Our March 27th will be held in Bowie, MD at 1:00pm. This month, we will be conducting a special hardscaping workshop to kick off our series of aquascaping-related meeting topics. Come for a short presentation on using rocks/wood in an aquarium, followed by a hands-on workshop where you will be able to practice setting up hardscapes using various materials. More »
Rick and Mary Dotson will host our February meeting at their home in Vienna, VA on February 27th at 1:00pm. Cavan Allen will talk about Fertilizing a Planted Aquarium. More »
Ghazanfar Ghori hosted GWAPA’s 2010 kick-off meeting at his Brambleton, VA, home on January 23rd. More »
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.
