Our March meeting will be held at Ghazanfar Ghori’s home in Brambleton, VA on March 22nd at 1:00pm. Ghazanfar will talk about Bucephalandra species, and we will have a round-table discussion on various substrates in the planted aquarium. More »
Eugen Leontie will host the February 22nd meeting at his home in Fort Washington, MD at 1:00pm. Kris Weinhold and Eugen Leontie will discuss LED lighting. Kris will take about commercial fixtures, and Eugen will discuss DIY options. More »
Kris Weinhold will host the January 25th meeting at his home in Columbia, MD at 1:00pm. Cavan Allen will talk about Organics in the Planted Aquarium and their Effect on Algae. 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.
