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.
More »Happy New Years, everyone! The first meeting of the year had about 25 people come to Viktor’s house to hear Cavan talk about aquatic plants, focusing on the genus, Gratiola , and his adventures in gathering specimens of these plants.
More »A large group of GWAPA members gathered at Glen Echo Park to celebrate another wonderful year of friends, fish, and aquascaping! A special thank you to Nick Kinser, who graciously hosted us at Glen Echo, where he works.
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.
