

Slow and deep tributary of lower Paraguay River, Ñeembucú, Paraguay, 576 L

Germany. Philipp Stollenmeier

Igarapé do Daracua, Rio Negro river, Brazil, 54 L

Greece. Thodoris Theodoridis

Huallaga River Floodplain Small Forest Stream, Yurimaguas, Peru, 96 L

Turkey. Arif Hikmet Başeğmez

Coastal dune forest pool, Mvoti River catchment, east coast South Africa, 220 L

South African Republic. Timothy Smith

Swirl part upper Sombreiro River, Uppata Vi, Nigeria, 440 L

Greece. Fassaris Anastasios

Coastal part of the left affluent of lower Javari River, Peru, 220 L

Russia. Alexander Dergalev

Salobra River in the southern Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 180 L

Belarus. Evgeniy Kaznadey

Small rivers in the mountains, south, South Korea, 150 L

South Korea. Seonghee Ryu

Northwest Sumatra Small swamp Creek-Aceh Province Singkil/Indonesia, 38 L

Turkey. Arif Hikmet Basegmez

Blackwater stream of the Rompin River in a peat swamp forest, Pahang, Malaysia, 220 L

Ukraine. Iryna Sahirova

Small Pond System, Downstream of Brantas River Delta, East Java Province, Indonesia, 194 L

Indonesia. Rafsan Qirantic

Rio Jesus Maria Costa Rica On the edge of the river, 576 L

Slovenia. Franko Janko

A ditch, tributary of Red river, Thai Binh, Vietnam, 216 L

Vietnam. Phuc Pham

Small lagoon at Vembanad Lake in the Kumarakom region of Kottayam, Kerala, India, 54 L

Greece. Antonis Tsipas

Backwater of a tributary of the Tapajos river near Santarena, Brazil, 450 L

Russia. Svetlana Kirillova

Neolamprologus multifasciatus in Nkumbula Island / Mbyti Island, 83 L

Romania. Emil Visan

Rocky habitat at Mtoto bay, Lake Tanganyika, DRC, 1100 L

Greece. Giannis Dimou

Lake Tanganyika, sandy sedimentary bottom area in Ndole bay, Zambia, 200 L

Romania. Olteanu Florin

Salobra River in the Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, 61 L

Ukraine. Iryna Sahirova

Fallen tree in Igarapé do Daracua, Rio Negro, Brazil, 144 L

The Netherlands. Christian Hidalgo Brandt

Rocky habitat of chilumba port, Lake Malawi, 384 L

China. Xiaoguang Guo

The northeastern part of Lake Malawi in the waters between Lundo Island, Tanzania, 250 L

Ukraine. Bereznev Artem

Slow moving coastal stream, Hongding Mountain, Qiongzhong County, Hainan Island, 38 L

USA. DionTre Speller

Tidal pool near the inlet of Yantai, Shandong, 128 L

China. Zhang Li Xian

Lawean River Stream, the border between Probolinggo and Pasuruan, East Java Province, Indonesia, 54 L

Indonesia. Rahmat Hidayat

Lake Tanganyika, South of Zongwe, 120 L

Ukraine. Bereznev Artem

The banks of the Silugonggo Pati River, Central Java, Indonesia, 54 L

Indonesia. Pras Wirawan

Tributary on the right bank of Xingu river, Porto De Moz, Brazil, 1200 L

Greece. Stavros Tsipas

Area Rasa in Rio Demeni, Amazonas, Brasil, 31 L

Brasil. Thiago Douglas De Oliveira Nobre

In the uper Rio Guapore, a border river between Brazilia si Bolivia, 330 L

Romania. Emil Visan

Rio Jutaí, Amazonas, Brazil, 720 L

Greece. Evangelos Tapantzis

Shallow creek in Rio Bita drainage, Colombia, 60 L

United Kingdom. Hus Aliyev

The Springs at the North Side of Mount Tai in Shandong, China, 243 L

China. Zhang Li Xian

Coacuilco, a wonder of the Huasteca, 270 L

México. Marco Arroyo

Lake Tanganyika, deep rocky sedimented habitat at Kitumba, D.R. Congo, 750 L

Germany. Philipp Stollenmeier

Corydoras in Los Tres Gigantes Parque Nacional Río Negro, Paraguay, 160 L

Austria. Uwe Zufelde

Lake Tanganyika near the Moliro Enclave in Tanganyika province, Congo, 460 L

Belarus. Dmitriy Shulyak

Kalu River Small Forest Stream/Shinraja Rainforest-Baduraliya-Sri Lanka, 30 L

Turkey. Arif Hikmet BAŞEĞMEZ

Kokan rivers biotope, 35 L

India. Gouresh Fagare

Tansa lake and wildlife sanctuary wada region of shahapur,Thane, India, 80 L

India. Devarsh Bhoir

The Nyang Qu River of Yarlung Zangbo River, Tibet, China, 864 L

China. Huangzhelun

Mekong Delta, Lake, city Can Tho, Vietnam, 45 L

Georgia. Giorgi Khizanishvili

Rocky pool with thick riparian vegetation, Chaliyar River, Kerala, India, 216 L

India. Aditya Roy

The sandy areas towards the rock face, 190 L

Italia. Giuseppe Romeo

Flooded Forest floor, Kapuas River drainage. West Kalimantan, Borneo, 50 L

United Kingdom. William Schwarz

Main River Bengal Assam Border, India, 35 L

Indonesia. Hadrian Prana Putra

Pool in the rio negro of Brazil, 65 L

South Korea. Lim Hyun-Geun

Underground River Cave in Chongzuo, Guangxi, China, 60 L

China. Huangzhelun

Rio unini, Deep Water and bank, 450 L

France. Fasilleau Gabriel

The Orinoco River with Rummynose Tetra, 170 L

Vietnam. Pham Duc Manh

Nanshan Creek Bank, 203 L

China. Zhang Weiliang

Pond system of Mekong river delta Vietnam, 45 L

Georgia. Giorgi Khizanishvili

Back to the Roots Myanmar Lake inle, 120 L

Germany. Frank Reinders

Lost river. Minas Gerais river near the waterfalls, 128 L

Algeria. Ilyes Chelil

Lake Tanganiyka, West Coast, Congo, 180 L

Italia. Elia Zigiotto

Lake Malawi, Taiwanee Reef near Chisumulu Island, 63 L

India. Sarthak Pyne

Igarapé near Rio Daraá, tributary of Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil, 200 L

Brazil. Bruno Antunes

Under the Oaks along the St. Marks River Natural Bridge, 110 L

USA. Michael Brown

Sungai rambai river, 182 L

Malaysia. Lim wei siong

Maskeliya River. From Sinhala a grassy mouth of the Kelani River, 27 L

India. Soukhin Bhattacharyya