Jen Williams, an experienced aquascaping judge, gave a presentation to GWAPA this month. She divided her talk into photo and live aquascaping competitions. In the case of the former one, the most important thing is to have a high quality picture. Jen also talked about contestants cheating by using computer software to alter their photos. Then she moved on to discussing live aquascaping contests. The main takeaway from her talk is that “your ranking is just a number based on subjective opinions.” See a photo of the group below:

About twenty people showed up to listen to Jacob Waters’ highly informative presentation on freshwater shrimp. Jacob started keeping shrimp 3.5 years ago and now has numerous varieties in his mostly 10 gallon tanks.

In GWAPA’s (first?) hybrid meeting, people either traveled to Josh Wiegert’s house or tuned in via Zoom to hear him talk about Stock Tubs for Tropical Fish and Plants. Those who attended in person also got to participate in an auction. Hopefully going forward, GWAPA can go back to fully in person meetings!