Tommy's Journey to IAPLC 2022 | How He Built His CONTEST Aquarium

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AQUARIUM DECORATION
20kg Iron wood
30kg Amelia stone
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10x Anubias sp 'Petite'
10x Anubias sp. 'Coin Leaf'
10x Cryptocoryne lutea 'Hobbit'
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5x Cryptocoryne albida 'Brown'
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12x Rotala wallichi
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
03:56 "Early Days"
06:07 "Wood It Up"
09:53 "Amelia"
14:18 "Finale"
18:39 Final look
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[@HotshotH]

I think the aquarium lacked a story, a narrative. It was chasing a competition tick list and the result was lots of individual components instead of an emotional connection for the viewer. Great aquascapes tell a story of how the landscape came to be through the passage of time, carved by nature rather than by human hand. Just my thoughts.

[@JamesBoyer-plus]

Thank you, Tommy, for your willingness to share authentically about something that didn't go as well as you hoped and that could obviously make you feel vulnerable. In this, you've taken the opportunity to be a better teacher and to grow both professionally and as an artist. "Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail." ― Confucius

[@caleblu7119]

Here are my thoughts: The tank doesn't have a strong theme as I can't tell if this is a forest,mountain range or something else. The perspective is bit flat and two-dimensional with no clear end point.

[@888fluffy]

Why does a tank need a theme? Like, themed rooms in interior design are considered childish, gimmicky. Like, when I see a tank that looks like a underwater forest or mountain top it just reminds me that this is fake. Underwater landscapes don't look like that. Not saying these tanks can't be beautiful, life's too short not to have a fun gimmick tank. But it shouldn't get you more points in a professional aquascaping contest for a gimmick tank? If anything it should be less for being cheesy.

[@williamwescott4213]

@@888fluffy Your first question is a good one. Story, narrative and theme are all metaphors, but they don't need to be downgraded as gimmicks either. There should be room for all approaches that impress--no matter what happens to be behind it.

[@01xcguy1]

Hey Tommy, you went out of your comfort zone and that itself speaks volume. I’m not an expert but for me your tank looks wonderful and peaceful.👍

[@jenpink4298]

I’m sorry that you didn’t end up placing higher in the contest. But I am so very proud of you that you did this video for us to share your journey. You tried something new, and then afterward you gave us an absolutely fascinating view of the process. You are incredibly talented and brave! I believe in you and I look forward to seeing your next tank. 💕

[@karelyou2]

Your persistence was the most inspirational part of this vid. Thanks for taking us through the journey, Tommy

[@TheNanoAquariumGuy]

Beautiful work Tommy 👏 👏 👏 looking forward to see your next scape!

[@dinkarkushwaha1503]

Hi Tommy, I really appreciate that you shared this journey with the audience even though it wasn't to your expectation, I applaud your courage. I'm preparing for competition as well and it was really helpful watching this video to understand competitions better. I'm confident looking at your handwork that you will be ranking top really soon. Cheers!

[@lagoonaquascape9430]

I think is great that you are sharing your experience with us. So much to learn!

[@bavarian_aquascaper]

I like this tank a lot! Especially the mix of the diffentent wood types and sizes! Never thought that this can match so good! 😊

[@myaquaexperience5332]

Tommy in my opinion, with any score, always You are one of the bests and I been learned many things of You and I appreciate of You 🙏🙏

[@SteveHinrichs]

WOW, that is a great looking tank. You did an awesome job. You should be proud of the tank you built no matter what.

[@Lindonedhel]

It is a lovely scape... I'll be looking forward to see your next creation! :)

[@gimisama]

Tommy, puedes estar orgulloso de tu trabajo. Un magnífico trabajo.

[@NetherViking]

This is one of my favorite tank. I love the wood, the greens the fish. It looks like a exciting and dark forest underwater. You did a great job after you did come out of your comfort zone! Did I said that I love this tank? :D

[@davidwilds3819]

Thank you for sharing your process, your effort and artistic perspectives. Good luck on your future competition scapes.

[@MrCarson66]

Looks absolutely gold to me mate !

[@philcarlino6942]

A great learning experience for you, Tommy. The finished product was very nice. The winning works this year were really good; I was blown away by the creativity and the skill involved. Create aquascapes that move you and speak to you and it will translate I think. Even if it does not win first prize, at least you can be proud that you created something from the heart. Take care.

[@aaaquascaping9774]

Thankyou for your nice comments to everyone

[@philcarlino6942]

@@aaaquascaping9774 thank you for your nice reply. The world has enough negativity. I like to bring some positivity and love. God bless.

