MOTM Media of the Month Contest - October 2025 - Best Aquarium Closeup (Macro)

[Art]

The theme for this month's contest is: Best Aquarium Closeup (Macro)

For clarity - Take a closeup picture or video of anything in your aquarium.

The rules:

• Submissions are allowed between October 1 and October 15.
• Voting will start on October 15 at 12:01 am Eastern time.
• Voting will end on October 31 at 11:30 pm Eastern time.
• Be as creative as you like.

The prize:

A $25 store credit from BurrAqua thanks to @Burr740!

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• Art
• Jun 1, 2025

Please post your pictures in this thread starting now. Good luck!

 

[DutchMuch]

This is a hard one because most of my photos are taken with my macro lens!

There are so many to pick from, but here is my most recent favorite. To me, it captures the mystical beauty found in the small details of an aquascape.



I don’t count this one for the competition, but I wanted to share it for fun. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever taken a better photo of my inhabitants together than the one below in the same setting.



Taken with my old Canon EOS Rebel T6i with EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM.

Settings: ISO 250 | 60mm | f/3.2 | 1/80s

 

[gnatster]

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• gnatster
• Oct 2, 2025

 

[Jeff Miotke]

For Halloween!

 

[JayP]

For Halloween!
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Now I want to see the whole thing.

 

[SkaleyAquatics]

Taken with my old Canon EOS Rebel T6i with EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM.

Settings: ISO 250 | 60mm | f/3.2 | 1/80s

Thank you for posting this! I was going to ask. haha I cannot wait to get a macro for my R8

 

[Asher E.]

Shrimp

 

[Bao Nguyen]

A few of my photos. Wanted to get better pics of the Erios but my crazy stocked tank wont let me be.

 

[JayP]

 

[deepgreen]

Bacopa salzmanni 'purple' with hitchhiker

 

[DTWGulo]

Ludwigia sedioides

 

[CincyScaper]

Pearling Tulu seen through a forest of Syngonathus where Pandas roam!

 

[JayP]

Pearling Tulu seen through a forest of Syngonathus where Pandas roam!

Did you forget a picture?

 

[CincyScaper]

Did you forget a picture?

it was showing up inverted for some reason so had to wait to load it via my laptop.

 

[Unexpected]

 

[Kwyet]

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What kind of cichlid is that?

 

[Unexpected]

What kind of cichlid is that?

Apistogramma Trifasciata​

Keep them with females to get the color.

 

[Kwyet]

Apistogramma Trifasciata​

Keep them with females to get the color.

Thanks! So pretty!

 

[deepgreen]

Ammannia senegalensis reflection