Gatortailale January 29, 2014 Share January 29, 2014 WAMAS SPRING MEETING - Oakton High School, Vienna, VA - April 5, 2014 (Saturday)The Spring Meeting of The Washington Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) will be on Saturday April 5, 2014 from 1:00-5:00 p.m. at Oakton High School, 2900 Sutton Road, Vienna, VA 22181. Go in through Door 5.Special Guests and Highlights:- Speaker: Mitch Carl - SECORE: The Sex Just Keeps Getting BetterVendors on site:- Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture- Exotic Reef Creations - Quantum Reefs * [VENDORS can enter hall at 12:00 p.m. to set display] WAMAS Members selling/trading (table display)- Captain Ron- Copps- DaveS- Gantz Aquatics - Bn251 - HLem - Old ReeferAlong with lots of frag swapping and a great raffle, this is sure to be a meeting NOT to miss!For further information on the WAMAS Spring Meeting, visit our web site http://www.wamas.org/Who: WAMAS (Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society)When: April 5, 2014 (Saturday)Time: 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (EST)Where: Oakton High School (Door 5)2900 Sutton Road,Vienna, VA 22181Agenda1:00 - 2:30 Sign-in / socialize2:30 - 2:45 Club business2:45 - 3:00 Break3:00 - 4:15 Mitch Carl - SECORE: The Sex Just Keeps Getting Better4:30 Raffle!Miscellaneous- food & drinks providedBIO: MITCH CARL Mitch Carl was born and raised in the hotbed of Marine Biology, Omaha, Nebraska. After a brief stint in freshwater, he began his saltwater career at Animal Talk Pet Center in 1994. After quickly realizing that he had no customer skills whatsoever, he obtained his Biology degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Not because he wanted to go there, but because he could afford nothing else. With degree in hand, he marched immediately to Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium and demanded/pleaded for a job. After being mocked mercilessly, he was offered a volunteer scuba/underwater custodian position. Soon after, one of the aquarists mysteriously disappeared, and he was offered the job as a coral aquarist and began his zoo career in 1997. He backstabbed and connived his way all the way to being the Curator of Aquatics. In his job as curator, he oversees the entire zoo’s aquatic collection, and can constantly be heard telling his employees how awesome he used to be at keeping corals. His latest endeavor was a complete renovation of the zoo’s aquarium, which took many years off his life. Mitch continues his work with the SECORE (SExual COral REproduction,www.secore.org) project. The SECORE project started as a public aquarium initiative to get corals to have sex. We have since found out that corals have sex in captivity about as often as married couples do at home, so the focus has shifted to trying to save the endangered Acropora palmata of the Caribbean, through sexual reproduction. Through SECORE’s efforts, over 1000 corals have been raised from the annual coral spawn, and then have been planted on the reefs of Curacao. Mitch and his lovely wife Jena have three daughters that are o.k. looking, with the middle one showing the most promise for being good looking and successful. However, even that one is a bit sketchy. Directions:- NOTE: HS is about 1/4 mile from Vienna Metro stop on Orange lineHere's a map from MapquestMap linkSpecial thanks to theses sponsors. Please support them & say thanks next time you shop with them. You can find their website address by visiting their forum or the sponsor page on the WAMAS website.WAMAS Premium Sponsors - Air, Water & Ice- Avast Marine- Blue Ribbon Koi- Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture- Exotic Reef Creations- King of Corals- Pimped Out Aquariums- Reef eScapeWAMAS Sponsors- Artfully Acrylic & Incredible Corals - FishnReef.com- The Marine Scene- Petland- Premium Aquatics- Reed Mariculture (Reef Nutrition)- Quantum Reefs * Save your receipts from our sponsors and get raffle prize tickets Raffle Items include: Gift certificates to Premium Aquatics 1 acrylic sump from Pimped Out Aquariums Gift certificates to Artfully Acrylic & Incredible Corals RO/DI system from Air, Water, Ice Bulk dry rock from the NADC Gift certificates to King of Corals 24" NOVA Extreme 4 bulb T5 fixture from Marine Scene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Origami March 14, 2014 Share March 14, 2014 Added Mitch's topic: "SECORE: The Sex Just Keeps Getting Better" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Origami April 4, 2014 Share April 4, 2014 Tomorrow! Heads up. While we all know and love both Kyle and Alyssa from Pacific East Aquaculture (aka Dr. Mac) - because of a prior engagement, Dr. Mac himself will be at our meeting tomorrow. If you haven't met the man behind the enterprise, this is your chance. Be sure to stop by, say hi, and to express your appreciation for his years of WAMAS sponsorship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 5, 2014 Share April 5, 2014 Today... Starting at 1 PM. Vendor setup begins at noon. Mitch Carl speaks at 3. Door #5 - Oakton HS. See you there. Sent from my LG G-Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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