[@user-ce2jm1hz4t]

А great tank! I'm tired of Vietnamese and Chinese aquascaping. Your tank was a breath of fresh water. Thanks for sharing! ❤️❤️❤️

[@naturescaper7]

You did a great job the photo was really awesome.. like some fairytale place..

[@josips4281]

Awesome tank. Kudos to you!

[@bhadauriya1973]

I am too much inspire by your and bleze work and trying to prepare like you for me you people is my hero

[@jefffleet9546]

Just discovered you on here tommy . I love your passion . X

[@LukaszTiiger]

Tommy has a very beautiful aquarium! In my opinion, it deserves a minimum of the top 50! It is as you say, the most important thing is that it turned out as you wanted and that's what it's all about :) Take care. Is great! :)

[@navodasithal109]

Supper work Tommy 🤩, I think need more greens 🙂

[@henrikmadsen2176]

Looks Great 👌

[@goldeneaquariumzeiten]

Sehr gut erklärt!

[@FLOMALS63]

Красивая работа 👍. Сколько трудов скрыто за этим безупречно сделанным снимком 😮. Желаю в будущем только побед 😊

[@bhadauriya1973]

Good luck for next time 👍

[@DJPerfectPoise]

This should have ranked way higher, Tommy! Beautiful.

[@rafaelfreitas9634]

Excellent work guys! I really enjoy it. Could you tell me what moss is that one on the bottom of the tank, near the wood in the foreground?

[@kennethbarrett6469]

Very beautiful aqua scape

[@HeRo-qd6tk]

Wow nice process 🛠

[@msmeraglia]

i wasn't so sure about it, but adding in the extra manzanita wood helped 1000%, that first shot for the final look section is gorgeous, great work! the only thing about the final photo is you lose a lot of the depth that you see during this video, I feel like this is a tank better seen in person rather than in photo.

[@gkampanis]

I love it...

[@heaven7360]

It's hard to deny that having our art works noticed and lauded by others is a part of the artist's experience. A unique idea is always the best direction to move towards. Otherwise, to follow what gets recognized will only produce works that are mimics and in the end weaken artistic vision. The contest has rules and full of expectations. It's tricky as a person wants to be appreciated by their peers but shouldn't be at the mercy of their opinion. Winning then really isn't as important never losing your vision and authority over your own thoughts.

[@nanoconcept9216]

Sometimes you have to have the courage to do something you aren't comfortable with, and you did it!

[@benjaminmateja4131]

Bravo tommy ! C est difficile de plaire à tout le monde...

[@fabioprata9539]

Great to see the whole process. I do also miss a clear concept and a better composition. I don’t think it is ease complete a previous layout unless the whole thing was already planned…

[@rte64rte]

You did a fantastic tank. I didn't like many of the tanks that were ranked pretty high. I believe your tank was better. Most of your gallery tanks are better than the ranked ones if you ask me.

[@herlambangg2051]

Hi Tommy, itu aquascape bagus, memiliki kisah yg keren. Saya suka melihatnya.

[@GROCK619]

Better luck next year..stick with your specialty...iwagumi !!

[@richanthony2914]

In looking at what you submitted, I actually think this scape dominates if it had time to mature before the final shot. I think you landed on a winner, but it needed another month to grow in. I bet there was a lot of frustration amongst scapers this year with the judges being cycled and judging philosophies turned upside-down. You'll be top 100 again next year

[@glasscanvasart5273]

There are some really good lessons to be learnt from this, particularly the practical side of adjusting a layout and prepararing and creating the final image. Unfortunately I thought that the layout was a bit crowded and lacking in theme. Telling a story has become quite an important part of the contest and though it came to you without much thought with the other layouts (clearly mountainous iwagumis), it was less easy to find a coherent theme with this layout.

[@HellMuTii]

Make Iwagumi Great Again. Take it to the top 10.

[@delarue3198]

Is the electric bill the for studio real expensive? Iv seen it snowing at some times of the year over there

[@aquahub8410]

its nice tank brother.. I can give 1 advice tommy.. please look your joshsim workshop video..

[@leon0noel120]

Exactly, he did not apply most of it. This was a jumble mess

[@rommeljasonlimos432]

Hi Tommy, thanks for your generosity to share this. To me, what I perceive is is on the weak side is the feeling of disjointedness. The Amelia stones in particular, I feel that they need to be more cohesive in the way theyre put together?. I feel that they come across as just stone pieces lumped together without unity and the color also gets some of them to disappear with the white back panel. The wood pieces feel a bit thesame, with the varying color of the different pieces of wood also conveying a feeling of unconnectedness. Then between the wood and the stones, there seem to be no 'interaction'. Sorry if my comments are a bit harsh, but it feels like there is no unifying plan to unite each subcomponent into strong elements and then this weakened the potential synergy among the individual design elements.

