Fianlly! new generation of apple snail

After the last "Woo~hoo" of the snails, now can see some youngs crawling in the tank. Hopefully it grows in a healthy manner and seeing more and more young generation. It is very cute with a tiny round and transparent shell, and very hard working eating those algae day & night. It's size getting bigger just in a week and can't really imagine how fast it grows. Anyway, what can we do is waiting them to grow.

ADA International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest (IAPLC) 2008 winners' photo

Finally some of the ADA International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest (IAPLC) 2008 photo can be found online, here are the winners' photos. Ranking from #1~27, they have done an amazing job. Congrats to all of them!!

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1 Cheng Siu Wai HONG KONG

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2 Yutaka Kanno JAPAN

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3 Hsu Yung Lin TAIWAN

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4 Cliff Hui HONG KONG

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5 Long Tran Hoang VIET NAM

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6 Lee Do Jae KOREA

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7 A.J. Judy Prajitno Putra INDONESIA

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8 Lee Chun Ho KOREA

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9 Yuji Yoshinaga JAPAN

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10 Hiroyuki Yamabe JAPAN

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11 Fumio Hara JAPAN

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12 Weerayut Soemphornphoemsuk THAILAND

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13 Toshiharu Ishiwata JAPAN

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14 Masashi Ono JAPAN

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15 Peter Kirwan IRELAND

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16 Ichiro Hamano JAPAN

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17 Wong Wai Hung HONG KONG

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18 Huu Lan Nguyen VIET NAM

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19 Su Kun Cheng TAIWAN

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20 George Lo U.S.A.

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21 Junichi Itakura JAPAN

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22 Xuanthuy Nguyenthi VIET NAM

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23 Koji Nakamura JAPAN

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24 Takehiko Honoki JAPAN

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25 Truong Thinh Ngo VIET NAM

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26 Takeshi Kato JAPAN

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27 Chen Tse Hsin TAIWAN

Pogostemon & Hemianthus Callitrichoides pearling

HEMIANTHUS CALLITRICHOIDES
Hardiness: Moderate
Light Needs: High
Plant Structure: Stem
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Hemianthus
Region: Central/South America
Location: Cuba
Size: Individual stem width: 0.5cm (0.25in)
Growth Rate: Medium
Grown Emersed: Yes

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POGOSTEMON HELFERI
Hardiness: Moderate
Light Needs: Medium
Plant Structure: Stem
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Pogostemon
Region: Asia
Location: Thailand
Size: Stem width: 2-5cm (1-2 in)
Growth Rate: Medium
Grown Emersed: Yes

Apple snails' happy hour!!

Woooo...hoo! What were these 2 lovely snails doing? Hold in that position almost half an hour and climb on each other....I think 2 of it crossover, do hope to see baby snails in my tank soon.....