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The Aquatic Gardener 31-4

February 21, 2019, 9:19 am
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The Aquatic Gardener Vol. 31 No. 4 has been published! This issue includes:
~ From the President by Cheryl Rogers
~ Great Aquashops by Luca Galarraga
~ Competitive Aquascaping Took Me To China! by Jeff Miotke
~ Greater Seattle Aquarium Society by Steev Ward and Erik Olson
~ 2018 IAPLC Top Ten Aquascapes by Aqua Design Amano
~ The Aquatic Experience 2018 by Sheila Garl
~ Aponogeton Nateshii: Of Strange Embryo Morphology Uncommon in Angiosperms by Shrirang R. Yadav et al

Membership in the Aquatic Gardeners Association includes this magazine free four times per year. To obtain the journal, please visit our membership page.

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Big Fish Deal Aquascaping Winners!

March 6, 2019, 9:45 am
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The AGA awarded free memberships to two winners of the Aquarium Beautiful competition at the Big Fish Deal February 15-17, 2019. The Big Fish Deal is an annual event hosted by the Capital Cichlid Association in Maryland. Nick Kinser won the "Aquascape Under 10 Gallons" category (top photo) and Becca Goldring won the "Aquascape Over 10 Gallons" category (bottom photo).

The Aquarium Beautiful competition turns the floor of the hotel into a freshwater aquatic paradise. The contest features aquariums of all shapes and sizes on display for the public during the event. Be sure to check it out next year!

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AGA2019 Is Now Sold Out!

April 5, 2019, 1:51 pm
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Not an April Fool's joke! Our 2019 Convention is, for the first time in AGA history, sold out of registrations, and over a month before the convention is happening. UPDATE - Wait list is also now closed, sorry.

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The Aquatic Gardener 32-1

April 23, 2019, 11:00 am
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The Aquatic Gardener Vol. 32 No. 1 has been published! This issue includes:
~ From the President by Cheryl Rogers
~ Great Aquashops by Luca Galarraga
~ What Makes a Paludarium by Chris Teem
~ Competitive Aquascaping–Techniques for Getting Started by Jeff Miotke
~ Broadening the Range of Expression With The Way The Substrate Is Built by Aqua Design Amano
~ Some Rules for Dutch Style Aquascaping by Vin Kutty
~ Novice Level Aquascaping by Alec Brown

Membership in the Aquatic Gardeners Association includes this magazine free four times per year. To obtain the journal, please visit our membership page.

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AGA Aquascaping Contest Open for Entries

June 20, 2019, 9:00 am
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The Aquatic Gardener 32-2

July 29, 2019, 7:10 am
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The Aquatic Gardener Vol. 32 No. 2 has been published! This issue includes:
~ From the President by Cheryl Rogers
~ Great Aquashops by Luca Galarraga
~ Competitive Aquascaping–An Aquascaper’s Journey by Jeff Miotke
~ Dave Wilson and Aquagreen, an Adventure Down Under by Karen Randall
~ Long-Term Maintenance of the Beautiful Impression of an Aquascape by Aqua Design Amano
~ How To Make a Planted Vase by Joseph A. Brunner
~ Tips and Tricks for Dutch Style Aquascaping: Streets by Vin Kutty
~ Limnophila wilsonii Kasselmann, a New Species from Australia by Christel Kasselmann

Membership in the Aquatic Gardeners Association includes this magazine free four times per year. To obtain the journal, please visit our membership page.

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The Aquatic Gardener 32-3

October 27, 2019, 4:01 pm
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The Aquatic Gardener Vol. 32 No. 3 has been published! This issue includes:
~ From the President by Cheryl Rogers
~ Great Aquashops: Aquarium Design Store by Luca Galarraga
~ Competitive Aquascaping–Rescaping or Moving on to the Next Aquascape by Jeff Miotke
~ The 2019 AGA Convention by Sheila Garl
~ Immobile Iwagumi and Continuously Changing Aquatic Plants by Aqua Design Amano
~ Tips and Tricks for Dutch Style Aquascaping: Contrast and Anti-Symmetry by Vin Kutty
~ Integrating Wabi-Kusa into the Aquascape by Jack McCarley

ON THE COVER: Gallery display paludarium at Aquarium Design Group by Jeff Senske, Houston, Texas, USA.

Membership in the Aquatic Gardeners Association includes this magazine free four times per year. To obtain the journal, please visit our membership page.

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2019 Convention Disks Available

November 1, 2019, 9:21 pm
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We are pleased to announce that physical media of our recent 2019 convention are now available for purchase by AGA members at aquatic-gardeners.org. Included on the single Blu-Ray (or two DVDs) are all six full-length talks, Dennis Wong's four-hour demo (edited down to a single hour with continuous Q&A throughout), the hobby discussion panel, the Wabi Kusa demo and workshop highlights, and all the vendor 'micro' talks. That's almost ten hours of material!