[@danielmartin4995]

Despite being not placed as high as you wanted, the aquarium still looks great. Sure, it has it weak spots in terms of competitivness, but don‘t let it bring you down.

[@invinceabillb6048]

After the competition do you receive a breakdown of your score to show where improves can be made for future contest entries?

[@antonije]

I would really want to know what was "wrong" with the design as well. Hopefully it was a constructive criticism.

[@benjaminmateja4131]

For me the concern is that the wood does not completely hide the sides of your tank. The best (my opinion ) would have been for the wood to prevent seeing the back of the layout on the sides. It s an opinion. Ton layout est magnifique. 😍😍😉😊

[@adammajor123]

Interesting video - not to criticise but the original scape wasn’t a favourite of mine, it seemed a little empty in the back. I think of Green Aquas own tips is ‘start out with a clear vision you want to achieve’ and perhaps you couldn’t do that working from an already part set up scape. The removable corner pieces is a very good idea. There’s nothing wrong with Tommy doing contest iwagumi and experimenting the rest of the time - you only get better by doing it. I’d like to see a dragon stone cavern or arches next please.

[@manashgonewild]

Hoping for a higher rank next year for Tommy... 👍

[@vaclavdemeter7608]

I really like this thank. However i too think it would be placed much higher, if it would have some time to mature. My personal opinion is, that especially the mosses needed some more time. Do it the way you love it, not the way you expect judges will want it ;-) Keep up the great work!

[@davedepaus607]

Definitely blue Tommy!

[@succeeding_through_knowledge]

Sir can I use mango wood as driftwood. Please tell me.

[@richardcunliffe]

It's 3 months later and my daughter still wants to watch the first 12 seconds of this video again and again. Hilarious

[@nermarpaborito4830]

Nice work but I think the scape lack the lash green or it's not planted enough. Keep it your doing fine

[@leonguyen7005]

To be honest, you ‘re master of rocks.

[@jorgbolder4393]

the left side looks great. on the right side you still see shadow from the wood hitting the background. Where the 2 fishes with the red dots on their head swim. Because of this, you lose so much depth and you can clearly see that its the back of the aquarium.

[@harostolpe7178]

look at the Contest tank between the Numbers 31 and 29,....what do you think?

[@submergedSerenity]

Though i am no where near your lvl , i ranked 787 this year , but i have 1 observation. The tank dosent look naturally grown in to me . All plants look just placed and not grown in the tank . Woods are not aged and look very fresh ( not even 2 months soaked). Hope you get my point

[@davidhong237]

It remind me of Sistine Chapel’s frescoes by Michelangelo before you put in small manzanita branches. I felt those branches kind of distract the overall flow of composition. Oh well, just my opinion. But please do get up where you fell and do an other wood setup aquarium for next year contest and have your sweet revenge!

[@apfeln]

Tomi using wood! holy moly :D

[@tomelliottguitartutor1325]

Tommy this is a stunning scape, I think the main problem was that you did not have a clear narrative from the start. The scape evolved and was more trial and error to achieve the final design, although looking amazing I expect the judges could perhaps sense this, if the new plants had longer to mature then I expect you would have a much better ranking. It’s still awesome and I amongst others really look forward to seeing it mature.

[@MrCarson66]

At 1822 min on... the best comments, the right comments. thank you.

[@nemesisfang1927]

It is sad too See Tommy can not hide his frustration. It is a nice tank. But I guess the judges like extreme tank. Very complicated structure etc. if you check the top 20 tanks, I am not sure how many hours they need it for it.

[@emnclm298]

Exactly, there are nice tanks and there are extremely nice and complicated tanks. Comparing the top 20 tanks the depth and complexity of those scapes are far more superior than tommy's. just my opinion.

[@madeyemary]

The middle branch is distracting/seems wrong. If removed I think the effect would have been a lot more striking and the vanishing point clearer. Beautiful scape nonetheless

[@sebastianjo752]

It´s a great looking tank. Next year you are gonna be top 100 again for sure. It respect that you tried something new, but maybe stick to your strengths and do what you do best. Like Messi he is not showy with his skills but nobody is better then him with faking out players.

[@2roddmann2]

Hey Tommy, when you change the scape style, you shouldn't be so surprised that you don't do well. A lesson for us all. Keep scaping, adapting, creating and the kudos will follow.

[@neilzangetsu028]

Where is the review of the winners for IAPLC 2022?

