How I Made My Top-Ranked Contest Aquarium | IAPLC 2024 Diary

[@andreagalda28]

Congratulations! It was wonderful seeing your reaction when they called your scape. Your smile was so priceless.

[@elyblunotte]

Complimenti, grazie per aver condiviso le tue emozioni e soprattutto per aver condiviso l'idea che nonostante le difficoltà bisogna sempre perseverare. Complimenti al team di lavoro

[@octaviomedina9017]

Hi Tommy, congratulations on your scape. I think you’re one of the best Aqua escapers in the shop again congratulations all the way from California.👍👍

[@tentenmilan]

This video is emotional and inspiring. The way you come out with your honest thoughts and humble personality it is moving, I felt the wave of emotions into your analysis lesson. Thanks Tommy for this video.

[@Amanda-p6p5k]

That is absolutely beautiful! I’m an amateur at tank design but you have definitely inspired me!

[@jenpink4298]

Congratulations! Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for letting us be a part of this occasion! It was so much fun and it was so nice to see your reaction. I can’t wait to see what you do for next year❤

[@DenesLudmany]

Gyönyörű akvárium, gratulálok! A legjobban az a jelző illik rá, hogy megindító. Tényleg mint egy hegyvonulat. 👍🏻👏🏻🥃

[@javiermoliner2698]

Congrats! And thank you for showing us all the issues behind the scenes, and the truth. Keep on doing!

[@JustinWillerton]

And im very very happy, because i came to visit Green Aqua back in May from the UK , and came across your Tank. So Happy for you, and even happier ive seen it up close and personal.

[@fishysnowman9082]

Congratulations from the USA …really appreciate how honest you were about this tank and the procedures. 👊🏻

[@gutbrodcsaba6982]

Gratulálok Tomi ,nagyon szép eredmény,és egy lenyűgöző Tank

[@Lucan04]

Congratulations from Mexico! Well deserved Tommy. I can’t wait to see the next one, I’m sure it will be amazing. I wish you the best.

[@terrywilliams5810]

An amazing journey, and sticking with your plan until the end. So pleased for you Tommy. Many congratulations . So humble too. 😌

[@abdulnasar7k]

Congradulations tomy. Your hardwork and dedication deserve it.

[@OVHabitats]

Thank you for sharing the truth about your feelings through the journey. Although I will probably never enter a contest of this magnitude. I somehow feel that my scapes are good even though they may not last for a huge range of reasons. The moment that you love a scape even if it does not last, is a moment to remember and enjoy.

[@edwardpinner]

A well told and honest story. Thanks Tommy.

[@MrVili83]

Félicitations quel travail. Que dire devant cette merveille. Bravo a tous et surtout a toi .

[@renedef1]

Congratulatioms on your ranking! On the way to the top⬆️

[@mikeinca3762]

Amazing! Congrats Tommy!! Well deserved!!!

[@ernapichry7429]

Biutiful done storm tank congrats Lucas. Greetings from Belgium

[@seyiakin2452]

Inspiring tenacity and great team spirit…Welldone Tommy

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thank you for the support! Appreciate it 🙏😃

[@grigori.gavrosh]

Hi Tommy, congratulations on your victory. Watching the video, I thought that it's not just about building and planting a scape. It's not so easy to take the right photo

[@AHGAQUATICS]

Thanks for sharing your experience excellent scape and results ❤

[@h1massive]

Such a great journey. Congratulations.

[@vargasandor7472]

Gratulálok! Csodaszép!

[@viana4639]

Congratulations Tommy, 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@adrianb568]

Congratulations Tommy, i cant wait to visit Green Aqua mid october, i hope the tank will be there

[@christianbohm9673]

U did a really good job. Thanks Tamas for showing us the process behind.

[@GreenAquaShop]

Thanks so much for your support. I'm glad you enjoyed the behind-the-scenes vid. 😃👍

[@YoutubeenjoyerYoutube]

31 not 24

[@Larsonthebeach]

Congrats, great job, well deserved!

[@franck8087]

Congrats !!! Absolutely beautiful scape

[@melvintan3828]

Congratulations Tommy, from Malaysia!! TBH, it is a very very beautiful Iwagumi scape! Your scape in my heart rank #2, because if it ranks at #1, you will rest on it and stop scaping better. The #1 spot will be your next try because that will be the best scapes ever done by you with Green Aqua!

[@irhaskurniawan1525]

Congrats,, beautiful

[@tomaniug]

Gratuluję💪piękny zbiornik .

[@Crest97]

So happy for you - Congrats Tamas!

[@IndoorEcosystem]

This felt like a mini documentary 😊 It was really interesting to see the ups and downs of a high ranking IAPLC tank. Great video!

[@neilhy]

Congratulations from the UK. A beautiful tank. 😊

[@jakehinch6654]

Congrats Tommy! It’s great to hear the whole story behind your tank. I do find it interesting that you have both your outlets in the front pushing against each other, and the outlets in the back pulling away from each other. Especially with a scape that has so much height. It seems like detritus might get stuck in the front bottom of the tank. Is there a benefit of this configuration? Is it just because the glass Lily outlets look cooler so you kept them in the front?

[@hughhoneyman2130]

Congrats, well done!

[@lawrencefisher865]

Fantastic and honest. Love it all!

[@miniandy82]

Well done lad. Great scape

[@Lindonedhel]

Go Tommy!!! Congrats on a job well done! :)

[@arthursergio-i9c]

Absolut brilliant! I‘m a little sad that the “not so short story“ is in such a short video. Wish to see more!!! ☺️✌️ Great work guys!

[@MikeT-or4sm]

I love the fact how you’re honest about the tank being the best it can be for the photo but then it didn’t last too long. When you said you had Co2 problems. What were they ?

