From Amazonas magazine: Legendary aquascaper and nature photographer Takashi Amano passed away on August 4th, 2015, dying from pneumonia while being treated for cancer at the age of 61. He left this world having created another world within: the Nature Aquarium World.
It is not hyperbole to say that, were it not for Takashi Amano, aquascaping, and the art of the planted freshwater aquarium, would not be what it is today. With the 1994 publication of Nature Aquarium World: How You Can Make A Most Beautiful Aquarium, Amano entirely redefined the planted aquarium, or as it became known through him, the “Nature Aquarium.” While Amano certainly wasn’t the first to ever aquascape with plants, a new aesthetic bar had been set, and the planted freshwater aquarium became a visual feast, potentially on par (or in some opinions, surpassing) even the most flamboyant saltwater reef aquariums of the day. Nothing like it had ever before been presented to western aquarists.
It is not hyperbole to say that, were it not for Takashi Amano, aquascaping, and the art of the planted freshwater aquarium, would not be what it is today. With the 1994 publication of Nature Aquarium World: How You Can Make A Most Beautiful Aquarium, Amano entirely redefined the planted aquarium, or as it became known through him, the “Nature Aquarium.” While Amano certainly wasn’t the first to ever aquascape with plants, a new aesthetic bar had been set, and the planted freshwater aquarium became a visual feast, potentially on par (or in some opinions, surpassing) even the most flamboyant saltwater reef aquariums of the day. Nothing like it had ever before been presented to western aquarists.
