Schedule

• Deadline for Registration：2022/6/23 - 2022/9/30

• Screening and selection：2022/10/1 - 2022/10/18

• Results releasing：2022/11/1

• Prepare for the event：2022/11/2 - 202211/17

• Exhibition & Award:2022/11/17- 2022/11/20

Categories and Award

1 Aquascape
Gold Prize (1 Person) : 100,000 RMB, Trophy, Certificate
Silver Prize (1 Person) : 10,000 RMB, Trophy, Certificate
Bronze Prize (1 Person) : 5,000 RMB, Trophy, Certificate
4-10 Prize (7 Person) : 2,000 RMB, Certificate
11-20 Prize (10 Person) : 1,000 RMB, Certificate
21-30 Prize (10 Person) : 500 RMB, Certificate

2 Vivarium：Unlimited size
Gold Prize (1 Person) : 5,000 RMB, Certificate
Silver Prize (1 Person) : 3,000 RMB, Certificate
Bronze Prize (1 Person) : 2,000 RMB, Certificate

3 Paludarium
Gold Prize (1 Person) : 5,000 RMB, Certificate
Silver Prize (1 Person) : 3,000 RMB, Certificate
Bronze Prize (1 Person) : 2,000 RMB, Certificate

Rules

1. The competition is open to global aquascaping enthusiasts, and aquascaping works completed within one year from the date of competition can participate;
2. The photo of the competition work is a frontal high-definition picture, which cannot be edited or modified, and the size of the picture is more than 300 pixels (DPI);
3. Submit a photo of the work/a photo of the work with the author/a small video of the creator and the work under each category (within 15 seconds, the file size should not exceed 5M);
4. Please take a photo of the entire fish tank from the front (a photo taken from an oblique angle or a photo of only a part of the fish tank will be disqualified);
5. Please use color photos, high resolution, size 3M-5M;
6. Photos in JPEG format must be used for registration;
7. It is not allowed to edit or modify the images registered in the competition in any form;
8. After the registration is completed, the organizer may compress and adjust the size of the participating photos. Therefore, please be sure to save the original entry photos. When printing award-winning works, the organizer will use high-resolution original images;
9. The copyright of the top 100 works belongs to CIPS and CFAA, the organizers of CIAC;
10. Before the award ceremony begins, any submitted photos and videos will not be published.