May 2020 Meeting
This month, we will be meeting online via Zoom on Saturday, May 30 @ 1:00pm. We will be watching an AGA talk by Niels Jacobsen about his travels in Southeast Asia, and having a discussion following the talk. More »
April 2020 Meeting
GWAPA is proud to host Chantz Cramer on April 25 at 1:00pm on our Facebook page. Please join us live as Chantz gives a talk: How and Why I Keep Emersed Aquatics.
February 2020 Meeting
GWAPA welcomed Hiep Hong, a very talented U.S. aquascaper, for our February meeting. Hiep placed 4th in the 2018 IAPLC, the highest ranking of any U.S. aquascaper. Twenty three people came to watch Hiep do a live demo on how he builds an aquascape. UNS kindly donated the tank, filter, light, and plants for him to use.
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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.
