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.
GWAPA’s February 2012 meeting was hosted by Judi Hammett in Catonsville, Maryland. The meeting featured the first “Plant of the Month” talk, by Cavan Allen, and a presentation on the Nature Aquarium Style of Aquascaping by Kris Weinhold. More »
GWAPA’s first meeting of the new year began with a tour of the Amazonia Exhibit at the National Zoo. Our guide, Ed Smith, gave the group a little history before a fascinating and detailed tour. 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.
