January Meeting
Ghazanfar Ghori will host our January at his home in Brambleton, VA on January 23rd at 1:00pm. Ghazanfar will talk about Conserving Rare Aquatic Plants Using Tissue Culture. More »
Nov/Dec 2009 Holiday Potluck
John Godbey hosted GWAPA’s annual holiday potluck at his home in Springfield, VA. Despite wintry weather outside, roughly 30 members arrived with food in hand. More »
October 2009 Meeting
One weekend after Aquafest, Kris Weinhold hosted our October meeting at his home in Columbia, MD. Cavan Allen talked about plants in the Acanthaceae family (Hygrophila, Staurogyne, etc.). 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.
