Michael Szesze hosted our August 22nd meeting at his home in Derwood, MD. Michael is the owner of carnivorousplantnursery.com, the leading provider of engaging educational materials that use carnivorous plants to promote environmental stewardship.
Whorled, Crenate and Sessile. Sound like a foreign language? At the July 2009 meeting Cavan Allen decoded the technical side of the plants themselves, specifically the genus Ludwigia. After the pre-meeting socializing and tour of Chris Todd and Amy Payne’s lovely collection of tanks, a few quick announcements and the fun began! More »
The June GWAPA meeting was held at Sherry Mitchell’s house in Centreville, Virginia. Sherry is a garden writer and president of the Potomac Valley Aquarium Society. Thirty people came to hear Sherry talk about her garden, ponds, and aquatic gardening in containers.
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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.
