On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, James Purchase wrote: It would actually be more "inclusive" if everyone in the show were also in the competition. The judging guidelines would make it impossible for a tank to win unless it were a submersed "aquatic garden". That is, if one judging category is "effective use of plants", scored 0 through 5, then a tank with no plants will be given a 0 in the category and it cannot win. The judging criteria would be stated up front so that someone with a Tanganyikan biotope (for instance) will know that he can enter the show but won't win the contest. Roger Miller aquarist at large ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, e-mail majordomo@aquatic-gardeners.org with "unsubscribe aga-contest" in the body of the message. To subscribe to the digest version, add "subscribe aga-contest-digest" in the same message. Old messages are available at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-contest