EAPLC News

EAPLC 2020 – NEW Participant Record

364 entries from 26 European countries EAPLC 2020 has received a record amount of entries. Total number of 364 entries from 26 countries have been submitted.…

What’s New EAPLC 2020

What’s New EAPLC 2020 Submission period 01.12.2019 -31.01.2020 – 2020 Categories: Nano, Medium, Large, Paludarium & Wabikusa – Awarding ceremony 18.04.2020 will take place again during…

EAPLC 2018 Results

EAPLC 2018 Thank you everyone who participated in the EAPLC 2018 contest! We have received a total number of 292 entries from 21 different European countries!…

Goals of the EAPLC Contest

Fostering the trend of Nature Aquariums and Aquascaping within Europe and Inspiring more young people to take on the hobby of a Aquaristics
Promotion of the partnership and exchange between European Aquascapers

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Prize & Award

Top 5 in each category will receive a Honor Trophy
Best of Show Special Award
Winners will receive Physical awards from Sponsors

Awarding Ceremony

A unique event to celebrate the participants and
award the winners is going to take place again
at the TAOTPA event in Magdeburg, Germany 18-19.04.2020

Special Guests and Acts will be awaiting you

Application Guidelines

EAPLC stands for European Aquatic Plants Layout Contest. For this reason only entries from geographical Europe are allowed. To foster the trend of Nature Aquariums and Aquascaping the EAPLC contest has evolved since its first launch in 2013. Every year we receive a variety of skillful layouts from all over Europe. Starting from 2018 EAPLC offers a wider selection of categories for better classification and fair judging process. We are looking very much forward receiving your best works.

Application guidelines

Judging criteria

Judging criteria is split in 2 categories. Total Impression on one and Extra Points on the other side. Total Impression allows collecting up to 95 Points (90%) based on Plants, Hardscape, Longevity, Photo and Invertebrates. Extra Points are given by dedicated members of the jury, specialized in: Plants – 2 Points (5%), Photography – 2 Points (3%) and Creativity – 1 Point (2%).

Judging criteria

Jury

EAPLC Jury members are selected from all over the world. They are not only active aquascapers, but also well known experts in the area of aquatic plants and aquarium hobby, best suited for a fair and impartial evaluation.