About twenty people gathered at this year’s GWAPA holiday party. We enjoyed great food, had our monthly auction with some unusual fishes (Hyphessobrycon wadai, Hyphessobrycon negodagua, L183, rare Corydoras, etc.), held a raffle, and played a game. Also, the new board was introduced with Arlene Wagner as the new president! The picture below shows one of Arlene’s sweet creations.
More »At the October meeting, GWAPA had a workshop led by Jack McCarly of Studio Aquatica on how to create a wabi-kusa. Tropica donated plants, and Seachem donated tweezers to the participants. Out of the more than 30 people in attendance, 22 created their wabi-kusas, which should last close to a year before root tabs would need to be added for nutrients.
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More »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:
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.
