Past president of NANFA, Bob Bock, will speak about native fish at our May 25th meeting in Burke, VA. Bob will give us an overview of North American native fishes, and recommend which native fish are suitable for a planted aquarium. Our host, Damian Davila, will also show off his aquarium setups.
On April 27th, renowned aquascaper, aquarium photographer, and owner of ProjectAquarium.com, Jason Baliban, will talk about Photography Your Aquarium. The meeting is in Bowie, MD at 1:00pm. More »
Andrey Kalinin will host our March meeting at his home in Rockville, MD on March 23rd. Sean Murphy will discuss how gases dissolve in our aquarium water, affecting the respiration of our fish and growth of plants.
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See Francine Bethea's winning aquascape in GWAPA's 2011 Dutch-style Aquascaping Contest. Judging was by popular vote.
Lorena Rodriguez's 2.5G Aquarium Winner of GWAPA's 2007 2.5G Aquascaping Contest (Beginner Category)
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
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.
