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Lake Wingra is a North-Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research (NTL-LTER) study lake, located within the City of Madison. Despite its urban location, the 139-hectare, shallow (2.7 mean depth) lake has a mostly natural shoreline, under the ownership of the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, Edgewood College, and the City of Madison. The “slow no-wake” lake receives considerable recreational activity. Small sailboats, canoes, kayaks, and swimmers pepper the lake during the summer. It also has a popular fishery with abundant panfish along with muskellunge at densities 2-4 times higher than other muskie lakes in Wisconsin. The Henry Vilas Zoo and two city parks are located on the north side of the lake; one park boasts a considerable fleet of rental boats, the other a popular swimming beach.
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| STARTING AN AQUARIUM CLUB |
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Purpose, plan, action and momentum are key ingredients that help establish a new aquarium club. These were the common threads found when comparing two recently established associations. They both happen to be planted aquarium groups. San Francisco started one in late 1998. Madison, Wisconsin came on stream January 2000. The fact that they evolved differently emphasizes there is no single way to get a group started. Blending the influences of some good examples with the creative potential of your group and community seems to offer a most promising pathway for developing your own club.
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| FRESH WATER PLANTED AQUARIUMS |
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Creating a great looking tank brimming with gorgeous plants with hardly a trace of algae in sight is very much attainable. The key is using plants as the filter. With an abundance of healthy plants excess nutrients from fish waste are used up before algae can get at it. And in the process fish will get oxygen they need, thanks to the plants.
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