Hilary

You guys rock!

FishnReef.com is donating a Beginner Frag Pack (10 corals) for the raffle. Thank you, Nadir, for supporting the club!

Exciting news!

Heads up about the Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF) 2020 Scholarship in Underwater Education. Application deadline is October 31, 2019. $2,000 scholarship will be awarded to a qualified applicant (female or male) to plan and implement an experiential education project for students in grades 6 -12, with a focus on marine or freshwater environments. More than half of the student group should be female. The project may include art, music, literature, entertainment, or STEM (science, technology, engineering, math). Applicants should have documented experience working with this age group and facilitating this type of activity. The scholarship is not intended to support living expenses, however, it may be used to support field expenses, including travel. Applicants should include anticipated learning outcomes from the experience.

Platinum Sponsor FishnReef.com is donating a mixed frag pack of 20 corals! $250 value. Thank you!

That is so cool - congrats!

Platinum Sponsor Dr Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture is donating Galexea frags for the raffle. $29.99 value. Ten chances to win. Thanks Dr. Mac!

Sorry that we won't see you! Check out the "Upcoming Events" in the top right corner of the forum to see what's going on. The next club meeting will be Frag Fest on July 21.

Welcome, and looking forward to meeting you tomorrow! (Well, technically today I guess.) I think you'll find that we're a friendly bunch, and since we build in plenty of time to socialize I'm sure you'll have ample opportunities to meet other members and talk reefing. (The good news is we wear name tags so you can connect faces with folks you may have "met" on the forum.) We have a great speaker lined up, and there will be three sponsoring vendors as well as several members with tables selling coral and/or dry goods so you can see some of what's available in our area (let me just say I think we're very lucky). Feel free to shoot me a message if you have any questions!

Very cool!

Check out the new raffle items!

The new site is gorgeous!

Nadir at www.fishnreef.com is donating a mixed frag pack with 20 corals. Thanks so much!

They totally lost me with the move.

Thanks for a great time! Rockin' DJ (thanks Martin!), got to catch up with friends and somehow still found time to pick up (ahem) just a couple of fish!

I've picked up birds at the airport before, but that's because the seller shipped via the airline rather than UPS or FedEx.

Looking forward to this! I'm also planning to bring a pile of used equipment.

Welcome!

Wow, I'm really surprised that TSA cleared the lunchbox - both containers had to be over 3 oz. Is there an exception for animals?

If your courses are through PADI and you're looking at also doing your Advanced Open Water cert while you're there, one of your possible dives is the Underwater Videographer - that would be a great intro to using your GoPro underwater.

I was just there last October (for my fifth dive trip there, I think)! Lots of color and fish, so you should have a blast. I don't know where you're staying, but try to get out to some of the restaurants in town - there's some great food at really reasonable prices. Standard just drink bottled water warning. I'm sure your instructors have already talked about it, but you'll be doing drift diving so pay attention to their instructions. Jealous!!

Yikes. I had my power cut in and out all night Thursday night, then off for 13 hours yesterday (got it back at 8pm last night, finally). Bubblers in all the tanks worked, although the fish and coral I still have are pretty hardy. I live in a little corner of Arlington next to Alexandria, and my two blocks get our power from Alexandria (above ground lines). We were the only two blocks to lose power yesterday. Our board has been working to get us disconnected and moved to the Arlington power grid like the rest of my neighborhood - hopefully this latest outage will get them moving on it again.

I've picked up some really cool nano fish at BRK. Recommend keeping an eye on their stock list.

I've seen them in several places around the Caribbean and Florida while diving. Without our bright lights the colors are usually muted so they don't jump right out at you.

That's awesome, Doug! Too bad somebody we know doesn't breed clownfish anymore.....