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 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 »
Amanda Wenger of CAPE (Connecticut Aquatic Plant Enthusiasts) and regular Tropical Fish Hobbyist contributer, will speak at our July 26th meeting about growing aquatic plants in her greenhouse, flowering them, collecting seeds, and other related topics. Our host, Damian Davila, will also show off his aquarium setups.
Amanda Wenger is a lifelong hobbyist who inherited a love of aquaria from her father, when he gifted her with her first fish at age two. A decade and a half later, she started putting plants in the fish tanks and was hooked.
Today, she lives in Connecticut, where she’s the current President of the CT Aquatic Plant Enthusiasts (CAPE) and, with the assistance of her family, maintains a well-planted fishroom and a hobby-sized greenhouse filled with aquatic plants. She’s also part of the moderating staff at AquaticPlantCentral.com. Aside from the aquarium hobby, Amanda is a professional illustrator and graphic designer with a soft spot for wildlife illustration. Amanda writes the monthly column “The Planted Tank” in the Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine.
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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.
