Oliver Knott displays extreme aquascaping creativity in the Anubias booth and all over InterZoo

By on Jun 04, 2012

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Any saltwater aquarists who’s been keeping fish or corals for some time knows that the freshwater aquarists have us trumped when it comes to making beautiful displays of aquarium nature. Most of this exposure to freshwater planted aquariums will be of the “Nature Aquarium” school of freshwater plants first started by the godfather of it all, Takashi Amano, but there is a whole lot more creativity and style being applied to the the art, particularly by pro aquascaper Oliver Knott. Mr. Knott’s freshwater exploits first crossed over to the pages of Reef Builders with his “Hallelujah Mountains” display of floating hardscapes and flatscreen TV background but that was a mere sample of his green thumb. We literally lost count of how many setups Oliver Knott was responsible for at InterZoo 2012 but this compilation video shows the many ways that Oliver Knott is pushing the envelope of aquarium aquascaping, you owe it to yourself to check out this five minute video of awesome aquariology.

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  • Phanboy

    Gorgeous tanks!

  • Jason Keane

    “freshwater aquarists have us trumped when it comes to making beautiful displays of aquarium nature” I couldn’t disagree more!

  • Jason Keane

    Couldn’t disagree more with the comment “that the freshwater aquarists have us trumped when it comes to making beautiful displays of aquarium nature.”

  • Spencer Matonis

    Knott got nutin on Fidy!

    You couldn’t find more trash at a Alabama Apple Bee’s…

  • Phanboy

     I totally agree with that statement. The visual impact of these types of scapes is more impressive to my eye than rocks covered in coral. It takes much more effort to design and keep up with Amano style tanks to keep the actual scape and vision intact. I just find keeping reefs more rewarding overall. I love the diversity in reefkeeping.