GWAPA’s February 2009 meeting was yet another great event, with over 30 people in attendance, and 99 items in our “mini” auction! Rick and Mary Dotson graciously hosted this month’s meeting, and Rick engaged everyone in attendance with his talk on Aquarium Lighting.
To kick off the new year GWAPA had its first meeting of 2009 at Viktor’s home in Gaithersburg, MD. Along with several breathtaking tanks to view, those in attendance were privy to a talk on a great DIY topic: collecting driftwood. With over 35 folks in attendance, it was a great turnout of both new and seasoned members. More »
GWAPA’s combined November/December meeting was held in Reston, VA at the home of Michael Barber. We spent our last meeting of 2008, enjoying each others company during a holiday potluck. 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.
