Hello, I think James might be right concerning the guidelines. I have never entered a fish/plant/aquascaping contest, so I'm not an expert here. However, based on the past discussion and the happy medium that seems to have been met so far, we should probably be judging the aquascaping. So I agree with a lot of Justin's post, with some minor adjustments I can think of right now: Perhaps we should change number 5 to "Condition of aquatic life." This gets us back out of the plants vs. no plants argument. Also, is it just me, or do 1 and 4 seem redundant? If the composition is sound, the concept is probably also sound, but maybe not. Just a thought. Thanks, Dave VanderWall non-AGA in Minneapolis where it is hot as all get out ------------------ 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