Rick and Mary Dotson hosted February’s GWAPA extravaganza, which featured a talk about fertilizing by Cavan Allen., bookended by the usual socializing and yet another fine auction. With the tendency of GWAPA members to at least experiment with high tech aquarium set-ups, fertilizing, or the lack thereof, becomes a limiting factor to success. More »
John Godbey hosted GWAPA’s annual holiday potluck at his home in Springfield, VA. Despite wintry weather outside, roughly 30 members arrived with food in hand. More »
One weekend after Aquafest, Kris Weinhold hosted our October meeting at his home in Columbia, MD. Cavan Allen talked about plants in the Acanthaceae family (Hygrophila, Staurogyne, etc.). 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.
