May 2012 Meeting
GWAPA and Aquarium Club of Lancaster County held a joint meeting on May 19 at That Fish Place in Lancaster, PA. More »
April 2012 Meeting
Viktor Gyorffy welcomed GWAPA to his home in Montgomery Village, Maryland for our April 28 meeting. After members had some time to mingle and eat, and admire Viktor’s many tanks, President Jen Williams opened the meeting with a few announcements. More »
March 2012 Meeting
Rick and Mary Dotson hosted on March 24th at their home in Vienna, Virginia. Rick gave an informative talk on Lighting the Planted Aquarium. (His presentation can be downloaded at http://gwapa.org/wordpress/wp-content/u … basics.pdf) Cavan spoke about the Plant of the Month, Hemianthus glomeratus. The meeting concluded with our usual mini-auction.
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.
