{"id":131,"date":"2007-08-30T16:53:44","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T20:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/?p=131"},"modified":"2008-09-16T14:09:56","modified_gmt":"2008-09-16T18:09:56","slug":"august-2007-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2007\/08\/august-2007-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2007 Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the August 2007 meeting, Robert and his wife graced us with his                wonderful hospitality and impressive fishroom. In addition, Robert                gave a very informative talk about his experiences running his tanks                as a circulating range. He has been kind enough to writeup his talk                in the <a href=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/multi-tanks\/index.html\">form of an article.<\/a> <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A few announcements were made at the meeting. Our 2.5G aquascaping                contest is winding down. Entries should all be in by October 1st,                emailed to the gwapa email account. Also, Aquafest, the regional                convention being hosted by local-area clubs has secured Eric Do                as a speaker. Eric will talk about freshwater shrimp in planted                aquariums. As the convention nears in October, we will be looking                for volunteers to help out with the all-day auction.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, we had a ton of plants at our mini-auction.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Look at the size of that banana plant!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>One of Robert&#8217;s tanks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Another tank with Robert&#8217;s beautiful M. praecox neon rainbows.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Another of Robert&#8217;s tanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>The wall of tanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Behind the wall of tanks where all the plumbing\/filtration is.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Ghazanfar makes some announcements. Great turnout, huh?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Everyone in the back, listening to Ghazanfar.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Robert tells the group the ins-and-outs of his a circulating                range. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>The veggie filter! Very large Crinum plants.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Jim starts trying to remove one of the plants for himself.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Still trying&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/14.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Almost got it!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/gwapa.org\/articles\/august2007\/images\/15.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>10 minutes later, look how happy Jim is!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the August 2007 meeting, Robert and his wife graced us with his wonderful hospitality and impressive fishroom. In addition, Robert gave a very informative talk about his experiences running his tanks as a circulating range. 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