[@shazny0921]

Tank looks so fresh … that’s a problem I guess … It Needs to mature a little … like naturally it has been there for a long time Anyway… this one looks so much better than other leading Aquascapes

[@klebberbrazilian.theprofessor]

I know Tamás deserved a much better rank with that great tank!

[@ThatanOmega]

What fish were at 5:57 ?!?!

[@miniandy82]

Great video and a nice scape. Your facial expression and your words were somewhat mismatched. Chin up chap, learn and move forward - that's the drive we all keep coming back to the fantastic GreenAqua vids for. Do a follow up video taking views from others on your scape, it would be really interesting if not a little painful

[@TheVoyagers.]

Can I be honest? The hard work you put into the tank is very good and I commend you for it but when I look at it I’m not like WOW

[@sebbytw]

Curious to know what happened to Tommy ? Disappointed not to see him in the top 20 😢

[@GreenAquaShop]

that's nice of you, I'm far from the TOP 20 level - Tommy

[@sebbytw]

It’s a nice scape. Maybe you need to start earlier next year? I am not a contestant (yet) but seems there was still a lot of change in the hard scape (haven’t you watched Dr. Puchades video)? until the end and compared to other IAPLC the tank may not be as matured/natural yet … would be nice to see another video how this scape evolves in a few months ?🤔

[@thimoschreiber4275]

To be honest i am not surprised by the Placing, it looks very over done. What i mean by that is that the adding of new stuff ruined the scape very much. As you added the stones i think was the point where the look went down. A littel bit more simple would be nicer, or at least that what i think

[@westsidescape481]

I agree with you. it's green aqua style, like how they normally redo the guess/ ''master' scape. they keep adding new hardscape which ruined the overall look. hardscape need time to blend in too.

[@norbertthoens3561]

Ein sehr schön gestaltetes Aquarium, das mir besser gefällt als dein Aquarium, das letztens so gut abgeschnitten hat. Mach dir nix draus, dass du diesmal unter "ferner liefen" eingestuft wurdest.. 😉

[@commit7869]

why do i get blue balled in the discord… says new video but i have to wait 😫

[@Taffy116]

ikr 😞

[@GreenAquaShop]

For some reason, the auto notification only notifies us when we schedule the video, not to start with scheduled content.

[@legionaquatics]

I think this is a really cool tank but I personally think it’s not Tommy’s best work and he could do better next year.

[@bassfam7926]

Helloooo

[@kelleyforeman]

I suspect a lot of the winning IAPLC tanks don’t look great in person. I think the recent winners are too dark and shadowy.

[@maritzsa]

This tank is actually so cool. I think it might be a little too “natural” for IAPLC. I genuinely felt like the final photo looked like we are inside a giant tree trunk that fell in a lake and started rotting and was left in pieces on the bottom just barely holding its frame. Letting in daylight from the opening of the tank which would be the giant gap left on the tree by rot. As water flowed, smaller branches and other wood got stuck in the rotting trunk as it was a barrier stuck on the rocks of the lake/river forever until it rot completely. As you said Tommy, if you enjoy it, thats what matters. I didn’t like that IAPLC top100 mostly looks like aquascapes that are meant to be abstract and unnatural art instead of a mixture of nature and art/creativity.

[@francisalbert3405]

wanna learn some tips from mathew mannes?

[@joshlock925]

Tips on how to be a bad winner?

[@francisalbert3405]

@@joshlock925 then blame the IAPLC judge's for winning a ugly lay out.. hhahaha

[@Juanro_7]

You guys advertise yourselves more than the aquariums. AquaKardashians? 😮

[@TheThomas2411]

Next Time you doing better ! Too late for contest tank , you need a lot of time for natural result .

[@leon0noel120]

The middle big wood pieces looked like you just put them there. Their sizes , if they were suppose to act like root like structures coming from the bigger tree structures from left to right is unproportionate. Both wood pieces in the center starts at some rock and doesn’t even connect to the trees so it gives that disconnected wood pieces that has been dropped there. The size makes everything else looks smaller so it doesnt give a very small person in a big forest feeling. It looks like you took a bunch of wood pieces and just put them as they fit and not really thought it out. The left side of the tank looked great but then the right side looks identical and in nature this violates wabi sabi or natural chaos. Your pathway is covered by those ugly too big of a wood pieces and doesnt take the viewer to the end destination. There is a piece of pillow moss on the top right side. That it looks like it hasnt grown in the wood and was just put there recently. If you will have mosses on branches , they will have to have been mostly covering all of the branches or many small and thicker patches depending on the lighting direction of the simulated sun. The grass on the top left and right are too identical and unnatural. Roots are curvy and looking for pathways while slithering around rocks. The right side tree had a very straight root “unnatural”. Top left top middle branch is thicker and had an unnatural broken off end. Basically everything was unnatural and it doesnt show a forest scape, valley scape or anything. The proportions and broken pieces all look unnatural. Does not simulate actual nature unfortunately.

