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Gautam Gupta
TGIAC 2026 · Now open
Enter your aquascape. Compete with India's best.
Register, build your entry over multiple sessions, and submit before the deadline. Two categories: Nature Aquarium and Iwagumi.
Application period
2026.31SUN.MAY15TUE.SEP
Winners revealed at
Nature Aquarium Festival, Early 2027
What is TGIAC
India's homefor the art of aquascaping.
Every entry judged with equal care, from first review to the final reveal.
And in the glass
This is what patience grows into.
Categories
Two categories, two size classes.
TGIAC 2026 runs two judged categories, each split into two size classes, four award groups in all. Enter one per category, up to two per account, and your tank size decides your class automatically.
NAT01 / 02Landscapes, grown under water.
Nature Aquarium
Naturalistic layouts evoking landscapes (forests, hillsides, riverbeds) with lush planting and organic hardscape.
Judged in two size classes
Small
Up to 70 L
Large
Over 70 L
IWA02 / 02The discipline of stone.
Iwagumi
The discipline of stone. Minimal, balanced rock arrangements with carpeting plants. Restraint as its own art form.
Judged in two size classes
Small
Up to 70 L
Large
Over 70 L
Prizes
Worth ₹5,55,000 in rewards.
Every cash award is issued as an ADA India voucher, redeemable against Aqua Design Amano products. Here is what is on the table this edition.
Total prize pool
₹5,55,000
Paid as ADA India vouchers
Cash rewards are redeemable against ADA (Aqua Design Amano) products, so every prize goes straight back into your next scape. Goodies, certificates and trophies round out the honours.
Category vouchers
NAT
Nature Aquarium
Small, up to 70 L
- 1st₹50,000
- 2nd₹40,000
- 3rd₹30,000
ADA India voucher₹1,20,000
NAT
Nature Aquarium
Large, over 70 L
- 1st₹75,000
- 2nd₹45,000
- 3rd₹35,000
ADA India voucher₹1,55,000
IWA
Iwagumi
Small, up to 70 L
- 1st₹50,000
- 2nd₹40,000
ADA India voucher₹90,000
IWA
Iwagumi
Large, over 70 L
- 1st₹65,000
ADA India voucher₹65,000
Retailer honours
Most Valuable Retailer
For our partner stores
Voucher value
₹30,000
ADA India voucher
TGIAC Champion Retailer
For our partner stores
Voucher value
₹40,000
ADA India voucher
More ways to win
Regional Aquascaper of the Year
One champion per region, regardless of category or tank size. All regional entries compete together.
₹10,000 per region
ADA India voucherBest Woman Aquascaper
The standout woman aquascaper, across every category and tank size, one award in all.
₹10,000
ADA India voucherYoungest Aquascaper
The youngest talent making waves, across every category and tank size, one award in all.
₹5,000
ADA India voucherPeople's Choice
Voted by the community at the festival. The scape that wins hearts.
Trophy, certificate and goodies
How it works
From registration to the festival floor.
Six steps from sign-up to the reveal at the Nature Aquarium Festival. Scroll to walk the journey.
The panel
Judged by the people who shape the craft.
Every shortlisted entry is evaluated by the panel for its category, scored on the same criteria, with no participant identity ever shown to a judge.
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Beta Mahatvaraj
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Punit Lalbhai
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Nagaraj Bysani
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Thana Thanapaulin
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Dr. Sanjay OP
Hall of
Fame
Champions since 2012
Fifteen editions of the planted aquarium at its finest. Here are the most recent champions. The 2026 winners join them after the Nature Aquarium Festival.
View the full Hall of Fame
Top three entries from every edition, all the way back to 2012.
On film
See all videosRelive the recent editions.
By the numbers
A national contest, open to every aquascaper in India.
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Award categories
Entries across India
Where the country is aquascaping.
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Top regions
Entries are just getting started. Register and you could be the first aquascaper on the map from your state.
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Nature Aquarium Festival
Where the season comes alive.
The festival is the finale of TGIAC: results stay sealed until the day, then unveiled on stage. A celebration of the craft, the makers, and the community around it.
Early 2027
Nature Aquarium Festival 2025From past editions
Fifteen years of aquascapers on stage.
Since 2011, the contest has gathered India's finest layouts and the people behind them for one night. This is what the reveal looks like.
The festival program
Five reasons to be in the room.
Referrals
Grow the hobby. Rise together.
The best scapes travel by word of mouth. Participants, our partner stores, and ambassadors can all refer, each with a personal link. Every friend who enters through yours moves you up the referral leaderboard.
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Get your link
Participants get a personal referral link by default. Partner stores and ambassadors are set up by the TGIAC team.
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They enter
When someone signs up through your link and submits an aquascape, they count as one of your referrals.
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Climb and earn
Rise up the referral leaderboard and earn rewards and recognition for growing the community.
Participants
Every entrant, by default.
Partner stores
ADA India retailers, nationwide.
Ambassadors (ASA)
From ADA India's School of Aquascaping.
Your referralExample
Share link
tgiac.adaindia.in/r/AQUA-7K3
Referrals
Leaderboard
Next rank2 referrals to go
Rules & FAQ
Everything you need before you enter.
The essentials are below. Full competition rules and declarations are presented during submission.
- Categories
- Nature Aquarium · Iwagumi
- Size classes
- Small and Large
- Entries
- Up to two per account
- Winners revealed
- At the Nature Aquarium Festival
Retailer recognitionSee all partner stores
Built with the stores behind the hobby.
The aquascaping retailers who stock the plants, stone and gear, and guide the next generation. TGIAC is built with them, and we put their names front and centre.
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Your aquascape deserves a stage.
Register for TGIAC 2026 and put your work in front of India’s aquascaping community.