Origami February 5, 2015 Share February 5, 2015 Sunday, April 26, 2015 Time: 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (EST)Where: North Bethesda Middle School8935 Bradmoor DrBethesda, MD 20817 Speaker: Chris Turnier (coral guru)Topic: We'll get it to you soon. Agenda1:00 - 2:45 Sign-in / socialize2:45 - 3:00 Club business / Speaker Introduction3:00 - 4:15 Speaker: Chris Turnier 4:15 - 4:30 Break4:30 - 5:00 Raffle!Miscellaneous- food & drinks providedCoral Farming in the Islands of Fiji The mariculture of corals is a science that has come a long way. It requires an amazing amount of coordination and time to do it correctly. From site and broodstock selection to fragging and planting techniques, parasite prevention, site and system maintenance, government fishery meetings, and export documents and so on... you are part weatherman, human-seal, inventor, hunter/gatherer, janitor, gardener, politician, plumber, artist and packer extraordinaire. Most believe farming corals is done to take pressure off of the wild populations of corals on the worlds reefs, and for re-populating damaged reefs. It is this and much more. Allow me to take you into the processes and ideals that drive those to farm corals in an incredibly unpredictable ocean Bio of Chris Turnier Chris Turnier isn't a house hold name in the aquarium hobby, but his contributions to this hobby have been significant nonetheless. He along with others at Flying Fish Express were the first to create the online craze of WYSIWYG corals and fish, in addition he was the first to attempt identifying corals being sold online down to a species level. He also made quite a few mariculture advancements to further the success of coral farming in Fiji. Chris has worked in every aspect of the aquarium industry from retail and wholesale to distributor and supplier and has loved every minute of it! Chris is always striving to keep the hobby what it should be - educational, environmentally responsible and fun! Chris grew up with art in his blood and a love for fish in his heart. He spent his childhood keeping various fresh water aquariums, fishing with his grandfather and free diving and spearfishing off the Southern California coast. Earning a Bachelor's degree in fisheries from Humboldt State University in Northern California, he graduated and took a job that moved him back to Southern California. There he worked for the very first online tropical fish store, Flying Fish Express. After 5 years at Flying Fish Express, he and his family moved to Colorado where the humble beginnings of Reefer Madness took place. The success of Reefer Madness took him back to Southern California and for 5 years the company sold the most amazing sustainably collected wild corals, maricultured and aquacultured corals the industry had seen up to that point. It was right about that time when a dream job became available in the islands of Fiji. And so in 2007 he and his family moved to Fiji and managed Walt Smith International coral farm. Four wonderful years went by in Fiji and he was then offered a position at Sustainable Aquatics in TN. After several years as the VP of Sales and Marketing at this burgeoning aquaculture company he then moved onto something that has been pulling at him for his entire life - art, Fish Eye Fine Art to be exact. There he takes his knowledge of all things fishy and creates underwater watercolors, and takes 120 year old barnwood and transforms it into animals of all shapes and sizes. Directions:- NOTE: The school is just inside the north edge of the beltway near Old Georgetown Road.Here's a map from Mapquesthttp://mapq.st/5-kx2S5HzrSpecial 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 Gold Sponsors - Air, Water & Ice- Avast Marine- Blue Ribbon Koi- Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture- Exotic Reef Creations- Pimped Out Aquariums- Reef eScapeWAMAS Silver Sponsors- Artfully Acrylic & Incredible Corals- Charm City Corals- Cobalt Aquatics- FishnReef.com- LRS Reef Frenzy- The Marine Scene- Petland- Premium Aquatics- Reed Mariculture (Reef Nutrition)- Quantum Reefs- Reed Mariculture - Supreme Reefs* Save your receipts from our sponsors and get raffle prize tickets Vendors on site: Exotic Reef CreationsPacific East Aquaculture (Dr. Mac) WAMAS Members selling/trading (table display)Dave S. Raffle Items include: Incredible Corals Gift Certificates Premium Aquatics Gift Certificates Avast Marine Gift Certificates Tunze 9002 nano DOC skimmer from Quantum Reefs Fish food from Cobalt Aquatics Food from Reef Nutrition Frozen food from LRS Reef Frenzy Substrate from Petland Frag packs from Pacific East Aquaculture (Dr. Mac) Nutitional Supplements from Docseco.com Typhoon III Extreme RO/DI from Air, Water & Ice More coming! Stay tuned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 19, 2015 Author Share April 19, 2015 Raffle donation from Quantum Reefs: Tunze 9002 skimmer. Sent from my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 19, 2015 Author Share April 19, 2015 From Cobalt Aquatics: Fifteen canisters of their flake food products ! (multi chances to win!)Sent from my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 19, 2015 Author Share April 19, 2015 From Reef Nutrition / Reed Mariculture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 19, 2015 Author Share April 19, 2015 LRS Frenzy Frozen Foods! Sent from my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 24, 2015 Author Share April 24, 2015 Wow! We received a generous donation from a non-sponsor that dbartco bumped into at Max a couple weeks ago. From docseco.com, we received two product sample sets that we will raffle off at Sunday's meeting. Two lucky winners will receive Doc's Eco Bytes (live phytoplankton), Doc's Eco Matter (gutloaded live copepods and rotifers) and a bottle of Doc's Eco Egg Brew. For more information about Doc's products, please visit www.docseco.com. Sent from my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 25, 2015 Author Share April 25, 2015 Typhoon III Extreme from Gold Sponsor Air, Water & Ice. Sent from my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami April 26, 2015 Author Share April 26, 2015 Today! Doors open to the attendees at 1 PM. Vendor setup begins at noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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