My name is Steven Chong, and I'm a competition planted aquarium designer focused on placing high in the international contests.

I am a member of the Tokyo Aquascaping Union (TAU) in Japan, as well as The Aquascaper's Collective (TAC) in North America. This channel is here to share the passion of aquascaping from the perspective of an English-speaking competitive aquascaper, located in Japan. How do competitive aquascapers plan, design, build, see differently? Hopefully this channel can show the hobby from a different angle, and help inspire more love for the art of planted aquariums.

IAPLC 2020 - World Rank 2nd - Gold
IAPLC 2019 - World Rank 15th
IAPLC 2018 - World Rank 5th - Bronze
IIAC 2019 - World Rank 34
CIPS 2019 - World Rank 55, JPN Rep (#1)
AGA 2020 - Most Innovative Award, Rank 2
AGA 2019 - Top 10
AGA 2018 - Most Innovative Award, Top 10