You can still purchase the streaming version for only $15. Streaming is also included free with the disk purchase.

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AGA Aquascaping Contest Open for Viewing

November 17, 2019, 8:26 am
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The Aquatic Gardener 32-4

March 21, 2020, 6:42 pm
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The Aquatic Gardener Vol. 32 No. 4 has been published! This issue includes:
~ From the President by Cheryl Rogers
~ Great Aquashops: AQUA LAB by Luca Galarraga
~ 2019 IAPLC Top Eleven Aquascapes
~ Tips and Tricks for Dutch Style Aquascaping: Foreground and Substrate by Vin Kutty
~ The Aquatic Experience by Chantz Cramer
~ Why We Trim: A Fundamental of Planted Tank Care by Kevin Grant of Canada

ON THE COVER: The Aquatic Experience Aquascaping LIVE! Contest 1st place entry (Large Tank) by Jeff Miotke, Jerry Jobe, Richard Valerio, and Chuck Branch

Membership in the Aquatic Gardeners Association includes this magazine free four times per year. To obtain the journal, please visit our membership page.

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COVID-19

March 22, 2020, 8:35 am
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COVID-19 Update: As the AGA is mostly online anyway, we are conducting "business as usual", with one major exception: we are delaying shipments of purchased items (The Aquatic Gardener single issues, combos, and donations;tshirts; DVDs) so that our volunteers do not have to go to the post office and risk themselves or their community. You can still join or renew, and you'll get your items eventually, when the crisis is over. Thanks for understanding, and stay well and safe. Meanwhile, here's a sneak preview of the cover of TAG 33-1, currently in production.

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The Aquatic Gardener 33-1

May 11, 2020, 10:24 am
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The Aquatic Gardener Vol. 33 No. 1 has been published! This issue includes:
~ From the President by Cheryl Rogers
~ Tips and Tricks for Dutch Style Aquascaping: Everything Else by Vin Kutty
~ 2019 AGA International Aquascaping Contest Results
~ Rhynchospora albescens--An Unusual Aquatic Species by Christel Kasselmann, Dmitry Sokoloff and Galina Degtjareva
~ An Aquascape The Appears Relatively Unchanged After Trimming by Aqua Design Amano
~ A Planted Tank for Beginners by Curtis Warstler

ON THE COVER: The 2019 AGA International Aquascaping Contest 1st place entry (28-60L) and Larry Lampert Most Innovative Award Winner by Ziao Zuhong, Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Membership in the Aquatic Gardeners Association includes this magazine free four times per year. To obtain the journal, please visit our membership page.

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2020 AGA International Aquascaping Contest

June 25, 2020, 7:31 am
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Hello Aquascapers,

It is hard to believe that the AGA contest is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and that we have grown so much since our humble beginnings in 2000 as the first online aquascaping contest so many, many years ago. We started the contest with fewer than 100 aquascapes submitted in 6 categories for and now have more than 600 aquascapes submitted in 10 different categories! Throughout the history of our contest, there have been many additions and changes that make the AGA contest what it is today. However, we are constantly striving to improve and grow our contest and reach more aquascapers worldwide. That is definitely the case this year and for the future as big changes are coming!

With the recent issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the people who run the contest discussed how best to accommodate hobbyists having a hard time building and prepping their aquascapes due to quarantines, social distancing, or other factors beyond their control. To make the contest more accessible for everyone, we have decided to delay the opening of the AGA contest for 2020 instead of canceling the contest. After considerable discussion, we decided on the following dates:

Friday, August 15th 2020 – Contest opens for submissions

Sunday, October 18th 2020 – Contest closes

January 2021 – Results are announced

The additional time should allow aquascapers the needed time to complete and refine their entries, especially as the impact of the virus subsides and our participants are able to obtain materials for the contest. We hope that aquascapers will take the added time to create new and novel entries that can be seen for the first time when the results are announced in 2021. Imagine starting the aquascaping year with the excitement of having a new aquascape revealed to the public! As the coordinator of the contest, I am excited to oversee these changes and hope our participants will see the benefits as well.

As we draw closer to the opening date, updated information including the rules, guidelines, entry forms and other important information about the contest will be provided on the website: www.aquatic-gardeners.org.

Good luck and happy aquascaping! I am excited for the future of the contest and the changes that are coming!

Bailin Shaw
Aquascaping Contest Chairperson

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The Aquatic Gardener 33-2

July 13, 2020, 8:25 am
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The Aquatic Gardener Vol. 33 No. 2 has been published! This issue includes:
~ From the President by Cheryl Rogers
~ A Planted Tank for Beginners by Curtis Warstler
~ Rotala serpyllifolia—A New Aquarium Plant by Christel Kasselmann
~ Renegade pH and Hardness Parameters in Three Aquariums by Paula Hofmann
~ Key Points for Nature Aquarium Maintenance (Part 1) by Aqua Design Amano
~ Road to Nature Aquarium: "Butterfly Hideaway" by Steven Chong
~ In Memoriam: Dr. H. C. Josef Bogner by Christel Kasselmann

ON THE COVER: “Butterfly Hideaway" by Steven Chong. IAPLC #5 and 2018 AGA International Aquascaping Contest Larry Lampert Most Innovative Award

Membership in the Aquatic Gardeners Association includes this magazine free four times per year, as well as other benefits. To obtain the journal, please visit our membership page.

