July Tank Tours
On July 27th, Rob Peterson, Jen Williams, Mike Potvin, and Batfish Aquatics welcomed members and non-members to tour their fish rooms. The day concluded with a BBQ/Picnic at Batfish Aquatics.
June 2013 Meeting
GWAPA’s June 22nd meeting was held at the Merrifield Garden Center in Fairfax, Virgina. A representative from RapidLED spoke on LED lighting for planted aquariums. After the talk, members participated in a hands-on workshop to build their own LED fixtures using materials from RapidLED.com.
May 2013 Meeting
Damian Davila hosted on May 25 at his home in Burke, Virginia. This was Damian’s first time hosting, and the first opportunity for many members to see his tanks and fish room.
GWAPA member Bob Bock spoke on Native Fishes for Planted Aquariums. 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.
