{"id":115,"date":"2008-03-30T16:47:50","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T20:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/?p=115"},"modified":"2008-09-06T16:49:21","modified_gmt":"2008-09-06T20:49:21","slug":"march-2008-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/march-2008-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2008 Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don Snyder hosted GWAPA&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ghazanfar discussed how to consider layout compositions of aquascapes                when adding substrate and hardscape (rocks, wood, etc) to your aquarium.                He talked through the three main categories of designs:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Concave<\/strong> &#8211; left and right side are mounded, with                  the middle containing negative space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mound<\/strong> &#8211; one large mound in the center of the                  aquarium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slope<\/strong> &#8211; one side is higher than the other.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ghazanfar talked about using differently sized pieces of hardscape                to create the illusion of depth. Additionally, he discussed the                science behind positioning these elements to provide a non-contrived                look, while creating lines of sight to draw the viewer&#8217;s eye toward                the focal point of the aquascape. If you missed this presentation,                don&#8217;t miss the April one, when Ghazanfar will follow up his hardscaping                presentation with one more focused on the plants.<\/p>\n<p>We also had our largest &#8220;mini&#8221; auction ever with over                150 items for sale. A number of new members showed up at the meeting;                welcome to all of those folks!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2008\/images\/125.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"195\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Don&#8217;s 125G Aquarium<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2008\/images\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Ghazanfar Ghori &#8211; Aquascaping 101 presenter<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2008\/images\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Ghazanfar demonstrates using a protractor to distribute the substrate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2008\/images\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Concave layout.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2008\/images\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Concave with rocks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2008\/images\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Mounded layout.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2008\/images\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Mounded layout with hardscape.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/march2008\/images\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Completed sloped layout.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Snyder hosted GWAPA&#8217;s March 2008 meeting at his home in Catonsville, MD. 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