MOTM Media of the Month Contest - February 2026 - Best Closeup

[Art]

The theme for this month's contest is: Best Closeup

For clarity - Take a closeup picture of anything in your aquarium.

The rules:

• Submissions are allowed between February 8 and February 19.
• Ratings will start on February 22 at 12:01 am Eastern time.
• Ratings will end on February 28 at 11:30 pm Eastern time.
• Be as creative as you like.
• Judging - you must rate each submission from 0-10 with 10 being the best. You will see the rating arrows/number to the right of each submission post when judging starts.

The prize:

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



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

 

[Dennis Wong]

No one submitted for this one? I'll send in this one then, I like the range of colors between the Imperial lapis tetra and the plants

 

[Burr740]

The rules:

• Submissions are allowed between February 8 and January 19.

Think you have a typo right here, Art

Great theme btw!

 

[DutchMuch]

Up close Cabomba Furcata!

 

[gnatster]

 

[CincyScaper]

Didn’t realize Otos wear lipstick

 

[lapshinmr]

Achievement Unlocked: "Nerves of steel"

 

[aquamaniac]

My first post here, at Scapecrunch. You can see a real beauty here: Bucephalandra Sordidula Blue among Cryptocoryne Wendti Green.

 

[aquamaniac]

I'm surprised how few people entered this contest until now. Here is another wonder : Ludwigia Inclinata Meta

 

[Underworldaquatics]

Close of a blue galaxy fishbone taking a big one, atop some fissidens (check out the red eyes)

 

[lapshinmr]

A beauty of pearling.

 

[deepgreen]

Colored structure

 

[Kwyet]

 

[mr.Prem]

Close up

 

[OmidNiav]

 

[GreggZ]

 

[deepgreen]

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Ottelia ulvifolia?

 

[OmidNiav]

Ottelia ulvifolia?

Yes

 

[GreggZ]

Yes

I kept Ottelia ulvifolia for a while. My goodness that thing is a MONSTER!!

How do you manage it? Eventually I had to let it go. It would fold over at the water line and creep across the tank blocking out the light.

 

[Koan]

I kept Ottelia ulvifolia for a while. My goodness that thing is a MONSTER

Where oh where did you find it???