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Submitter: Gatortailale Location: my 215 tank Camera Used: Nikon D90 + melevreef photo box Subject: Moorish Idol

Only a few weeks away. See you there.

Out of respect & as a courtesy to our guest speaker - as we try to do at all WAMAS meetings - the Officers request that vendors & members try to complete all sales, trades, & swaps either prior to the start of the talk, or after the talk. We have added a little more "free time" in the agenda at the start of the meeting to allow for this. Thus, we will be requesting that each vendor turn their lights off during the talk & stop sales during this time. Vendors should be able to access the hall at 11:15 to start setup. We are mindful of the effort it takes and we appreciate the extra work vendors & members make to come out and setup a display and take it back home at the end of the day. Hopefully it will be a win for all involved. Finally, if you are a vendor or member who plans to come & exhibit, please contact me or one of the other officers so we can add you to the meeting post and emails that will be sent in next few days about the meeting so we can market you.

Update - we could not get a hall in MD. The meeting will be held at Kilmer. Original post updated. See you there.

Welcome to the club. I graduated from high school in 88! Freshie tanks is looking good. Looking forward to reading about your saltwater fun. Now we know we have a bar we can go visit and sit around having a pint and telling fish tales to a bartender who really cares to hear them.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2013/9/review Product Review: Apogee Instruments' PAR Meter (Model MQ-200) and Software By Dana Riddle

Updated agenda schedule. If our MD member can't get us school in MD in time, we have Kilmer Middle School in Vienna, VA reserved as backup plan. Trying to hold meeting in MD for members over there.

http://www.aquariumplants.com/CarbonDoser_Electronic_Co2_Regulator_p/co2.htm I recommend the aquarium plants electronic one. Pay more up front - but the control and ease to dial it in is a big benefit - I got one about 3 ore more years ago and love it. In the past I purchased the Milwaukee's and others like that for under $129 that would only last about 2 years or less and then fail and drain tank. Maybe just solenoid failed - but still a pain. No issues with this electronic one.

The 702 is great. I own one. Marvin down at Atlantis Aquariums in Richmond still has closet full of parts so still can get some items service if needed. He stopped bringing in the new Deltec's due to issues with the new white pumps. The pumps on the 702 should be fine. And .... its FREE (your skimmer), so enjoy it.

These were from Jan 2012. Started this table acro from Leishman in summer 2006 - 2" x 2" frag. Lost it in summer 2012 - was over foot across.

Wow - it really has been that long since I added a photo or posted anything in this thread. Here is a video link to video taken yesterday. In the late spring / summer 2012 I had a partial crash and lost 75% of fish and corals in tank - including all my angels and some of the tangs - the black tang and big Caribbean blue tang. :( Between busy work & travel schedule and having the skimmer dump waste water down utility sink drain and auto top-off, I didn't check salinity during this period and by time I caught things, salinity dropped down to 1.016. After stabilizing things and getting numbers back in line, I let the tank run a 6+ weeks before I began the restocking efforts. The large red tabling acro survived the problems - I bought the frag as an ORA red planet. The brown fire coral in the lower center survived as well - that coral grew out of the rock in 2001 after the tank was running and has grown and been there on that rock. The rest of the coral was started as frags or a couple small colonies last fall. I have had the 2 large yellow tangs since Jan 2001; blue regal since Dec. 2004. Had the juv. Queen since last October - she came out of quarantine tank early February. Juv. Emperor, regal & blue face added last fall. The idol was added on 1/15/13; purple tang dates back to 2005. The red velvet fairy was a survivor as well. I still have my addiction to lots of fish in the reef tank ... so let the flaming begin.

http://www.reefsmagazine.com/forum/reefs-magazine/151543-macro-photography-coral-reef-aquariums.html

