2019 Holiday Potluck
GWAPA’s next meeting is our holiday party, held at Glen Echo Park Aquarium in Glen Echo, MD on Sunday, December 8th at 1:00pm. This is a pot-luck event, so please post on our forum what you’re bringing.
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October 2019 Meeting
A special thank you to Will Tarry, who stepped up to host our October meeting! Twenty two people came to hear Jeff Michaels of AquaticClarity.com talk about Ultima Elementum (the final element): Adding life to your aquascape.
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Our September meeting featured a presentation from master aquascaper Jeff Miotke. He took us on a journey from his first aquascape all the way to today, and showed us how his aquascaping style evolved over time. He also gave us some tips about how to make an “awesome” aquascape.
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Featured Tank – Francine Bethea
See Francine Bethea's winning aquascape in GWAPA's 2011 Dutch-style Aquascaping Contest. Judging was by popular vote.
Featured Tank – Lorena Rodriguez
Lorena Rodriguez's 2.5G Aquarium Winner of GWAPA's 2007 2.5G Aquascaping Contest (Beginner Category)
Featured Tank – Jeff Ucciardo
Jeff Ucciardo 29 Gallon Filter: Filstar XP1 Substrate: Eco-Complete Dosing: Daily dosing of KNO3, PO4, K, 2ml Flourish, 1 ml Flourish Iron Lighting: 65 watts PC 9 hours, with an additional dual Coralife T-5s for 7 hours in the middle total 101 watts CO2 diffusion: Glass diffusor CO2: Azoo regulator, 5lb. tank Fauna: Harlquin radboras, neons, ottos, cherry and bee shrimp, nerite snails
Featured Tank – Robert T Ricketts
Robert T Ricketts 55 Gallon Low-Maintenance Tank Substrate: Plenum based with mixed Estes' Nutmeg and Flourite Filtration: Two internal Eheims for mechanical filtration, plus a prefiltered external Eheim 2213 for bio. Lighting: 1-Two-tube strip light, 1 single-strip light. 12 hours/day. Plants: Val, Crinum, Anubias nana and a couple of other small nana cultivars, A. nana petite, Marimo balls, and Java Moss Fauna: school of glass cats, a school of Debaui cats, Otos, one male cherry Barb, Amano and Red Cherry shrimp, ramshorn and common pond snails.
