The December meeting was held at the home of Aaron Talbot. About 8-10 people showed up for the meeting. Aaron showed off his ODNO lit tanks while we fed on a number of wonderful appetizers and cookies. Aaron gave his talk, we held elections, and discussed the upcoming year. More »
The November meeting was held at the home of Ghazanfar Ghori. About 8-10 people showed up for the meeting. We all gathered around Ghazanfar’s newly installed 215 gallon tank. I think folks were more awestruck by this empty, yet to be filled, tank than the gorgeous 75 gallon masterpiece of a planted tank just a few steps away. In anycase, we’re all looking forward to Ghazanfar’s upcoming aquascape for the 215gal. More »
Sean Murphy’s 8-inch cube tank
2.2 gallons.
13 Watts.
Soil Substrate with Tahitian Moon Sand.
Plants: Hemianthus callicthoides, Microcarpea minima, Bacopa var. fagilis, unidentified microsword
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.
