May Meeting
Our May 24th meeting will be at the Park Police Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. Our speaker for this month is Nancy Rybicki from the US Geological Survey, who is an expert in Potomac River submerged aquatic vegetation. She is going to discuss the ecology, diversity, history, and current distribution of aquatic plants in the Potomac region.
Details and Directions...
April Meeting
Ghazanfar Ghori hosted our April meeting, and presented his follow up session about about plant selection & maintenance. Meeting Synopsis.
Mineralized Soil Substrate
Aaron Talbot has written a "how-to" article about using mineralized top-soil as the base for
your planted aquarium's substrate. Often regarded as a difficult thing to implement successfully,
Aaron documents a proven step-by-step method to having a low-cost, but productive, soil substrate.
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March Meeting
Don Snyder hosted the March 29th meeting in Catonsville, MD. Ghazanfar
Ghori gave the first of a multi-part series of presentations about Aquascaping.
Meeting synopsis.
February Meeting
Rick & Mary Dotson hosted the February meeting at their home in Vienna,
VA. This month's meeting included a presentation
about algae; what types are commonly seen, and how to keep your aquarium
from turning into algae soup. Meeting
synopsis.
Featured GWAPA Member Tank
Lorena Rodriguez's 2.5G tank
2x13W PC lighting
ADA Amazonia Aquasoil substrate
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