Re: [AGA Member] Biotopes

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

The contest, in all it's years, was never presented as a
Plant Aquascaping Contest but just an Aquascaping Contest.
A few nonplanted tanks are entered each year, as I recall
and I think it's usally the in the biotope category. 

With only 7 biotope entries last year, why exclude? 

RE the dichotomy, I don't really see the cleavage. I don't
see why the technical issue (is this a biotope; is this an
accurate biotope) precludes the aesthetic issue. It seems
like one more thing to be considered by the judges.

sh

--- Roger Miller <roger@spinn.net> wrote:
> 
> I am interested in hearing what standards ya'll propose
> for biotopes.
> 
> Based on past experience, had I my druthers I would
> simply remove biotopes as 
> a category in the contest.  It appears to me that they
> need to be judged on a 
> basis that is substantially technical ("Is this a
> biotope?") and not 
> aesthetic, as is the case in other categories.  Answering
> the technical 
> question is not necessarily something that an aquascaping
> judge is qualified 
> to do.
> 
> If a biotope is to be judged on an aesthetic basis then
> perhaps biotopes 
> should be included with the various-sized gardens.  If
> they are to be judged 
> on some other basis then they need an entirely different
> set of judging 
> guidelines.  Setting up a different set of guidelines
> effectively creates a 
> separate contest for biotopes.
> 
> I know that the year I judged our decision on the winning
> biotope was 
> controversial.  Part of the problem being that the
> winning entry was not a 
> planted tank.  I recall that last year's winning biotope
> was once again not a 
> planted tank, so I imagine that the results were once
> again controversial.   
> I suppose that we could define our way around that little
> controversy by 
> insisting that the biotope entries must be planted.  That
> would eliminate 
> tanks that represent most of the worlds aquatic biotopes.
> 
> Just can't win.
> 
> 
> Roger Miller
> 
> 
> 
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Erik Olson annouces AGA 2004 Annual Aquascaping Awards
at the annual Convention Nov 12, 13 & 14; 
Details & Registration at www.aquatic-gardeners.org  & www.gwapa.org


	
		
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