BEST IN SHOW Alex Wenchel for his 10 g planted tank with grass carpet and overhanging cryptocoryne and with chili rasboras.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD Jen Williams for her 17 gallon lazy "L" planted tank with cliff and with white cloud mountain fish.
Class 1 NANO TANKS
FIRST PLACE Victor Almeida for his 2.5 gallon planted bowl with shrimp.
SECOND PLACE Geoffrey Melgren for his edge tank
THIRD PLACE Frank Cowherd for his 6 gallon cube with harlequin rasboras and anubias nana on rock.
Class 2 MEDIUM TANKS
FIRST PLACE Jen Williams for her 17 gallon tank
SECOND PLACE Alex Wenchel for his 10 gallon tank
THIRD PLACE Victor Almeida for his 20 gallon long planted tank with neons and rummy nose tetras.
Class 3 LARGE TANKS
FIRST PLACE Geoffrey Melgren for his 60 gallon cubic paludarium with tree frog and rams.
SECOND PLACE Cichlid Club of York for their 40 gallon with large rocks and colorful cichlids.
THIRD PLACE Matt Esterly for his 40 gallon
Class 4 C.A.R.E.S. TANKS
FIRST PLACE Juan Gabriel Andrade for his 55g with rose line barb
SECOND PLACE Jen Williams for her 17 gallon with white cloud mountain fish
THIRD PLACE Victor Almeida for his 40 gallon with large rocks and
Class 5 THEMED TANKS
FIRST PLACE Jeff Fredrick for his 10 gallon that looked like a tank and was themed: THE FISH TANK
SECOND PLACE Tammy Hine for her octagonal tank that look like a bird cage and was themed: THERE'S SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT THESE BIRDS
THIRD PLACEShawn Leffler for his tank with theme: EASTERN WARRIORS
Class 6 PLANTED TANKS
FIRST PLACE and AGA AWARD WINNER:Alex Wenchel for his 10 g planted tank with grass carpet and overhanging cryptocoryne and chilli rasboras.
SECOND PLACE Jen Williams for her 17 gallon lazy L planted tank with white cloud mountain fish.
THIRD PLACE Victor Almeida for his 20 gallon long planted tank with neon and rummy nose tetras.
If you have better descriptions of the tanks than my pathetic attempts above, please reply with them. Thanks.
And I want to thank all who participated in this event. We had an outstanding turnout and I know if you participated you actually learned something more about keeping fish and plants and keeping them healthy. It is a lot of work but it really is one of the best focal points of the convention.
As for the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD, voting was fantastic at 110 votes cast. And it really was a contest. The top vote getters were within 3 votes of each other. SO maybe if you had voted, if you did not, your vote would have changed the results.
As for voting, if there were more than one ID on the blue tape, you could have used any of the IDs to vote with. All ID are connected to the same person, same tank.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD Jen Williams for her 17 gallon lazy "L" planted tank with cliff and with white cloud mountain fish.
Class 1 NANO TANKS
FIRST PLACE Victor Almeida for his 2.5 gallon planted bowl with shrimp.
SECOND PLACE Geoffrey Melgren for his edge tank
THIRD PLACE Frank Cowherd for his 6 gallon cube with harlequin rasboras and anubias nana on rock.
Class 2 MEDIUM TANKS
FIRST PLACE Jen Williams for her 17 gallon tank
SECOND PLACE Alex Wenchel for his 10 gallon tank
THIRD PLACE Victor Almeida for his 20 gallon long planted tank with neons and rummy nose tetras.
Class 3 LARGE TANKS
FIRST PLACE Geoffrey Melgren for his 60 gallon cubic paludarium with tree frog and rams.
SECOND PLACE Cichlid Club of York for their 40 gallon with large rocks and colorful cichlids.
THIRD PLACE Matt Esterly for his 40 gallon
Class 4 C.A.R.E.S. TANKS
FIRST PLACE Juan Gabriel Andrade for his 55g with rose line barb
SECOND PLACE Jen Williams for her 17 gallon with white cloud mountain fish
THIRD PLACE Victor Almeida for his 40 gallon with large rocks and
Class 5 THEMED TANKS
FIRST PLACE Jeff Fredrick for his 10 gallon that looked like a tank and was themed: THE FISH TANK
SECOND PLACE Tammy Hine for her octagonal tank that look like a bird cage and was themed: THERE'S SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT THESE BIRDS
THIRD PLACEShawn Leffler for his tank with theme: EASTERN WARRIORS
Class 6 PLANTED TANKS
FIRST PLACE and AGA AWARD WINNER:Alex Wenchel for his 10 g planted tank with grass carpet and overhanging cryptocoryne and chilli rasboras.
SECOND PLACE Jen Williams for her 17 gallon lazy L planted tank with white cloud mountain fish.
THIRD PLACE Victor Almeida for his 20 gallon long planted tank with neon and rummy nose tetras.
If you have better descriptions of the tanks than my pathetic attempts above, please reply with them. Thanks.
And I want to thank all who participated in this event. We had an outstanding turnout and I know if you participated you actually learned something more about keeping fish and plants and keeping them healthy. It is a lot of work but it really is one of the best focal points of the convention.
As for the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD, voting was fantastic at 110 votes cast. And it really was a contest. The top vote getters were within 3 votes of each other. SO maybe if you had voted, if you did not, your vote would have changed the results.
As for voting, if there were more than one ID on the blue tape, you could have used any of the IDs to vote with. All ID are connected to the same person, same tank.