IAPLC 64. here is the shot we sent to the contest back in may
A few thoughts here too:
The tank is the same as the HC so 3.5 month old approx on this shot.
The high res image is really good. We used a lot of lighting and a good camera to capture this moment. Actually an 5D Mark II with many light sources.
Did not thought we will have this tank completed for the contest as because fo the brasiliensis we had massive algae issues in the first few weeks. But since then this tank is just looks awesome. Still running and we trimmed the tank again at the summer. Crypts grown much bigger, crypto balansea is a dense courtain in the back.
Where is the crypt courtain on this shot? Actually we had that on the first few captures and also captured the tank without them. Then we voted internally which one is the best and this turned out to be a great decision. I do not think the tank would have earn the same ranking with the Crypto Balansea in the back.
This is a lovely piece of tank in our gallery and maybe strange to say but even with the 2x150 HQI with 7hrs a day this is a low maintenance tank. Trimming in every few months or more. We only do a weekly water change, daily fert dose and fish feeding.
Oh fishes. Popondetta Furcata was the best decision we made here. They are so nice in this tank. Swimming in team looks amazingly colorful. Super friendly and active fishes like no others. The fish become a popular fish in our country after people seen in this tank.
The photo capture is great, but would be better to have the fishes in one team. It's just so hard to do with this fish.
So just like HC in our other tank Lilaeopsis Brasiliensis is also a completed task now. We're glad this turned out to be a great success for us.
These are my thought only of course my business partner Keymaker is the one to credit here for his vision. But i wanted to share it with you guys.
This is also a honour to us that Tropica selected these tanks to display their plants like Hemianthus and Lilaeopsis on their website. But we had to wait til the IAPLC party.
By the way, EI ferts, high light, powerful filtration (2x2080) Amazonia AS and Pressurized CO2 with external reactor.