IAPLC 2026 Rankings

[JayP]

Anybody else stay up late to watch the IAPLC rankings. As usual, my choices would have been different. Some scapes ranked in the 40s got picked by some judges as the best, so at least I'm not alone in that. Highest ranking by a U.S. contestant was Ryan Noel at, I believe, 31. Congrats to Ryan.

 

[SingAlongWithTsing]

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I feel like rank 9 could of scored higher if his front row of plants was more randomized. it kinda teetered on the edge of being like a fruit stand.

 

[Capraquaria]

I feel like rank 9 could of scored higher if his front row of plants was more randomized.

I had to look at that tank twice and read the title, which was off my screen when I first saw it. I couldn't understand why there was so much red in the foreground when I first saw it, as it didn't look like the foreground belonged in the same scape, but then realized the point was to pull the eye down 'beneath the lake'. I thought this layout was quite clever, and agree the lack of randomness in the lake diminished the overall natural impression.

 

[Ernesto]

Tanakas concept is really the craziest imho-
he doesnt rely on the reflections on the glass, he completely rebuilt the reflections on his lake, so cool!