August Meeting
Arlene Wagner will host our next meeting on August 28th at 1:00pm in Reston, VA. Aquatic plant expert and botanical guru, Cavan Allen, will continue his plant series this month talking about plants in the Rotala genus. More »
July Meeting
Chris Todd & Amy Payne will host our July meeting at their house in Catonsville, MD on July 24th at 1:00pm. This month’s topic is Aquascaping: Critiques and Small Adjustments.
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June Meeting
Rob Peterson will host our June meeting at his house in Sterling, VA on June 26th at 1:00pm. This month’s topic is Prepping & Photographing a Tank for Contest Submission. More »
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.
