{"id":3748,"date":"2022-01-22T15:41:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T19:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/?p=3748"},"modified":"2022-01-22T15:41:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T19:41:36","slug":"january-meetin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/january-meetin\/","title":{"rendered":"January Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thirteen members joined the January GWAPA meeting via Zoom to hear Cavan Allen talk about some new aquascaping plants, how to successfully grow them, and view his amazing setups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The new plants include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Mayaca longipes<\/em>, a very delicate, sensitive plant with a red top<\/li><li><em>Oldenlandia corymbosa<\/em>(?), a vibrant lime green plant from Colombia<\/li><li><em>Lythrum hyssopifolium<\/em>, an introduced species found in Oregon<\/li><li><em>Sclerolepis uniflora<\/em>, an east coast plant that is demanding and grows via runners<\/li><li><em>Justicia <\/em>sp., nutrient hog, gets purple tint on leaves, not a great plant<\/li><li><em>Eriocaulon sieboldianum<\/em>(?), not very demanding, average difficulty<\/li><li><em>Hyptis laciniata<\/em>, creeping growth, mint family<\/li><li><em>Justicia comata<\/em>, compact growth but an enticing meal for pond snails<\/li><li><em>Gratiola brevifolia<\/em>, spreads by runners, underrated plant<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to grow plants, Cavan uses Radion G5 lights. You can control the light schedule via your phone. The only drawback is that they do not come with shades, but a shade can be 3D printed. You can get to 300 par with 50% intensity. His schedule goes up to 80% for a little while during the day in order to grow light demanding plants, without overwhelming the fish and making them hide. He suggests buying a light with stronger LEDs than you think you need, so that you can adjust them however you like. It\u2019s also important to have CO<sub>2<\/sub> if you are using strong lights. It\u2019s also important to skim the surface of your tank to prevent algae and allow oxygen circulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, Cavan took us on a virtual tour of his tanks. The PowerPoint of the new plants and further information is available in the member section of the forum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirteen members joined the January GWAPA meeting via Zoom to hear Cavan Allen talk about some new aquascaping plants, how to successfully grow them, and view his amazing setups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3748"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3750,"href":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3748\/revisions\/3750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gwapa.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}