April 2013 Meeting
Jason Baliban, renowned aquascaper, aquarium photographer, and owner of ProjectAquarium.com, spoke on the topic of Photographing your Aquarium at GWAPA’s April 27th meeting in Bowie, Maryland.
March 2013 Meeting
Andrey Kalinin hosted our March meeting at his home in Rockville, MD on March 23rd. Sean Murphy discussed how gases dissolve in our aquarium water, affecting the respiration of our fish and growth of plants.
The meeting concluded with our regular auction.
February 2013 Meeting
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 »
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.
