Award Winning Paludarium!

The 2020 Aquatic Gardeners Association International Aquascaping Contest results came out and Nick had an impressive showing, being awarded second place in the Biotope category and winning the Paludarium category. It is a great honor to place in this competition, much less win a class!

Watch the livestream here: AGA 2020 Aquascaping Contest Results Livestream

See the full contest results here: AGA Aquascaping Contest Showcase

My Green Escape

Paludarium #792

Dimensions

122 × 46 × 61 cm

Volume

341L

Lighting

2x BML LED lights run between 25-75% for 10-11 hours a day

Filtration

Custom sump and H2Overflow

Materials

Substrate is river sand, Hardscape is river stone and spider wood.

Background

DIY Expanding foam

Plants

AQUATIC: Cryptocoryne Lucens, Cryptocoryne Beckettii Patchii, Anubias Nana Petite, Hydrocotyle Tripartita ‘Mini’, Bucephalandra ‘Mini Catherinae’, Alternanthera Reineckii ‘Variegated’, Staurogyne Repens, Eriocaulon Sp. Vietnam, Bolbitis Heteroclita ‘Difformis’

TERRESTRIAL: Maxillaria Friedrichsthalii, Ficus Pumila ‘Quercifolia’, Pilea Nummulariifolia, Monolena Sp. Ecuador, Nephrolepis ‘Mini Russells’, Syngonium Rayii, Syngonium Wendlandii, Marcgravia Umbellate Red, Microgramma Noid, Tillandsia Spp., Selaginella Kraussiana ‘Aurea’, Ficus Villosa, Calathea “Gay Feather”, Neoregelia ‘Fireball’

Animals

Cynops Cyanurus, Tanichthys Albonubes, Caridina multidentata

Nick Kinser 2020 Paludarium

Related projects

Nick Kinser 2020 Chesapeake Biotope
terrestrial paludarium shot