Cichlids Australia

The ACE Forum Photo Competition

The following images are the winners of the respective photo competitions and are reproduced from the ACE Forums. All information provided here is exclusive to the ACE website and may not be reproduced without the written of the webmaster or the original author.

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April 2004

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Wayne and Rebecca from Xtreme Aquariums provided our first competition prize. The prize was a brand new standard 2 ft tank which was won by fins. The competition was for members to submit images of anything to do with Aquaria. This included fish, aquarium plants, ornaments, driftwood or ponds.

1^st by fins



2^nd by chorrylan



3^rd by enigma



View the whole competition here

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May 2004

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Again Wayne and Rebecca from Xtreme Aquariums provided our competition prize. The prize was a 36x18x14 tank with lids which was won by Nornicle. The competition was for members to submit images of a display tank. That included a planted tank, a rock & fish tank, or if a display tank was not owned a image of a breeding tank setup was acceptable.

1^st by Nornicle



2^nd by enigma



3^rd by MoliroMan



View the whole competition here

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June 2004

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Craig Douglas (onlyme) provided this months competition prize. The prize was a 30/36x18x19" tank with a drop side filter decked out with fitting and media which was won by sab. The competition was for members to submit an image of their picture editing skill. Members were required to provide two pictures, an original and an edited version. The comp was for computer altered images but hand drawn art was also accepted.

1^st by sab



2^nd by Kribbie



3^rd by Dark Morelia



View the whole competition here

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July 2004

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Auburn Aquarium & Pet Centre provided this months competition prize. The 1st prize winner was sab who received a Hydor ETH200W In-Line heater. The second place was taken by enigma who won a Hydor Crystal R20 internal filter. The competition was for members to submit an image of their best picture of a single fish. We looked for clarity of the photo, that it was in focus, and that it showed the best qualities of the fish.

1^st by sab



2^nd by enigma



3^rd by fins



View the whole competition here

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August 2004

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Nigel, from Nigel's Cichlids provided this months competition prize. The 1^st prize was won by mianos who received 2 "wild caught" Synodontis nyassa from Lake Malawi. 2^nd place getter was Mbuna who received one catfish. The competition was  for members to submit an image of a catfish, or group of catfish. Judges were looking for clarity of the image, quality of the fish involved, with bonus marks added for creativity.

1^st by mianos



2^nd by Mbuna



3^rd by novafishy



View the whole competition here

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September 2004

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Ben from Age of Aquariums provided this month’s competition prize. The 1^st prize winner received an Aqua pro CF-1500 external filter. The competition was for members to submit an image of a "fish portrait", entitled "looking at you". The idea was to show us your best photo of a fish looking directly at the camera. The fish could be of any species, but it had to be a fish! At least one of the fishes eyes had to be looking at the camera, to give the impression that the fish is "looking at you". Judges were looking for clarity of the image, quality of the fish involved, with bonus marks for artistic creativity, and if the fish was really eye balling the camera.

1^st by Rick



2^nd by sab



3^rd by novafishy



View the whole competition here

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October 2004

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John and Coni from Fish4U provided this month’s competition prizes. The 1^st prize winner won a AE808 external canister filter, 2^nd and 3^rd place getter received a 300w heater each. The competition was titled Spawning. Members were to submit an image of  their fry or parents with fry or the parents spawning.

1^st by NOGO4U



2^nd by enigma



3^rd by CalvusToTheRescue

View the whole competition here

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November 2004

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Ben from Age of Aquariums donated this months competition prizes. The 1^st prize was a $150.00 credit to purchase any product from The Age Of Aquarium’s range of products, 2^nd received an Aquarline stainless steel heater 300w  and 3^rd place getter received a 1 litre Easy Life water conditioner. The competition was titled General Aquarium. Members were to submit any image that was aquarium related.

1^st by enigma



2^nd by FREAQ



3^rd by Unnatural_Selector

View the whole competition here

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December 2004

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This month we were looking for shots of  tankbuster, which should give all of you tankbuster keepers a good chance to show off your prized fish. 

1^st by novafishy



2^nd by Matty



3^rd by Alex

View the whole competition here

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January 2005

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This month's comp required members to submit any photo of an "American cichlid". This was a pretty broad range, so the most people could enter something. Ducksta donated the major prize of the fantastic book, "South American Eartheaters" by Thomas Weidner. Second prize was a breeding pair of Bristlenose, kindly donated by sab.

Accordingly, 

1^st by billybilly



2^nd by enigma



3^rd by Unnatural_Selector

View the whole competition here

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February 2005

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This month we're looking for shots from the ACE National BBQ. There will be a grand prize on offer for the best shot of a group of fish nuts at the BBQ. This is how it will work. Each location will have the member’s choice for that location. So I will organise a per location based poll to work that out. The winner of each location will receive $20 cash prize. The winners will then have their images voted on in another poll to determine the best shot for the country. The winner of that will receive $100 cash. Competition will close at midnight 28 February

The competition is still open, you can view the competition here

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