October Meeting
Nick Kinser will host our October 25th meeting at his home in Sterling, VA. Nick will speak on building custom aquarium stands, and showcase the various aquariums that he’s supporting with his custom handiwork.
September Meeting
Aaron Talbot will host our September 27th meeting at his home in Woodstock, MD. Instead of a normal presentation this month, we will be aquascaping Aaron’s 90-P aquarium and explaining some of the basics of aquascaping along the way. We will begin aquascaping promptly at 1pm.
GWAPA Annual Picnic – August 2014
GWAPA will host a summer picnic on August 23rd at Lake Needwood in Rockville, MD at 1:00pm. In addition, we will conduct a tour of the local native plants around the lake. This is your chance to find out what aquatic plants grow right in your backyard! More »
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.
