MOTM Media of the Month Contest - August 2025 - Close Up From Your Aquarium

[Art]

The theme for this month's contest is: Close Up From Your Aquarium

The rules:

• Submissions are allowed between August 1 and August 15.
• Voting will start on August 15 at 12:01 am Eastern time.
• Voting will end on August 31 at 11:30 pm Eastern time.
• Submit a picture of anything alive in your aquarium. Be as creative as you like.

The prize:

A $25 store credit from BurrAqua thanks to @Burr740!

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Please post your pictures in this thread starting now. Good luck!

 

[Kwyet]

 

[Kwyet]

 

[Jeff Miotke]

 

[techman81]

 

[HardeeParty]

 

[Sb1415]

 

[gnatster]

 

[DutchMuch]

 

[Pepere]

Ok Art, here one is…

 

[sudiorca]

Microdevario kubotai

 

[Noahspapa]

Drogo

 

[Whitecloud09]

 

[DTWGulo]

Freshly molted vampire crab (Geosesarma dennerle).

 

[PeerUnk]

Okay, the most humble tech close up I can achive: took my old Canon EOS 600D with standard lens kit and mounted a cheap macro extention tube set in between. To eliminate shaking: put it on a tripod and use a remote control.

This is what I took:


As a reference, the arrow points what I photographed (sadly out of focus with my Iphone)


I estimated the lens is 1-2 cm in front of the object.


The big question is, what is the object?

 

[PeerUnk]

and another one I liked. The infamous GSA with baby snail (probably ramshorn) grazing between them

 

[millerschool]

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Hi Dutch, could you please tell me what this plant is called. im looking for something like this, small leaved stem plant, with more yellow to orange tones, than red. thank you.

 

[DutchMuch]

Hi Dutch, could you please tell me what this plant is called. im looking for something like this, small leaved stem plant, with more yellow to orange tones, than red. thank you.

Hi Miller,

That is Rotala Rotundfolia under 30ppm Co2 w/ a Twinstar ‘S’ Series (EI dosing).

Thank you!

 

[millerschool]

Hi Miller,

That is Rotala Rotundfolia under 30ppm Co2 w/ a Twinstar ‘S’ Series (EI dosing).

Thank you!

oh cheers, I appreciate it, I have spot for something to tone down, contrast a bit with blood red rotala. im using apt 3, so hoping there's enough nitrates to keep the colours, similar to yours.