Ghazanfar Ghori hosted the April 2008 meeting at his home in Brambleton, VA, and presented the second of a two-part aquascaping series. This time, Ghazanfar talked about the planting and maintenance of plants in the aquarium. He also discussed plants suitable for our 2.5G aquascaping contest that kicked off this month. He was able to use his own beautiful tanks as examples of the techiniques he was describing.
Don Snyder hosted GWAPA’s March 2008 meeting at his home in Catonsville, MD. Ghazanfar Ghori presented the first of a two-part Aquascaping 101 series, with the second installment coming in April. With another record turnout, the house was packed, and the auction was full of a fantastic array of plants.
Rick & Mary Dotson hosted the February 2008 meeting at their home in Vienna, VA. This month, president Kris Weinhold gave a presentation about Algae in the Planted Aquarium. This talk covered 10 of the most commonly seen types of algae in the planted aquarium, along with their descriptions, causes, and cures. With 39 people showing up for this meeting, plenty of folks wanted to solve an algae problem with their tank. Rick also described his automatic water changing system.
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.
