BAC2021 Results – BAP

BIOTOPE AQUARIUM Contest 2021 Ranking

8 Categories – 24 Winners

We are proud to announce the final results of the BAC2021. Thank you all the participants for your great job, BAC Jury members for your valuable inputs and our sponsors for support!

BIOTOPE AQUARIUM Contest 2021 Criteria

BIN (BIOTOPE IN NATURE) – 20 points	Evaluation Criteria (#)	Points
Quality and reliability of the information about the original biotope	1. Description of the location: Environment; Terrestrial vegetation; Surrounding area; Treats to ecology incl. Photos/Video.	1 to 5
	2. Variety of fish, invertebrates, plants mentioned in the biotope meet the specified category and biotope type.	1 to 5
	3. Description of the aquatic habitat: Water chemistry, Substrate, Riparian zone, Underwater landscape.	1 to 5
	4. Bibliography/Sitography: quality of the resources.	1 to 5
BAM (BIOTOPE AQUARIUM MODEL) – 60 points
Variety and System’s viability	5. Fishes, plants and decorations are selected properly to exist together for a long period of time in the aquarium: the aquarium size matches up with the species choice, their quantity and size.	1 to 20
Conformity to the BIOTOPE IN NATURE	6. Decor in the aquarium look as close as possible to stones, driftwood, soil, and other natural elements in the biotope. Aquarium space is used effectively, each species has its niche. Decor elements and plants are placed according to the biotope.	1 to 20
Natural beauty	7. The composition in the aquarium is balanced. The natural beauty of the biotope represented successfully. The accents are placed properly.	1 to 10
Quality and accuracy of the aquarium data	8. The description of the tank, incl. external resources, is accurate and can guide other aquarists through the re-creation of a similar biotope models (BAM).	1 to 10
Visual support	9. Quality of the visual support (foto, video).	1 to 20
MAX TOTAL SCORE		100

BAC: Northern America.

Category 1: NORTH AMERICA

JURY: FRITZ ROHDE & LAWRENCE KENT

AWARDS BY:

				BIN				BAM				MATERIAL
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Everglades Wetland, Florida, USA	Anikó Csanádi	Lawrence Kent	4	4	4	4	19	18	19	9	18	99	94.5
1	Everglades Wetland, Florida, USA	Anikó Csanádi	Fritz Rohde	4	5	4	3	18	19	8	10	19	90	94.5
2	River Pool, Alum Creek, Ohio, USA	Vinny Anderson	Lawrence Kent	5	5	4	5	17	18	17	9	18	98	92.5
2	River Pool, Alum Creek, Ohio, USA	Vinny Anderson	Fritz Rohde	4	4	4	0	19	18	9	10	19	87	92.5

BAC: Central America, Caribbean.

Category 2: CENTRAL AMERICA

JURY: JUAN MIGUEL ARTIGAS AZAS & JAIRO ARROYAVE

AWARDS BY:

				BIN				BAM				MATERIAL
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Sidearm to Lower Rio Usumacinta, Mexico	David Nørholm	Jairo Arroyave	2	2	3	2	17	14	9	9	18	76	84.5
1	Sidearm to Lower Rio Usumacinta, Mexico	David Nørholm	Juan M. Artigas Azas	4	2	3	4	20	20	10	10	20	93	84.5
2	Rio Cardenas, Panama City, Panama	Juan Medina	Jairo Arroyave	4	3	3	2	16	16	8	8	16	76	81.5
2	Rio Cardenas, Panama City, Panama	Juan Medina	Juan M. Artigas Azas	4	2	3	0	20	20	8	10	20	87	81.5
3	Patuca River, Honduras	Nico Luchoro	Jairo Arroyave	2	2	3	2	18	12	9	9	19	76	71
3	Patuca River, Honduras	Nico Luchoro	Juan M. Artigas Azas	4	1	3	3	5	15	5	10	20	66	71

BAC: South America.

Category 3: SOUTH AMERICA

JURY: ROBERTO E. REIS, FRANCESCO DENITTO & DONALD C. TAPHORN B.

