Holiday Potluck 2011
John Godbey hosted the November/December Holiday Potluck at his home in Springfield, Virginia on Sunday, December 4.
October 2011 Meeting (ACLC joint meeting)
The October 2011 GWAPA meeting was held jointly with the Aquarium Club of Lancaster County (ACLC) at That Fish Place in Lancaster, PA on Saturday, October 15th. ACLC invited Allen Wood from the American Livebearer Association to talk about his fishroom devoted to livebearers, and Kris Weinhold from GWAPA gave a talk about how to arrange hardscapes. More »
September 2011 Meeting
The September GWAPA meeting was hosted by Julie Weis at her home in Ijamsville, MD on September 24. At least 40 people (including a number of newcomers –welcome!) came to view Julie’s tanks, and to hear Rachel O’Leary of Msjinkzd.com speak about freshwater invertebrates. Members participating in the recent GWAPA group order with Rachel also picked up their fish and invertebrates at the meeting. More »
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.
