I had started growing hairgrass back in the Spring in brandy snifters.
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By late July, I had some good specimens.
The concept has matured as summer progressed. The plants grew well on the windowsill during summer with over 14 hours of daylight, and filled in beautifully.
cheers!
Capital area Cichlids Meeting on Saturday! bought Apistogramma Borelli sp. Paraquay. a trio for $23. Very shy at first and the females are very small, but the male got used to me after taking alot of pictures and stayed still for a shot.
and the female
and a picture of the tank
and the apisto eunutus, which Mike, President of PVAS, brought back from Peru last year, and these are offspring, which I got at PVAS on Monday night at the auction.
New light for somebody’s aquarium. John wants.
Mike’s new light fixture
Pictures from GWAPA
Ron wins the big plant for $24
Last week at Aquafest 2007 in Laurel Md
my entry wins 2nd prize: Upside down catfish
Planted tank demo last week at Aquafest 2007 with Jeff and Kris
Nice old boxwood:
So I walked into the house (Gunston Hall) for the tour, which was in progress, and there was Mom’s best travel buddy, Stella.
I started taking pictures, and Stella said to me, YOUR NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE PICTURES, oops!
Stella was with three other travel buddies, all who knew Ma~! So how about that! :What a nice surprise: : )))
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Potomac Valley Aquarium Society had their monthly meeting on Monday night and I bought some small koi angelfish. They eat everything from the infusoria on frogbit to picking at plants and they eat claudo algae. wow!
Eight members of GWAPA went to the Suitland bog in Suitland, MD. on Saturday, Sept. 1.
Very interesting, remote bog protected by the Park Service and surrounded by housing all around. One has to be determined to get there because it is tucked away beside the Suitland Parkway, and it has been totally developed all around it.
Northern Pitcher-Plants (Sarracenia purpurea) plants love it. A bog is a marshy area fed by a stream, and a fen is fed by ground water or a spring, so this is properly called a fen.
Pitcher plants
GWAPA members
Kris taking pictures:
thanks to Kris of Guitarfish for this next picture of a carniversous Sundew plant
Another picture of Sundew by Aaron
The ranger said he is working with Howard University to study the pitcher plants water. As you know, water collects in the pitcher plants, and insects are trapped and the insects provide nutrients for the plants. There are two insects which live in the Pitcher plant water: and they live in water which kills other insects. The ranger said algae does not grow in the plants water; which he attributes to the combined effect of the two bugs which inhabit the plant water!
Setting up a new blog for my aquatic hobby.
Got a new Nikon D40 to get better quality pictures.
My point and shoot compact digital is very good for family photos. BUT, the resolution is inadequate for landscapes and close up pictures.
For my first photo adventure, I went to Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in D.C.
Also a webpage with the same pictures at geocities, where I have many other pages.
my old webpage is geocities.com/mharnet, and it’s mostly about Ayurveda, with which I spent 20 years living and working, mostly in D.C.
I also have two webpages at Geocities, that is a mixture of re-printed articles from The Washington Post going back for many years.
Articles1 from Wash Post 1998 & 2000
Articles2 from Wash Post 2003 & 2007
Last weekend, there was a monthly meeting of GWAPA, Greater Washington Area Aquatic Plant Association.
Next weekend, an outing to Suitland bog in Maryland. That should be fun to see carnivorous plants in the wild.
Best regards,
Mark