AWARDS BY:

				BIN				BAM				MATERIAL
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Small creek near Pobreza stream, Rio Blanco, Peru	Jan Šulc	Roberto Reis	5	5	5	5	20	20	8	6	12	86	86
			Francesco Denitto	5	5	5	4	18	18	10	8	16	89
			Donald C. Taphorn	5	4	4	4	17	18	7	7	17	83
2	Morichal, Atabapo affluent, Orinoco	Mike Froggatt	Roberto Reis	4	4	3	5	18	18	10	6	12	80	81.7
			Francesco Denitto	3	4	4	5	18	15	8	8	13	78
			Donald C. Taphorn	4	4	4	5	18	18	8	9	17	87
3	Unnamed forrest stream, west of the city of Coxim, Brazil	David Nørholm	Roberto Reis	5	5	5	3	18	18	8	10	12	84	80
			Francesco Denitto	4	5	4	3	16	16	7	8	14	77
			Donald C. Taphorn	4	3	4	5	14	16	7	7	19	79
4	Igarapé Prosperitate, Rio Preto, Brazil	Vern Van de Weyer	Roberto Reis	4	5	4	3	18	15	9	10	12	80	78.3
			Francesco Denitto	2	5	4	3	16	10	8	8	15	71
			Donald C. Taphorn	4	4	4	5	17	14	9	9	18	84
5	Rio Salobra, Pantanal, Brazil	Rex Ribay	Roberto Reis	3	4	4	0	12	12	10	8	12	65	68
			Francesco Denitto	3	4	3	1	10	12	5	8	13	59
			Donald C. Taphorn	4	4	4	0	18	15	8	9	18	80
6	Igarapé do Cumaru, Rio Negro basin, Brazil	Monica Bernardoni	Roberto Reis	1	2	3	3	18	15	6	6	10	64	64
			Francesco Denitto	2	1	2	3	14	12	7	6	10	57
			Donald C. Taphorn	2	1	5	3	12	15	6	7	20	71
7	Paraná River in South America	Lukas Urbanowicz	Roberto Reis	5	3	3	1	12	8	6	3	15	56	58.3
			Francesco Denitto	5	2	3	2	12	10	10	5	10	59
			Fritz Rohde	4	1	3	0	12	12	7	5	16	60
8	Lago Grande de Manacapuru, Brazil	Ignacio Fernandez Contreras	Roberto Reis	3	4	3	2	15	8	8	6	10	59	58
			Francesco Denitto	2	2	2	2	12	5	5	7	8	45
			Fritz Rohde	2	2	4	0	17	12	9	6	18	70
9	Amazon River Biotope, Amazonas	Thanh Trung Dinh	Roberto Reis	2	1	3	0	8	6	8	4	10	42	51
			Francesco Denitto	1	1	2	1	10	5	5	3	8	36
			Fritz Rohde	3	5	1	0	18	15	7	7	19	75

BAC: Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe.

Category 4: EUROPE

JURY: ALEXEY MALYSHEV & GIREG ALLAIN

AWARDS BY:

				BIN				BAM				MATERIAL
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Łęgi Odrzańskie, Poland	Alek Halczuk	Alexey Malyshev	4	5	4	4	15	18	8	8	18	84	87.5
1	Łęgi Odrzańskie, Poland	Alek Halczuk	Gireg Allain	5	5	5	5	17	19	9	9	17	91	87.5
2	Kalchik river, Mariupol, Ukraine	Artem Bereznev	Alexey Malyshev	3	5	4	4	12	10	7	8	14	67	69
2	Kalchik river, Mariupol, Ukraine	Artem Bereznev	Gireg Allain	5	5	5	4	8	15	6	8	15	71	69
3	North-European brook basin, Sweden	Karl Olsson	Alexey Malyshev	2	5	2	2	1	5	2	2	2	23	33.5
3	North-European brook basin, Sweden	Karl Olsson	Gireg Allain	3	4	3	0	5	12	3	6	8	44	33.5

BAC: Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa.