WAMAS FALL MEETING - Kilmer Middle School, Vienna, VA - October 26, 2013 (Saturday) The Fall Meeting of The Washington Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) will be on Saturday October 26, 2013 from 12:00-5:00 p.m. at Kilmer Middle School, 8100 Wolftrap Road, Vienna, VA 22182. Special Guests and Highlights: - Featured Speaker: John Coppolino - "SPS Success" - Guest Speaker: Brittany Shamenek - "Coral reproduction and Symbiosis: Implications for Conservation” Vendors on site: - Artfully Acrylic & Incredible Corals - Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture - Exotic Reef Creations WAMAS Members selling/trading (table display) - Captain Ron - DaveS - Copps Along 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 Fall Meeting, visit our web site http://www.wamas.org/ Who: WAMAS (Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society) When: October 26, 2013 (Saturday) Time: 12:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (EST) Where: Kilmer Middle School 8100 Wolf trap Road Vienna, VA 22182 Agenda 12:00 - 1:45 Sign-in / socialize 1:45 - 2:00 Club Business 2:00 - 2:25 Brittany Shamenek "Coral reproduction and Symbiosis: Implications for Conservation” 2:25 - 2:30 Break 2:30 - 4:00 John Coppolino "SPS Success" 4:15 Raffle! Miscellaneous - food & drinks provided Featured Speaker: John Coppolino John’s innate passion for aquariums was nurtured growing up on an island on a lake in Northern New Jersey with a fish loving father and a mother allergic to everything with fur and feathers! A saltwater hobbyist now for twenty five years since age 11, John began working at a large regional aquarium store as soon as he obtained working papers in high school, resulting in a house full of tanks before going off to college. In college he went on to study reefs in Bermuda, the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador where he lived (and met his wife!) for about two years after obtaining his B.S. in biology. John now lives in Northern Virginia with his wonderfully supportive wife and two young children, and keeps over 1000 gallons of saltwater aquariums, most being SPS dominant. In addition to publishing articles and speaking at conferences, including three past MACNAs, John has spoken to reef clubs in over twenty states. His systems have been featured in publications in Asia, Europe, and the United States. These include the newly released book “The Coral Reef Aquarium” by Tony Vargas, which profiles two of his systems, including a 10 gallon “kitchen nano” from over ten years ago, and his current SPS system. John is also one of just two people to have received the prestigious Reef Central Tank of the Month for two different systems (September ’04 and January ’11), both SPS dominant, where he is known by his username and childhood nickname, Copps. In the summer of 2013 John will be building his largest SPS system yet, with a 1300 gallon display that will be installed in a house he and his wife are having built. In addition to his reefkeeping at home, John travels yearly with work to Hawaii and Guam, where most free time is spent underwater Guest Speaker: Brittany Shamenek Brittany fell in love with all things under the sea when she was very young. In college, she began volunteering at the National Zoo’s Invertebrate Exhibit, which would turn out to be the beginning of her journey into aquaria and scientific research. Since, Brittany has worked as a service technician for a D.C. area showroom and on-site aquarium management company Reef eScape, and as an aquarist’s assistant at the National Aquarium’s Animal Care Center caring for the large predators now housed in the new Blacktip Reef exhibit. Most recently, she packed her bags and moved to Hawaii for five months to complete an internship at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Here, she contributed to research being conducted in the fields of coral reproductive biology and cryobiology. While at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, she maintained several flow-through systems housing coral used for spawning collection and various other experiments. Now back on the mainland, Brittany has returned to Reef eScape, and maintains two 325-gallon quarantine systems, a 660-gallon coral system, as well as various show tanks, including a 265-gallon FOWLR, two 30-gallon nanos, and a 16-gallon nano. Too much of a nomad to currently keep a large aquarium at home, Brittany enjoys her 5-gallon freshwater nano, which houses her crayfish, “Gumbo.” Special 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. - Air, Water & Ice - Artfully Acrylic & Incredible Corals - Avast Marine - Blue Ribbon Koi - Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture - Exotic Reef Creations - Fantastic Frags - Fins & Feathers - Marine Scene - Petland - Pimped Out Aquariums - Quantum Reefs - Premium Aquatics - Reef eScape - SaltwaterWorx - www.FishNReef.com * Save your receipts from our sponsors and get raffle prize tickets

I got mine from http://www.noridirect.com/ - the Grade B /Silver case - 1,000 full sheets = $12.60 per 100 pack (including shipping). Tangs, angels, wrasse, idol, blennies all go nuts for it. Does not impact skimmer performance. Leishman posted this company many years ago.

http://reefbuilders.com/2013/08/28/macna-2014-place-denver-mile-high-macna/