BIOTOPE AQUARIUM Contest 2024 Ranking

8 Categories – 24 Winners

We are proud to announce the final results of the BAC2024. Thank you all the participants for your great job, BAC Jury members for your valuable inputs and our sponsors for support!

BIOTOPE AQUARIUM Contest 2024 Criteria

BIN (BIOTOPE IN NATURE) – 20 points	Evaluation Criteria (#)	Points max.
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.	5
	2. Variety of fish, invertebrates, plants mentioned in the biotope meet the specified category and biotope type.	5
	3. Description of the aquatic habitat: Water chemistry, Substrate, Riparian zone, Underwater landscape.	5
	4. Bibliography/Sitography: quality of the resources.	5
BAM (BIOTOPE AQUARIUM MODEL) – 80 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.	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.	20
Natural beauty	7. The composition in the aquarium is balanced. The natural beauty of the biotope represented successfully. The accents are placed properly.	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).	10
Visual support	9. Quality of the visual support (foto, video).	20
MAX TOTAL SCORE		100

BAC: Northern America.

Category 1: NORTH AMERICA

JURY: FRITZ ROHDE & LAWRENCE KENT

AWARDS BY:

Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	BIN				BAM				MATERIAL	Score	Final Score
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Mobile River basin, Alabama, USA	DionTre Speller	Lawrence Kent	5	5	4	5	17	18	9	9	19	91	90.5
1	Mobile River basin, Alabama, USA	DionTre Speller	Fritz Rohde	5	5	4	4	18	18	10	8	18	90	90.5
1	Humber river, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada	Rui Sun	Lawrence Kent	5	5	4	5	19	19	10	9	19	95	90.5
1	Humber river, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada	Rui Sun	Fritz Rohde	5	5	4	4	18	18	8	8	16	86	90.5
2	Mississippi River, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Luke Manty	Lawrence Kent	5	5	4	5	16	17	9	9	13	83	82.5
2	Mississippi River, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA	Luke Manty	Fritz Rohde	5	5	4	4	18	18	8	8	12	82	82.5
3	Doodletown Brook, Rockland County, NY, United States	Jonah Cheng	Lawrence Kent	5	4	4	4	16	16	8	9	15	81	81
3	Doodletown Brook, Rockland County, NY, United States	Jonah Cheng	Fritz Rohde	5	4	4	4	15	18	8	8	15	81	81

BAC: Central America, Caribbean.

Category 2: CENTRAL AMERICA

JURY: JAIRO ARROYAVE & MICHAEL KÖCK

AWARDS BY:

Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	BIN				BAM				MATERIAL	Score	Final Score
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Laguna el Arco, La Marquesa National Park, Mexico	Amadeo Hernández Pérez	Michael Köck	5	5	4	5	20	19	8	9	20	95	92.5
1	Laguna el Arco, La Marquesa National Park, Mexico	Amadeo Hernández Pérez	Jairo Arroyave	4	5	5	5	18	18	9	9	17	90	92.5
2	Río Palo Seco, Parrita, Costa Rica	Andres Cordero Porras	Michael Köck	5	5	5	5	17	17	7	10	20	91	89.5
2	Río Palo Seco, Parrita, Costa Rica	Andres Cordero Porras	Jairo Arroyave	4	5	4	4	17	18	9	9	18	88	89.5
3	Riverbanks of Río Cocotis, Costa Rica	David Nørholm	Michael Köck	5	4	3	5	18	17	9	8	20	89	84.5
3	Riverbanks of Río Cocotis, Costa Rica	David Nørholm	Jairo Arroyave	3	4	4	4	16	14	9	9	17	80	84.5
4	Río Guarumo, Bocas del Toro, Panamá	Asier Murga Arteta	Michael Köck	4	4	4	4	20	19	7	10	20	92	79.5
4	Río Guarumo, Bocas del Toro, Panamá	Asier Murga Arteta	Jairo Arroyave	3	4	3	3	12	12	7	9	14	67	79.5

BAC: South America.

Category 3: SOUTH AMERICA

JURY: ROBERTO E. REIS & PABLO C. LEHMANN

AWARDS BY:

Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	BIN				BAM				MATERIAL	Score	Final Score
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Stream in the Orinoco River Basin, Venezuela	Shivansh Rajpoot	Roberto E. Reis	5	4	5	5	16	20	10	10	16	91	90.5
1	Stream in the Orinoco River Basin, Venezuela	Shivansh Rajpoot	Pablo C. Lehmann	5	5	4	5	15	18	9	9	20	90	90.5
2	Rio Cautario, Rio Guaporé affluent, Madeira, Brazil	Abhineet Prakash Anand	Roberto E. Reis	3	2	3	0	20	18	8	10	18	82	86
2	Rio Cautario, Rio Guaporé affluent, Madeira, Brazil	Abhineet Prakash Anand	Pablo C. Lehmann	4	4	4	5	18	16	9	10	20	90	86
3	Flooded small forest stream, Ucayali River, Requena, Peru	Arif Hikmet Başeğmez	Roberto E. Reis	4	3	4	3	18	20	10	10	16	88	84
3	Flooded small forest stream, Ucayali River, Requena, Peru	Arif Hikmet Başeğmez	Pablo C. Lehmann	4	4	4	4	14	16	8	8	18	80	84
4	Clear water stream, Acacías, Meta, Colombia	Manoah Grootjans	Roberto E. Reis	4	3	4	0	15	18	10	10	18	82	83
4	Clear water stream, Acacías, Meta, Colombia	Manoah Grootjans	Pablo C. Lehmann	5	5	3	4	17	16	8	8	18	84	83
4	Rio Demini, Lower Rio Negro, Brazil	João Borges	Roberto E. Reis	3	3	0	3	18	18	10	10	16	81	83
4	Rio Demini, Lower Rio Negro, Brazil	João Borges	Pablo C. Lehmann	4	4	4	5	16	17	8	8	19	85	83
5	Río Shanusi, Río Huallaga affluent, Yurimaguas, Peru	Alejandro Mora Morcillo	Roberto E. Reis	4	0	4	0	16	16	6	10	18	74	77.5
5	Río Shanusi, Río Huallaga affluent, Yurimaguas, Peru	Alejandro Mora Morcillo	Pablo C. Lehmann	3	3	4	3	16	17	8	8	19	81	77.5
6	Rio Negro Basin, Brazil	Mohammad Arief Rachman Hakim	Roberto E. Reis	4	3	4	0	16	20	10	10	16	83	76.5
6	Rio Negro Basin, Brazil	Mohammad Arief Rachman Hakim	Pablo C. Lehmann	3	3	3	2	14	14	8	7	16	70	76.5
7	Morichal, Vichada, Colombia	Manoah Grootjans	Roberto E. Reis	4	2	4	0	16	15	8	10	18	77	73
7	Morichal, Vichada, Colombia	Manoah Grootjans	Pablo C. Lehmann	2	3	2	2	15	14	8	7	16	69	73
8	Shallow habitat, Río Nanay, Peru	Mohammad Arief Rachman Hakim	Roberto E. Reis	3	2	2	0	16	18	6	8	18	73	70.5
8	Shallow habitat, Río Nanay, Peru	Mohammad Arief Rachman Hakim	Pablo C. Lehmann	3	1	3	2	12	15	8	7	17	68	70.5

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

Category 4: EUROPE

JURY: FRANCESCO DENITTO & ALEXEY MALYSHEV

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*	Río Izoria, Valle de Aiala, Álava, Spain	Asier Murga Arteta	Francesco Denitto	4.5	3	4.5	2.5	17	18	20	18	15	91	79
1*	Río Izoria, Valle de Aiala, Álava, Spain	Asier Murga Arteta	Aleksey Malyshev	5	4	4	4	10	15	8	7	10	67	79

*Single entry: Check out “Limits on BAC participation” in the Guidelines section.

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

Category 5: AFRICA

JURY: AD KONINGS & ANTON LAMBOJ

AWARDS BY:

Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	BIN				BAM				MATERIAL	Score	Final Score
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Soukou River, Nianaya, Kindia Prefecture, Guinea	David Nørholm	Ad Konings	5	4	5	4	18	18	10	8	20	92	82
1	Soukou River, Nianaya, Kindia Prefecture, Guinea	David Nørholm	Anton Lamboj	4	3	3	2	15	10	8	7	20	72	82
2	Taiwanee Reef, Lake Malawi, Mozambique	Asier Murga Arteta	Ad Konings	3	4	4	3	18	18	6	9	17	82	80.5
2	Taiwanee Reef, Lake Malawi, Mozambique	Asier Murga Arteta	Anton Lamboj	4	5	4	1	18	18	9	8	12	79	80.5
3	Sumbu island, Lake Tanganyika, Zambia	Vinícius Costa Santos	Ad Konings	2	4	2	2	18	16	8	6	18	76	68.5
3	Sumbu island, Lake Tanganyika, Zambia	Vinícius Costa Santos	Anton Lamboj	3	4	3	2	20	15	5	5	4	61	68.5
4	Anubias Bay, Lufimi River, Congo basin, DRC	Dmitry Kaznadzei-Shulyak	Ad Konings	4	2	2	1	10	18	5	3	18	63	68
4	Anubias Bay, Lufimi River, Congo basin, DRC	Dmitry Kaznadzei-Shulyak	Anton Lamboj	3	3	4	2	20	20	10	7	4	73	68

BAC: Eastern Asia.

Category 6: EASTERN ASIA**

JURY: SUN KAI & ZHOU HANG

AWARDS BY:

NOT ACTIVE

BAC: Central Asia, Southern Asia, Western Asia.

