For those who have not heard about Takashi Amano, a brief introduction. Takashi Amano is from Japan and he is one of the most respected aquarists from all over the world. He popularized aquascaping where you set up the aquariums to look as close to real and natural scenery.

Aquatika is an annual meeting held by the Indian Aquarium Hobbyists association. Traditionally Aquatika has been organized in Chennai or Bangalore for the past few years and continuing it this year it will be in Bangalore. More details below:

Mr Takashi Amano – of  Aqua Design Amano, Japan, The Creator of Nature Aquarium.
Mr Takashi Amano will be making a presentation followed by a Nature Aquarium setup demonstration.
Venue: NIMHANS Convention Center, Hosur Road, Bengaluru – 560029
Registration: Rs. 3000/- per person

Highlights of the conference:

  1. A demo of a Signature Nature Aquarium by Takashi Amano
  2. Indian Rockstar contest – 3 prizes for the best Iwagumi Layout
  3. Meet fellow aquarium hobbyists

For registration details you can visit the IAH forums – http://indianaquariumhobbyist.com/community/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=14175

Or, you can ask me by leaving a comment on this post. I will arrange for the tickets. Any one interested? Are there any other aquarium hobbyists around? I had posted about the IAH and aquascaping in a previous post – http://anw.in/2009/01/19/indian-aquarium-hobbyist-meeting/

Below is a picture of a custom made design by Takashi Amano. Please visit http://www.amanoinindia.com/dinwithamano.html for more pictures.

More details at http://www.amanoinindia.com/index.html

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2 Comments.

  • marja says:

    That looks great We had an aquarium for years. My husband stopped because it took to much time to look after it

  • Anwin says:

    Yeah Marja, I am going through the aquarium phase again since I got some success in breeding fish. I will try to do this as long as it doesn’t become too time consuming :)



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