Time for our Annual Holiday Party! Sunday, December 7th, 1:00 – 4:00 Gaithersburg, MD
Bring your favorite dish to share and join in the fun with your favorite plant nerds! There will be our usual mini auction.
We will also have our yearly elections! So, if you want to be part of the board, please let us know!!! We do need a corresponding secretary, if you are interested in this position.
October 18th*, 1:00pm at the Reston YMCA. 12196 Sunset Hills Rd, Reston, VA 20190
*Please note that the workshop is one week earlier than our regular meeting
Build a nano scape with a custom all-in-one Waterbox Aquarium that includes glass lid, Aquatop pump, and Aquatop SkyAqua light. GWAPA will provide plants, substrate, and hardscape. We will have mentors on hand to assist you in making that perfect nano scape! Space is limited, as there are only 20 tanks available, but non-participants are welcome to attend and watch. $60 for paid members $85 for non-members Reserve your spot thru PayPal “Greater Washington Aquatic Plants Association” with the tag line “Nano Tank Workshop.” Due to the popularity of this workshop, if you do not show up, your spot will be given to the next person on the waitlist. No refunds for no shows. GWAPA would like to thank the following sponsors:
* Waterbox Aquarium for the tank donations
* AquaLife for the substrate and hardscape donations
* Florida Aquatic Nurseries for the plant donations
* Splashy Fish for the room rental
Special thanks to: @Therese Neal for working with Waterbox and precuring the tanks
@Jennifer Williams for assisting us with AquaLife and transporting the tanks to us.
Cristina Jorge will be sharing her experience and tips about aquascaping nano tanks. Their compact size makes them perfect for smaller apartments, dorms, and tabletops. They are also more affordable and less intimidating to beginners but can also be a fun challenge for experience aquascapers.
Cristina is a DC local and has been working at Capitol Exotic Fish since they have opened February 2023. She has been fish keeping for about four years and discovered the concept of aquascaping about three years ago. As a visual artist, she fell in love with the idea of creating a beautiful, lively ecosystem. Nano tanks specifically stuck out to her. She personally scapes and helps teach others to scape about two to five nano tanks per month. She has also had the pleasure to converse and learn from other hobbyists over the past few years as well as share her experiences and hopefully inspire others.
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.
Featured Tank – Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy's 8-inch cube tank
2.2 gallons.
13 Watts.
Soil Substrate with Tahitian Moon Sand.
Plants: Hemianthus callicthoides, Microcarpea minima, Bacopa var. fagilis, unidentified microsword
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