June Meeting
Nagesh Kanvinde will host our June meeting at his home in Annandale, VA on Saturday, June 28th at 1:00pm. Cavan Allen will continue his series of plant talks focusing on the Bacopa genus. More »
Nagesh Kanvinde will host our June meeting at his home in Annandale, VA on Saturday, June 28th at 1:00pm. Cavan Allen will continue his series of plant talks focusing on the Bacopa genus. More »
On May 24th, renowned aquarist, plant explorer, and aquascaping judge, Karen Randall, will talk about Biotopes of the World. This presentation looks at biotopes of several continents, including the fish and plants found in them. The meeting is in Bowie, MD at 1:00pm. More »
GWAPA and the Aquarium Club of Lancaster County are doing a joint meeting at That Fish Place in Lancaster, PA on Saturday, April 26th at 1:00pm. Sean Murphy will discuss “Planted Aquarium 102.”
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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.