October 2007 Meeting
John Godbey hosted the October 2007 meeting at his home in Springfield, VA. Even though it was less than a week after the AquaFest 2007 conference and auction, nearly 20 members showed up for a great meeting. More »
September 2007 Meeting
Jeff Ucciardo hosted our September 2007 meeting at his home in Ellicot City, MD. Jeff maintains two nicely aquascaped aquariums, and is known in our club as the guy who doesn’t have algae problems. He shared one of his tricks for this at the meeting. Jeff described how to build a DIY auto-doser, which will stabilize fertilizers in a tank by dosing consistent amounts on a daily basis. More »
Featured Tank – Jeff Ucciardo
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
Featured Tank – Francine Bethea
See Francine Bethea's winning aquascape in GWAPA's 2011 Dutch-style Aquascaping Contest. Judging was by popular vote.
Featured Tank – Lorena Rodriguez
Lorena Rodriguez's 2.5G Aquarium Winner of GWAPA's 2007 2.5G Aquascaping Contest (Beginner Category)
Featured Tank – Jeff Ucciardo
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
Featured Tank – Robert T Ricketts
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.