[@lsi7675]

Time just wasn’t on your side my friend.

[@trungkienvu7269]

Let's come back to the competition next year with a new and better tank than Tommy

[@willspencer6023]

I feel like yours should be too 100 again. For me, aquascaping is there to recreate nature in a captive habitat. I saw a lot of “far fetched” ideas that were in the top 100. That were more crazy than naturalistic. It’s sad to see it going that way. While I’m not trash talking the scrapers or their tanks as they were beautiful. I feel there needs to be more “naturalism” brought into some. Tommy, your tank is stunning as always. Don’t be to down about it.

[@Gabor.P.]

Hey Thomas, instead of the Iwagumi layout maybe you can try a new Hungarian type of Ragogumi layout. lol. BTW when I had a big piece of wood and wanted to use it like in the video to put plants on it I just had my drill and drilled holes in it about 2-3 centimeters deep and I pushed the plants in them. It worked especially to those bug plants like the Anubis and Java moss species etc. You know what? I think it is like a woman. I mean is there such a thing as an ugly woman? Everybody has his or her match. So like yourself. you like the Ivagumi layouts other people like the Dutch style the others only rock. You see. So you are right if it makes you happy that's all it matters. If you have others who like and shares your idea or views like Balazs and others who copy the Japanese master Amano's work and his ideas and take them to the world then that is it. I like varieties I like what you made I like Dutch style too and even just the rock where only African cichlids you can keep. I mean Gobby Hilda was one the most ugliest woman alive well before you were born trust me. Well, Kathy Bates or Rosanne Barr is uglier but the point is there was somebody who liked and even loved them. I'm sure many people can even come close to what you did even if it was 161st place. It made you happy cause it was coming from your vision your idea your own hands work and the end result is amazing. Yeah, every year like the furniture or hairstyle cars etc changing. So bald been since the dawn of time some likes it some don't. The beauty is the building part and when you walk into the shop you take a glimpse thinking ... hey I built that one. You are one effectionet guy with a beautiful baby so you are a creator and I'm sure Balazs see that in you also. Like me, I'm sure many people love what you created. Nuff said! Just enjoy it! PS: All creators or makers designers architect to stay on top made some changes and maybe if you can do to not a lot just a little then you'll stay on top and not only known for the Ragogumi I mean Iwagumi style but a new and improved or individual style like Tommy's style. lol. Can't hurt.

[@jkgiglio]

Sometimes less is more, lol. The layout is good but doesnt look too natural.

[@jeancharlesprunier2442]

🥺👍❤️😍👋👋🇫🇷

[@motgnay7065]

The tank has too much going on, the wood and the stone are competing against each other for attention instead of working in harmony. When you look at nature aquarium, you want to feel free, relaxation, harmony, you want to be drawn and connected to nature. This tank lack a lot of things. Seem to me like there's just a big pile of rock in the back ground thats obviously place there, and the driftwood in the front look like it doesn't belong there or it take away too much from the overall tank maybe if you added more plant to blend in the wood and the rock, to mellow it down and change the background colors to blue it and added more light above the center in the front it might look better. The tank would've been better if divided into 3 section, the left, middle, and right, the middle could've used more work. But with the current overall, the left side is too strong. It would work good if it was drawing you somewhere but since the tank fail to direct your attention, instead the tank is chaotic, the impression the left side give out is not good.

[@Sahity]

I dont liked it so much… :/ but I know is a new path for Tommy (he is awesome with rock works)...

[@lastnovicewins]

Not sure what you meant by "It wasn't worth it". Its a nice looking aquascape. It has many nice elements. But all the elements did not come together to create the combined "WOW" effect. I am not even considering the fact, that you went in to this competition with an advantage that is the combined might of "Green Aqua". You had access to unlimited hardscape material, limitless plants, the best tools of the trade. You had a team of aquarists to critique your work as you tweaked things. Yet....you came up with mediocre at best scape. But, somehow insinuate, that IAPLC judges has given lower rank than you deserved!

[@greenaquascaping9491]

This one looks some how lacking of plants and there is no focus points, no story in it

[@JASHIKO_]

It's a nice tank but I agree. Plus I think the background was a bit too over exposed it kinda took away from the entire image.

[@yauszecheung5152]

沒有深度，沒有草，沒有原始的感覺。很多沒有。。。。。

[@Steve-qn8gn]

tropica supplied a thriving business with a 150 plants for free while the normal Jane and joe pay the increased prices. Cringy.