Over twenty people turned up to the April GWAPA meeting. Before the presentation began, the president talked about having possible group buys for wood and plants. GWAPA also is offering a liquid fertilizer mix to members now.
More »On April 27th, GWAPA will have its next meeting at the YMCA in Reston, VA. Our President Corey Wickliffe will be giving a talk about the Ferns in our Aquariums. Please note this meeting will start at 2 pm instead of 1 pm.
March’s meeting was hosted by engineer John at his fabulous home in Reston. Congratulations to Luis and Damien who won the raffle! After a pizza lunch 25 lucky attendees heard a talk from Jacob Waters, an expert in breeding ornamental shrimp for the aquarium hobby. He gave us complete step-by-step instructions on how to set-up and run a successful shrimp tank. In addition to the beginner talk he gave he also went in-depth on shrimp genetics and the process used for developing lines. Jacob actually brought 2 of his own lines with him and we were fortunate enough to have in the club auction. Other unique auction items were crystal red caridina for those inspired by the talk and some microsorum Black Forest, a rare and expensive species online but was available for less in our auction. We hope to see everyone at the April meeting. Click “more” to see some photos
More »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.