Category 5: AFRICA

JURY: AD KONINGS & STEFANO VALDESALICI

AWARDS BY:

				BIN				BAM				MATERIAL
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Shallow intermediate habitat, Cape Banza, DRC	Marcus Vinicius David	Ad Konings	5	5	5	5	17	19	8	10	17	91	85.5
1	Shallow intermediate habitat, Cape Banza, DRC	Marcus Vinicius David	Stefano Valdesalici	4	4	4	5	15	15	8	9	16	80	85.5
2	The rocky habitats of Lake Malawi, Tanzania	Artem Bereznev	Ad Konings	5	3	5	5	18	20	9	10	18	93	83
2	The rocky habitats of Lake Malawi, Tanzania	Artem Bereznev	Stefano Valdesalici	4	4	3	4	15	10	9	8	16	73	83
3	Nkondwe Island intermediate zone, Tanzania	Emerson Souza Santos	Ad Konings	4	1	5	5	16	15	8	9	17	80	72
3	Nkondwe Island intermediate zone, Tanzania	Emerson Souza Santos	Stefano Valdesalici	3	3	3	1	15	8	7	7	17	64	72
4	Cross River, Nigeria	Citra Amalia Dewi	Ad Konings	3	1	4	5	10	15	7	7	16	68	67.5
4	Cross River, Nigeria	Citra Amalia Dewi	Stefano Valdesalici	3	2	3	3	15	12	8	8	13	67	67.5
5	Kansombo, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania	Tiago Rocha	Ad Konings	3	1	3	3	17	16	6	9	13	71	61.5
5	Kansombo, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania	Tiago Rocha	Stefano Valdesalici	1	2	2	1	15	5	7	6	13	52	61.5
6	Malawi Lake, Nankumba Peninsula, Republic of Malawi	Kunal Mittal	Ad Konings	5	2	3	1	6	16	6	9	16	64	60.5
6	Malawi Lake, Nankumba Peninsula, Republic of Malawi	Kunal Mittal	Stefano Valdesalici	2	3	3	1	15	8	6	6	13	57	60.5

BAC: Eastern Asia.

Category 6: EASTERN ASIA

JURY: FAN LI & ZHOU HANG

AWARDS BY:

				BIN				BAM				MATERIAL
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Unnamed swamp in Conghua, Guangzhou, China	Nan Li	Zhou Hang	4	5	4	5	19	18	9	9	18	91	93.5
1	Unnamed swamp in Conghua, Guangzhou, China	Nan Li	Fan Li	5	5	4	5	19	18	10	10	20	96	93.5
2	Jingquan Baotu Spring, East Jinan, China	Zhang Lixian	Zhou Hang	5	5	5	1	13	18	9	9	17	82	84.5
2	Jingquan Baotu Spring, East Jinan, China	Zhang Lixian	Fan Li	5	5	4	2	17	17	9	8	20	87	84.5
3	Tidal pool near the inlet of Yantai, Shandong	Zhang Lixian	Zhou Hang	4	5	5	1	16	15	7	7	16	76	77.5*
3	Tidal pool near the inlet of Yantai, Shandong	Zhang Lixian	Fan Li	5	4	4	2	16	16	6	8	18	79	77.5*
4	Xiang River, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China	Zhang Lixian	Zhou Hang	4	4	4	1	15	16	6	7	13	70	72.5
4	Xiang River, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China	Zhang Lixian	Fan Li	4	5	4	2	15	13	6	8	18	75	72.5
5	The Bank of Bai River, Hairou District, China	Jiaying Hou & Nan Li	Zhou Hang	4	5	4	4	13	12	6	8	15	71	71
5	The Bank of Bai River, Hairou District, China	Jiaying Hou & Nan Li	Fan Li	4	5	4	3	14	15	7	8	16	71	71
6	Jinan hot spring stream, Shandong, China	Zhang Lixian	Zhou Hang	5	5	4	1	18	16	9	8	16	82	/*
6	Jinan hot spring stream, Shandong, China	Zhang Lixian	Fan Li	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/*

*All the NEW ENTRIES are invited to take part at BAC. If your biotope has taken part in the third-party competition in the past, it gets disqualified at BAC Ranking, unfortunately. Welcome to enter the next BAC2022! Check out BAC Guidelines here.

BAC: Central Asia, Southern Asia, Western Asia.