Category 7: SOUTHERN, CENTRAL & WESTERN ASIA

FRIEDRICH BITTER & SUJOY BANERJEE

AWARDS BY:

Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	BIN				BAM				MATERIAL		Final Score
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Ermenek River, Yerköprü Nature Park, Mersin Province, Turkey	Artem Korchagin	Friedrich Bitter	4	4	4	4	17	16	16	9	18	92	85.25
1		Artem Korchagin	Sujoy Banerjee	4	4	4	4.5	18	18	8	9	9	78.5	85.25
2	Jorai River, West Bengal, India	Devagya Uikey	Friedrich Bitter	4	4	4	5	16	15	17	9	16	90	81
2	Jorai River, West Bengal, India	Devagya Uikey	Sujoy Banerjee	4	4	4	4	16	15	8	8	9	72	81
3	Shallow tributary of Kelani River, Sri Lanka	Klementina Keresztes-André	Friedrich Bitter	4	4	4	4	17	17	16	9	17	92	79
3	Shallow tributary of Kelani River, Sri Lanka	Klementina Keresztes-André	Sujoy Banerjee	4	4	3	4	14	14	7	8	8	66	79
4	Monsoon floodplains, West Bengal, India	Debanjan Banerjee	Friedrich Bitter	4	4	4	4	18	17	18	9	15	93	78.5
4	Monsoon floodplains, West Bengal, India	Debanjan Banerjee	Sujoy Banerjee	4	4	3	3	14	14	8	8	6	64	78.5
5	Pamba River, Kerala, India	Balogh Gábor	Friedrich Bitter	4	2	4	3	15	12	14	9	15	78	61.5
5	Pamba River, Kerala, India	Balogh Gábor	Sujoy Banerjee	2	1	2	1	8	14	7	4	6	45	61.5
6	Lake Shyamkhola, Kolkata, India	Debojyoti Mondal	Friedrich Bitter	3	2	4	2	16	14	15	8	14	78	60.5
6	Lake Shyamkhola, Kolkata, India	Debojyoti Mondal	Sujoy Banerjee	4	3	3	2	6	8	7	4	6	43	60.5

BAC: Southeastern Asia, Oceania.

Category 8: SOUTHEASTERN ASIA

HEIKO BLESSIN, HEOK HEE NG & GREG MARTIN

AWARDS BY:

Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	BIN				BAM				MATERIAL	Score	Final Score
Entry #	Entry name	Participant’s name	Judges	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	Score	Final Score
1	Saigon River floodplain, Binh Duong, Vietnam	Nguyen Minh Tri	Heiko Blessin	4	5	3	4	18	20	9	8	16	87	84.8
			Heok Hee Ng	4.5	4	3.5	3	18	18	8	7.5	16	82.5
			Greg Martin	4.9	4.5	4.5	5	15	17	9	8	17	84.9
2	Sungai Cisaar, Ciletuh Hills, Indonesia	Margo Prasetya	Heiko Blessin	3	4	2	4	18	20	9	7	19	86	83.3
			Heok Hee Ng	3.5	3	3	4	16	16	7	7	15	74.5
			Greg Martin	4	4.5	4	5	18	18	9.8	10	16	89.3
3	Swamp in the Bilabong Residential Area, Bogor, Indonesia	Margo Prasetya	Heiko Blessin	5	4	4	5	18	20	9	8	18	91	83.2
			Heok Hee Ng	4	4	4	4	16	16	7	7	14	76
			Greg Martin	4.5	4.5	4.5	4	15	16	9	9	16	82.5
4	Kayan River tributary, Bulungan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia	Alejandro Rios Martín	Heiko Blessin	2	4	5	5	18	19	9	9	15	86	82.9
			Heok Hee Ng	4	3	4	4	16	16	7	7	12	73
			Greg Martin	4.7	4.5	4.6	4	18	17.5	8.5	10	18	89.8
5	Small stream, Mandor Town, West Kalimantan, Indonesia	Arif Hikmet Başeğmez	Heiko Blessin	1	2	3	3	15	16	8	8	10	66	77.2
			Heok Hee Ng	4	3	4	4	16	16	8	7	14	76
			Greg Martin	4.6	4.5	4.6	4	18	17.5	8.5	10	18	89.7
6	Suoi Dua, Ha Thanh stream, Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam	Huỳnh Long Phi	Heiko Blessin	5	3	5	4	15	18	8	8	20	86	76.3
			Heok Hee Ng	2.5	3	3	2	15	14	6	6	15	66.5
			Greg Martin	4	3	4.5	3	15	15	9	8	15	76.5
7	Small stream, Hue Province, Vietnam	Andrés Cordero Porras	Heiko Blessin	1	1	4	3	10	12	5	6	8	50	67.8
			Heok Hee Ng	2	2	3	2	15	14	7	5	12	62
			Greg Martin	3.9	4.8	4.7	5	18	18	9	10	18	91.4
8	Uge River tributary, Mamberamo, Indonesia	Asier Murga Arteta	Heiko Blessin	1	2	0	1	18	10	6	9	10	57	63.7
			Heok Hee Ng	3	4	4	4	16	16	7	7.5	14	75.5
			Greg Martin	3	3	3.5	4	12	14	7	7	5	58.5
9	Jelai-Bila River basin, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia	DionTre Speller	Heiko Blessin	3	2	2	1	10	6	3	1	2	30	58.4
			Heok Hee Ng	2	2	2	2	15	12	6.5	4	12	57.5
			Greg Martin	4.4	4.8	4.6	5	18	17	8	9	17	87.8

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