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Each of these lush landscapes looks like a photo taken in the vast wilds of Middle-earth, but they’re actually incredibly awesome aquariums. It’s been a year since we first discovered the world of competitive aquarium design, aka aquascaping, and the winners of the 2015 International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest (IAPLC) have just been announced.

Currently a nascent art form (begun in the 90s), aquascaping involves the painstaking arrangement of aquatic plants, rocks, driftwood, and other hardscape elements in massive tanks that take years to prepare. It’s underwater ornamental gardening, sometimes with fish as garden residents.

“The art of aquascaping is still a fledgling endeavor, first started in the 90s by Japanese wildlife photographer Takashi Amano. The annual IAPLC competition has grown dramatically since, with the 2015 contest seeing 2,545 entries from 69 countries. Japan, China, Brazil, and France dominate the top finalist spots (only 13 entries were from the United States).”

Japan’s Takayuki Fukada was the 2015 IAPLC grand prize winner with this beautiful aquarium entitled “Longing”:

Obi-Wan: R2, do you hear me? … Master Yoda, it won’t work! 

Yoda: Chapstick, that is. 

I know people usually ignore these posts and think they are rubbish but I wanted to share these three sites that i’ve found that actually pay a decent amount for their surveys and reading a few small articles… I also apologise that this has nothing to do with the original content of this blog but this is my most active blog, I wanted to spread the news!

There are a lot of people out there that struggle when it comes to money and I wanted to share the word because whether we like it or not, money rules this world and I know a lot of you could do with a few extra $$ sitting in your account. To me, it’s going to help with expensive pediatric visits for my son and also make sure that we are warm and well fed this winter…. and maybe spoil me and my son a little afterwards because we deserve it… and you do too!

So check out these three sites that I am about to link, it may not be something you’re interested in but in just one day over the three sites I have made a couple of hundred dollars… that is A LOT to some people and it is a lot to me. 

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These are not virus websites and they are not those kind that pay $1 a survey.. they pay well and I believe it could really help out some people that have student loans or are just struggling to pay their bills or keep food on the table.. or maybe you just want to have some extra cash to go spoil yourself with something nice. 

Check it out and share the word ♥

Edited to add:

This here is what I have earned in just one day on these sites and still those numbers will rise before the day ends. I have had a friend that has been paid out by them, though I myself have not been paid yet as I not long joined. I just wanted to spread the word on these sites so help those who may benefit from the extra $$ in their pockets.