For several years already a new biotope direction in the aquarium design is developing, biotope contests are held around the world. But what is the biotope, and is it correct to call aquaria biotope?

Silver prize winner of Planted Aquarium Design Contest of Eastern Europe 2013 Gregory Polishchuk from Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, wrote a short report about setting up his contest aquarium.

Hi everyone!

I would like to share with you a little story of setting up my contest aquarium "Change of seasons".

Heiko Bleher:

- I think what you have done in St. Petersburg was a very good and very well coordinated biotope contest, and I think by doing this you have helped the aquarium hobby tremendously.

- I want to say to the aquarists of Russia that they should really do, if ever possible, biotope correct aquariums to have a small tiny piece of nature in their home, which they can be proud of. And whenever they do or want to acquire an aquarium and decorate it, they should always think fish.