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 »

Our November/December meeting had a great turnout with over twenty some folks showing up to Francine’s lovely home in Beltsville, MD. Francine showed us around her fishroom, which is something most of the members dream about setting up. She has a number of different species setup, including dwarf pikes, apistogramma, various catfish, and some altum angelfish. Of course, she had a few planted tanks in the room as well. More »

We had good turnout at our October 2006 meeting. About 10-15 folks came out to Leesburg, Va for the meeting at Ali Kahn’s house. Ali showed off his tanks, which include a tank with an automatic water-change system. He also demonstrated how to grow H.C. emersed, much more quickly and cleaner than submersed. We accepted nominations for next year’s board, discussed a few possible events for next year, and held an open-discussion about a number of aquatic-plant related topics. As usually, we held our regular mini-auction, auctioning off things such as rare anubias barterii var. narrow leaf, beautiful branched manzanita wood, and cherry shrimp. More »