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2020 AGA Aquascaping Contest Open for Entries

August 15, 2020, 12:00 am
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We are excited to announce that the 20th anniversary AGA International Aquascaping Contest is now officially open for submissions! Deadline for this year is October 18th to allow for more aquascapers to participate.

Please register at our redesigned contest entry website https://enter.aquatic-gardeners.org today!

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Interactive Livestream with Chantz Cramer

November 19, 2020, 3:01 pm
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While the pandemic forces us from our in-person convention, the AGA is organizing a series of free public livestream events. First up will be a live tour from Chantz Cramer. The stream will be live November 28th, 11AM PST, 2PM EST, 7PM/19:00 GMT and is accessed via aquatic-gardeners.org/stream - ask your questions in the YouTube chat box, and they will be relayed to the speaker.

Chantz Cramer lives in South Florida, where he grows a large variety of aquatic plants, both at home and at a large future Botanical Garden nursery. For this livestream, he will be taking us on a tour of his facilities, showing his basic plants, rare finds and unusual Aroids. Along the way, he'll be chatting about how and why he grows aquatic plants emerged.

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The Aquatic Gardener 33-3

November 23, 2020, 9:04 am
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The Aquatic Gardener Vol. 33 No. 3 has been published! This issue includes:
~ From the President by Cheryl Rogers
~ A Planted Tank for Beginners (Part 3) by Curtis Warstler
~ Aquascaping 101: Finding the Right Mentor by Kevin Kelley
~ Key Points for Nature Aquarium Maintenance (Part 2) by Aqua Design Amano
~ Aquarium Photography: A Beginner's Guide by Hunter Koerner
~ Dispose of Aquatic Plants Properly! by Chantz Kramer
~ Echinodorus or Aquarius? by Christel Kasselmann and Heiko Muth
~ Ferrero Roche Aquascaping Contest by Nigel Hoevenaar
~ Methods of Connecting Hardscape by Xiaozhuang (Dennis) Wong

ON THE COVER: “Green Light Diffuse Through Forest" by Guan Liwei, China. First Place Aquatic Garden 320L or Larger 2019 AGA International Aquascaping Contest.

Membership in the Aquatic Gardeners Association includes this magazine free four times per year, as well as other benefits. To obtain the journal, please visit our membership page.

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Wabi Kusa Livestream with Bailin Shaw December 17th

November 28, 2020, 9:00 pm
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While the pandemic forces us from our in-person convention, the AGA is organizing a series of free public livestream events. Our next livestream is on Thursday, December 17th, 6 PM Pacific, 9 PM Eastern, or 5 AM Friday GMT. Find it at our YouTube channel.

Bailin Shaw is president of the Chicago Aquatic Plant Society (CAPS), and chair of the AGA International Aquascaping Contest since 2007. One of his favorite sub-topics of the aquatic plant hobby is the art form of Wabi Kusa. For this livestream, we will first show Bailin's 20-minute demo, recorded at last year's AGA convention. Then, Bailin will evaluate some new Wabi Kusa photographs sent in from the last couple weeks, and answer questions live from the chat box.

If you would like to have Bailin give you some tips or comments on your Wabi Kusa, please send a photo of your Wabi Kusa and a question for Bailin to stream@aquatic-gardeners.org

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AGA Aquascaping Results January 17 - LIVE

January 8, 2021, 12:00 am
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We are incredibly excited about our contest this year and looking forward to having everyone see the amazing aquascapes that were created during this incredibly difficult year dealing with the global COVID pandemic. What could be a better than to start out 2021 with some inspiration from aquascapers from around the world.

For the first time in our history, we will be releasing the winning aquascapes via a livestream with judges and contest organizers on our YouTube channel, on January 17, 11 AM PST, 2 PM EST, 7 PM GMT. We hope you can join us for this interactive event!

Following the livestream, the contest website will go live with the full record-breaking results.

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Livestream: Brandon McLane February 18

February 7, 2021, 5:24 pm
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When: February 18th, 6 PM PST, 9 PM EST
Location: aquatic-gardeners.org/stream
If you can't join us live, the replay will be left up for at least a week.

We are pleased to have Brandon McLane, owner of Florida Aquatic Nurseries as this month's presenter. Brandon will take us on a tour through some of their greenhouses and afterwards will answer audience questions about the field of commercial plant propagation and sales.

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