March 2007 Meeting
Over 20 folks packed into Sean Murphy’s house for GWAPA’s March 2007 meeting. We had a few new members show up for their first meeting, which is always great to see. Welcome to those folks! More »
February 2007 Meeting
GWAPA’s February 2007 meeting was held at Rob Peterson’s home in Herndon, VA. Rob has quite a few tanks setup in his apartment, with nearly all of them planted in some form or another. He also has a nice contingent of dwarf cichlids, including some apistogramma, rams, and africans. More »
January 2007 Meeting
GWAPA’s January 2007 meeting was held at Viktor Gyorffy’s home in Montgomery Village, MD. Viktor maintains at least half a dozen low-maintenance tanks in his home, all of them heavily planted. At the meeting, Viktor described his technique, which does not include heavy dosing, CO2, or frequent water changes. Instead, he manages to use low fish loads and undemanding plants to create beautiful tanks without a lot of the effort that comes with high-tech tanks. All of his plants looked healthy, and the rainbowfish that populate his tanks are magnificent. Viktor has bred many of these fish to grow out his population. More »
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.
