Announcement June 2025 Media of the Month Contest Winner!

[Art]

Please join me in congratulating our June 2025 MOTM Contest winner - @Ernesto!

His winning work:

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• Ernesto
• Jun 9, 2025

Ernesto wins a BurrAqua $25 credit! Thanks to our friend and fellow ScapeCruncher @Burr740 for his support.

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• Art
• Jun 1, 2025

And, he is the first official winner of the new ScapeCrunch Challenge Coin:

Second place winner is @*Ci* with a beautiful picture:

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• *Ci*
• Jun 1, 2025

Third place goes to @GreggZ for his contributions.

Friendly reminder. Each MOTM winner this year will also win a virtual challenge coin. The December MOTM will be only among the 2025 winners to determine who will be the Grand Champion for 2025. This winner will receive a real life Challenge Coin identical to the virtual one and other awesome prizes.

The July 2025 MOTM starts tomorrow. The theme for July 2025 is Something Alive In Your Aquarium!

 

[Ernesto]

Thank You very much!
Although i would very much love to order plants from @Burr740 , i think shipping from Alabama to Germany is beyond reality

If allowed, i would hand over the prize to the 2nd place @*Ci*

ps
The riccia grows in a tank which i sent in to iaplc this year-will show it in a journal to be set in September.

Tnx again,
greets from Stuttgart Germany with 95°F in the shadow

 

[*Ci*]

Thank you so much, @Ernesto , however I would not be able to ship live plants to Canada, either.
BurrAqua sells dry ferts as well - especially interesting is their micro mix - you might check into the shipping cost for those to Germany (though I suspect that will be high to both Canada and Germany in which case the prize should go to 3rd place winner GreggZ!)

 

[Burr740]

@Ernesto and @*Ci* Congratulations guys!

Yes plants are out of the question to either place. Dry goods under 1 lb can go to Canada for 10-20 bucks. Germany about the same, but being in the EU, there'll be an additional import tax due on the receiver's end

In addition to ferts I also have grow panels for moss or epiphytes. 10.5"x13.5" plastic mesh, attaches with suction cups. Comes with 50 zip ties, standard 4" size. For buces etc you just put the zip tie around the rhizome, then the tail fits snugly through the holes in the panel. Very easy to move/remove





Comes with 50 zip-ties. They are $11.99 ea/Buy 3 get 1 free

I'll send you both one of these if you want. Free I'll cover shipping. @Ernesto Idk about the import tax, probably a few bucks not sure really

You guys just say the word!

 

[Ernesto]

Thank You @Burr740 for the kind offer! I have a similar diy grow mesh installed in my "not yet / pseudo dutch" aquarium, so it would be a waste to ship this over. Shipping dey ferts can also be risky.

I suggest 3 options, if thats ok:

• Ci orders something, or
• 3rd rank greggz orders something, or
• we take an ice-cold drink together whenever we meet one day

So it is up to @*Ci* now

 

[*Ci*]

That is very nice of you to offer @Burr740, thank you, but what I would like to do is roll the prize of the gift certificate over to the July contest, so that winner will get a double prize! The ice cold drink sounds good, as well!

 

[Burr740]

That is very nice of you to offer @Burr740, thank you, but what I would like to do is roll the prize of the gift certificate over to the July contest, so that winner will get a double prize! The ice cold drink sounds good, as well!

OK so if I understand this right. Ernesto passed to you. You are donating it to next month's contest, which will make next month's prize a 50$ store credit to the winner

That works for me! Long as its ok with @Art

 

[Art]

Works for me. Thanks everyone! Ups the stakes for this month.