[@tortuegeniale3044]

Congratulations 👍

[@liaml9992]

Fantastic 😍. Iwagumi legend 😁

[@piotrpason5429]

Brawo gratulacje z Polski

[@AlexKirgizov]

Поздравляю от всей души с успешным выступлением 🤩👍💪, я в этом году тоже делал ивагуми с большим количеством камней и история с водорослями была один в один такая же 😩 Дорогу осилит идущий 🙌

[@naqeebzuraihan890]

congrats dude for ranking 31. Really proud of the final image

[@wingid]

congratulations

[@hydrabomb3.0]

you inspire me to be a better aquascaper, going to use your style for my next 240l in october!

[@marcozeller2188]

Great !

[@frankvermeulen4621]

Excellent result, congratulations again. I love to see a huge school of tiny fish in a huge tank. Shame about the problems, but what can you do. 😎👍

[@Azk.Studio]

Thumbsup for your efforts..

[@djiiimmmscape8125]

Félicitations c'est amplement mérité 🎉🎉🎉

[@scapeling-loveaquascaping]

Hey Tommy, I think you nailed is. It is really difficult to keep the faith sometimes with scapes that don't run as expected! Really happy for you personally for this rank! I remember when I visited in October last year and we talked about the idea of using the 180p for IAPLC this year. Good choice I guess! ;) Glad I were a very small part of the journey!

[@rxgueplanet]

It looks legendary. 👑💫

[@GreenAquaShop]

🍀👍

[@mcrib5727]

Congrats!

[@oscardariocastanedadiaz2946]

Amazing work Tommy. Just a thought: what if the water outlets are not put one in front of the other but diagonally in order to create low pressure zones and get the water to circulate more efficiently as the back is too high and probably not easy to get enough water circulation?

[@johnymejia]

Bravo Tommy! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@richthompson63]

Congrats mate!

[@petrfrolich7544]

Congratulations, what a achievement ❤

[@GreenAquaShop]

💚🙏🙂

[@coyolight43]

Felicidades , buen proyecto saludos desde Costa Rica

[@atanudas9159]

Congregation ❤️❤️

[@LukaszTiiger]

SUPER :)

[@farzadsh.panahi5009]

Congratulations 🍻❤🔥

[@akashagnivamshi7207]

Well deserved buddy. can you guys create some discus nature aquarium tank?

[@jameshutchinson8751]

NICE

[@alisonphilp7497]

Well mate great job. Epic tank And I want to see more of Josh sim What happened to him this competition did he enter or is he having a break That guys is a freak of an aquascaper

[@kavindudilshan7108]

❤❤❤

[@숨은진주]

당신은 세계 최고 입니다. 축하합니다~!

[@GreenAquaShop]

Not the best, but I keep learning from them 😜

[@Rubenb1976]

I was wondering. If you took a longer time to setup the hardscape. Doesn't the soil etc dry out? Is that an issue?

[@stoneysscapes7544]

I'm sure you must have been very proud to see your hard work coming together and maybe even surpassing what you have been seeing in your head. I truly believe it was the time you spent in Norway that gave you that little extra something but I will leave it at that and obviously you can agree that you have a few Awesome Bosses that are also incredibly lucky to have you working for. So it's a win , win and after all the good the bad and the .... Time to go but I have to say one more thing that most people who have a clue about what they do for what they are and reality is best when we are in our car that we've always wished to have and it doesn't work for everyone but the truth is that this is about you Tommy and getting yourself what you love to drive and Great Luck next year IAPLC 2025 🏎️

[@333danyi]

I actually forgot about that when we shot the video, but my trip to Norway definitely had an impact on this build!

[@ВладимирШин-м1г]

Крутые чуваки

[@AshTaw]

Sir, I am your subscriber from India 🇮🇳 and want to know if I can use Chira stone is also known as laterite stone in English. Laterite is a type of soil and rock that is rich in iron and aluminum. It is commonly found in tropical areas that are hot and wet ( Ratnagiri sindhudurg , Karnataka ) . . Will it effect my Fish or plants ?

[@stuartreed37]

Next step: top 20!

[@the_underwater_nature7643]

❤️❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@christophermills1733]

Tamás has become more and more of a legend on this channel. Hard work, passion, determination and a great personality has shone through. After many many years of not keeping a scape, Tamás played a huge role in inspiring me and I now have an awesome planted tank again. Thanks, Tamás! Proper emotional when he got his result!

[@MLAquascaping]

😂HELLO EVERYONE - TOMMY STANDARTS

[@dirkloekemeijer9780]

Congrats, looks awesome! How come that heat is an issue? You guys are sponsored by EHEIM and they have climate control for tanks. You don’t use that?

[@PedroGuerreiro-fq3my]

This video sums up why this hobby is worse than beauty pageants. There's no connection to the animals, they are just tools to achieve a photo (and need to be scared to get a good photo). I wonder how many fish are found on the floor each week. Everything is disposable (animals included) and as Tommy said, everyone can't wait to get rid of that tank. It's sad, really. Anyway, congrats.

[@hymelgain]

Hi Tommy you are a Muslim 😊

[@gabrielluisd.cordova8055]

🫶🏼

[@PegFlora-n8s]

Hall Dorothy Perez Helen Harris Susan

[@mirmetch1]

Nice scape but i think it's over rated for a contest tank but for a natural aquarium it's nice to have in our house. You also haven't issue with any limitations in having any items so this rating is not suitable for you.

[@scottwatson8630]

Someone’s jealous and not appreciating great workmanship and art. 😳

[@mirmetch1]

@@scottwatson8630 this is my pov so if you can't accept it it's your own business

[@lastnovicewins]

Exactly. Its a beautiful tank. But definitely not a global #31 rank level tank.

[@stanislavlendiel4982]

love