Category 7: SOUTHERN, CENTRAL & WESTERN ASIA

SVEN O. KULLANDER & FRIEDRICH BITTER

AWARDS BY:

				BIN				BAM				MATERIAL
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Small stream, near Raidāk River, India	Pedro Mendanha Dias	Friedrich Bitter	4	4	4	5	16	17	9	9	18	86	80.5
1	Small stream, near Raidāk River, India	Pedro Mendanha Dias	Sven Kullander	5	5	5	5	20	10	10	5	10	75	80.5
2	Subansiri river, Brahmaputra, India	Miran Župevc	Friedrich Bitter	4	4	4	5	15	16	8	9	17	82	75.5
2	Subansiri river, Brahmaputra, India	Miran Župevc	Sven Kullander	3	5	3	3	10	20	10	5	10	69	75.5
3	Vasai creek, Maharashtra, India	Devarsh Bhoir	Friedrich Bitter	4	3	4	1	10	15	5	7	15	64	42
3	Vasai creek, Maharashtra, India	Devarsh Bhoir	Sven Kullander	1	1	2	1	5	3	1	1	5	20	42

BAC: Southeastern Asia, Oceania.

Category 8: SOUTHEASTERN ASIA

PETER J. UNMACK & GREG MARTIN

AWARDS BY:

				BIN				BAM				MATERIAL
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Son River Stream, Phong Nha-Ke Bang NP, Vietnam	Magda Szubska	Greg Martin	5	5	5	5	19	19	9.5	9.5	18	95	94
1	Son River Stream, Phong Nha-Ke Bang NP, Vietnam	Magda Szubska	Peter Unmack	5	5	5	5	20	17	10	8	18	93	94
2	Sungai Cimaja, Sukabumi, Indonesia	Margo Prasetya	Greg Martin	4.5	4.5	4	5	18	17.5	10	8	17	88.5	86.75
2	Sungai Cimaja, Sukabumi, Indonesia	Margo Prasetya	Peter Unmack	5	5	4	5	20	15	8	8	15	85	86.75
3	Headwaters of the Ngermeskang River, Palau	Rene Menz	Greg Martin	4.5	5	4.5	4	18	19	7	9	15	86	85
3	Headwaters of the Ngermeskang River, Palau	Rene Menz	Peter Unmack	5	5	4	4	20	15	8	8	15	84	85
4	Swamp in Tebo Ilir Jambi, Indonesia	MAA Rafsanjani	Greg Martin	4.5	5	5	2.5	19	15	10	9	15	85	83
4	Swamp in Tebo Ilir Jambi, Indonesia	MAA Rafsanjani	Peter Unmack	4	4	4	3	20	15	8	8	15	81	83
5	Small Blackwater Stream in Lalang Tanjung	Andre Chandra	Greg Martin	5	5	5	5	18	15	9	9	14	85	78.5
5	Small Blackwater Stream in Lalang Tanjung	Andre Chandra	Peter Unmack	4	4	4	4	15	13	8	8	12	72	78.5
6	Thandwe creek of Rakhine, Myanmar	MAA Rafsanjani	Greg Martin	4.5	4.5	4.5	2.5	19	10	10	9	15	79	77.5
6	Thandwe creek of Rakhine, Myanmar	MAA Rafsanjani	Peter Unmack	4	4	4	3	20	10	8	8	15	76	77.5
7	Nypa Brackish Swamp, near Ban Khom, Samut Sakhon	Antonin Lumixo	Greg Martin	4.5	4	4	1	18	15	4	8	13	71.5	68.75
7	Nypa Brackish Swamp, near Ban Khom, Samut Sakhon	Antonin Lumixo	Peter Unmack	3	4	4	2	15	15	5	8	10	66	68.75
8	Musa River loops edges, Papua New Guinea	Alessandro Crudo	Greg Martin	3	3.5	4	4.5	15	5	6.5	8	15	64.5	64.25
8	Musa River loops edges, Papua New Guinea	Alessandro Crudo	Peter Unmack	2	3	4	4	15	10	5	6	15	64	64.25
9	Kuala Langat peat swamp, Malaysia	Miran Župevc	Greg Martin	1	4	3	1	15	5	6	7	12	54	57.5
9	Kuala Langat peat swamp, Malaysia	Miran Župevc	Peter Unmack	1	2	4	0	20	10	6	5	13	61	57.5

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