Winners 2025 - Wabikusa/Paludarium (11+ Liter)

We’re proud to present the results of the EAPLC 2025 – a fresh chapter in Europe’s leading aquascaping contest!

Thank you to all participants who brought this category to life with creativity, precision, and passion. Your work continues to inspire and elevate the art of planted aquariums across the continent.

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Let’s keep growing the future of aquascaping — together.

Special Awards

Plants

Photography

Creativity

Winning works

Full display of the Paludarium

1

Special Award Photography

Fountain of Life

Andreas

Ruppert-Flerlage

Deutschland

Paludarium, front

2

Special Award Creativity

Daniel

Konrad

Switzerland

Large Vivarium featuring a dense, tropical ecosystem filled with lush plants, moss, ferns, and decorative wood. It is housed in a glass enclosure, illuminated from above by suspended LED lights that highlight the greenery and natural details.

3

Sergio

Maestre

Spain

Frontal final Shot

4

Special Award Plants

Nature’s Bastion

Vico

Friedsam

Deutschland

this layout have twisted driftwood with lush moss an vibrant tropical plants, above a clear stone lined aquatic base

5

Karsten

Dünne

Deutschland

Paludarium

6

Tom

Dienemann

Germany

60F paludarium

7

Disappearing Paradises

Stefan

Krämer

Germany

A lush, tropical paludarium housed in a glass tank, featuring a vibrant mix of bromeliads, ferns, mosses, and climbing plants. Driftwood pieces and a naturalistic background create a dense jungle aesthetic.

8

Whispering Jungle

Tobias

Grüb

Germany

Dooa glass pot maru 15x9.5

9

Nazım

Durmaz

Türkiye

AquaOrinoco Paludarium

10

João

Pinheiro

Portugal

A valley built from heavy stones, mosses are growong over them , green carpets on the sides

11

Oliver

Dorner

Deutschland

A short piece of the austrian forrest

12

Austrian Forrest

Mario

Schaufler

Österreich

Adam Dziadek - Echoes of the canopy

13

Echoes of the Canopy

Adam

Dziadek

Polska

Dark old wood scenery paludarium made by Sabina Niedzielska

14

Dark Old Wood Scenery Paludarium

Sabina

Niedzielska

Poland