Nikos earlier post reminded me that I have been wanting to research Dutch competition tanks. This is from
Foto Album - Home I believe Pauluzee is a Dutch NBAT member club. NBAT is a federation of aquarium clubs in the Netherlands that holds a national competition. The photo quality of NBAT pictures is often poor because they are taken by the judges themselves, but the hobbysits themselves are taking better quality pictures of their own tanks, and the photos are begining to show up on sites like this one. All the photos on this Paluzee WEB site are pretty good quality. At the club level rather than the national level, there seems to be more diversity as well.
I agree about that tall grass like plant looking out of place, but I see this being done quite a bit as I look thru NBAT photos. Even in top winners. I don't understand the reasoning. Here is another example
