It's official--2011 is "The Year of Dutch"

DonkeyFish · Post by **DonkeyFish** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:10 am

In a nail-biter of a finish, you voted and by JUST ONE VOTE this year the focus and annual aquascaping contest will be on the Dutch style!

So break out your clogs and start gathering stem plants folks! No triad rock formations or mystical root jungles here! ;l

Other than Ghazanfar, is anyone out there excited and ready with their gameplan?

Cristy Keister · Post by **Cristy Keister** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:46 am

that depends... are rocks and wood not allowed to show at all in Dutch style? Do I have to yank out my 50 lb rocks and find a way to keep the big branches wet somewhere else?

Post by **krisw** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:01 am

Cool, even though I voted for Nature Aquarium Style, this will give me a good excuse to try and aquascape my "farm tank."

jcali10 · Post by **jcali10** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:25 am

Cristy Keister wrote:that depends... are rocks and wood not allowed to show at all in Dutch style? Do I have to yank out my 50 lb rocks and find a way to keep the big branches wet somewhere else?

I saw a picture of a dutch tank recently, I can't recall where, but there was a piece of driftwood in it.

scientist0724 · Post by **scientist0724** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:50 am

I'm going to have a piece of drift wood in my tank to help elevate some of my plants.

Arl

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:10 am

http://www.aquascapist.com/aquascaping/ ... -fits-you/

scientist0724 · Post by **scientist0724** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:58 am

So in reading the article, are we really restricted to no more than 12 plants, or is this dependent on the size of the tank?

Now thinking about it, I think we should really have a speaker to talk about Dutch tanks in more detail and also have a discussion of what judges are looking for and have guidelines.

Arlene

, who though voted for Nature style, is very excited about doing Dutch and looks forward to this challenge and learning a lot in the next few months!!!

Ben Belton · Post by **Ben Belton** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:10 am

In 2002 there was a very good speaker at the AGA convention on Dutch tanks. If someone has that DVD, maybe you can watch it at a meeting.

DonkeyFish · Post by **DonkeyFish** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 11:05 am

Ghazanfar Ghori wrote:http://www.aquascapist.com/aquascaping/ ... -fits-you/

Great article by Johnny! I especially love that "collectoritis style" is finally getting some official recognition! LOL! LOVE IT!!

FrannyB · Post by **FrannyB** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:10 pm

Are there going to be rules or suggestions to follow? Like uniform tank size and such?

It's official--2011 is "The Year of Dutch"

It's official--2011 is "The Year of Dutch"

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