Nick Kinser hosted our February meeting at his home in Sterling, Virginia, and Cavan Allen shared his experiences with plant collecting in his talk “Plant Collecting and Identification.” Cavan and several other GWAPA members have been collecting native species for a few years now. “You don’t have to go to the middle of the Amazon” to find good plants for the aquarium, as there are many suitable plants practically in our own backyard. More »
GWAPA’s first meeting of 2013 was hosted by Viktor Gyorffy in his home in Montgomery Village, Maryland on Saturday, January 26. Before giving a talk on the topic of planted aquarium basics, President Kris Weinhold spoke for a few minutes about what is in store for the club this coming year. Upcoming speakers and events include Jason Baliban, a workshop with the folks from RapidLED, a plant talk by Cavan Allen, CCA’s AquaMania in March, and Aquafest in October.
Julie Weis won 1st place in GWAPA’s 2012 Aquascaping Contest.
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.
