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Mods, you can un-stick. Thanks -Jess

Our Annual Spring Seminar Is Approaching Very Quickly! Saturday April 18, 2009 Please join us for this one of a kind event featuring two exciting speakers!! CMAS is pleased to welcome Mr. Ken Nedimyer of Sealife Inc and Mr. Bob Fenner of Wet Web Media! CMAS Presents Mr. Ken Nedimyer of Sealife Inc. Abstract: Florida Keys Coral Restoration Ken Nedimyer owns and operates Sea Life Inc (www.sealifeinc.net) a marine life wholesale and on line Retail Company that has been in business since 1984. Ken has collected marine specimens since 1969, and has been an aquarist since 1966. Ken has been an active scuba diver since 1970, and has logged over 20,000 hours in the water over the last 39 years. In 1994 Ken received permits to start the first offshore live rock aquaculture farm in the Florida Keys, and has operated it successfully since the first harvests began in 1996. In 2000 using corals that had settled on his live rock, Ken and one of his daughters began testing techniques for re-attaching branches of staghorn coral that had been broken off the rocks by sharks, turtles, and storms. They work eventually led to a pilot coral restoration project using their reattached corals, which has since led to a large-scale coral nursery and restoration program. In 2009, Ken received permits to start two offshore elkhorn coral nurseries, the first of their kind in the US, and he and volunteer divers will be busy setting it up this spring and summer. In 2007, Ken formed the Coral Restoration Foundation Inc (www.coralrestoration.org ), a non profit company focused on developing simple, effective, and inexpensive coral nursery and coral restoration techniques that could be duplicated anywhere. Their offshore coral nursery has grown from five corals that settled on his rock in 1996, to over 4,000 corals in March of 2009, and expected to grow to over 7,000 corals by spring of 2010. In 2008 they planted over 200 corals back onto the reef, and are expected to plant over 500 in 2009. In June of 2009 Ken will participate on his second weeklong saturation mission in the Aquarius to participate in a coral restoration research project underway there. Live video of the June mission will be available on the Aquarius Website (http://uncw.edu/aquarius/ ). Ken will be speaking on offshore aquaculture and coral restoration, but will be available to answer questions about the marine life fishery, marine life collecting, the Aquarius, and issues related to Staghorn and Elkhorn corals. CMAS Presents Mr. Bob Fenner of Wet Web Media! Abstract: Use of Ozone/Redox Robert (Bob) Fenner is a content provider to the pet-fish (ornamental) aquatics hobby and trade, dive/travel adventure and underwater natural history genres; writing, photography and videography. Though retired since 1994, he continues to produce in this field as well as consult on aquaculture and public aquarium installations. Bob has "lived" the science, hobby and business of aquatics in the Philippines, Japan and United States. All phases; collector, wholesale, jobber, retail, design, construction and maintenance. All levels; manager, owner, hatchery worker, retail clerk, technician. Except for a stint teaching high school sciences for four years, he has worked all his life in the field of ornamental aquatics. Academic experience includes fifteen years of college, a couple of life science degrees and a teaching credential for chemistry, physics and biology. Published works include several studies on aquatic biological and chemical questions, and an extensive book and article publishing (helped author a few books, The Conscientious Marine Aquarist, Fishwatcher's Guide to the Tropical Marine Aquarium Fishes of the World, Natural Marine Aquariums Reef Invertebrates...) and photographic background in aquatic industry and hobby fields. Have taught High School sciences and Marine Sciences and Aquariology courses at the State University, University of California levels. Bob has been an avid aquatic hobbyist since day one and is active in hobbyist and scientific organizations. He has served on numerous Boards, judged shows and given many programs. Helped form and run (President) of the employee-owned corporation, Nature Etc., Inc. in San Diego, started in 1973; a turn-key operation in the field of ornamental aquatics, designing and building ponds, lakes, fountains and waterfalls (Aquatic Environments), designing, installing custom aquarium systems and maintenance (Aquatic Life Services), and operating retail outlets (Wet Pets).... currently does consulting, content provision to the trade, sciences and hobby of aquaristics. Included with your admission, we will also supply a light breakfast, coffee, water and soft drinks, as well as Lunch to all attendees. CMAS Paid Members: At Door Registration - $10 Non CMAS Members: At Door Registration -$ 15 Vendors: PreRegistration Required - $25 We ask that everyone pre-register because we need an accurate head count for the food quantities. 9:00-9:30 Registration/Sign In 9:30-9:45 Welcome/Opening Comments 10:00-11:30 Mr. Ken Nedimyer 11:30-12:30 Break for Lunch 1:00-2:30 Mr. Bob Fenner 3:00-4:45 Socializing/Vendor Sales/RAFFLE! 4:45-5:00 Cleanup! Everybody OUT! ** tentative schedule subject to change** Old Mill School 610 Patriot Lane Millersville, MD 21108 Directions can be found Here. Blue Ribbon Koi & Marine 4641 SUDLEY RD, CATHARPIN VA 20143 Shop Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 10-6 -- Sunday 10-5 Phone/Fax: 703-753-7566 Email: John@blueribbonkoi.com GeoCorals George Schwab (geofloors) If you're interested in becoming a vendor please contact Jessica Farace by email 90OcReef@cmas-md.org (4) $50 Gift Certificates Donated by Blue Ribbon Koi Gift Certificates Donated by Exotic Aquatics Gift Certificates Donated by House of Tropicals $25 Gift Certificates for EVERY Attendee Donated by Mr.Coral (6) Gift Certificates for 1 Cleaner Shrimp ea. Donated by Roozens Premium Aquarium Additives Donated by SeaChem.com Coral Fraging Kit Donated by BSI-Inc.com $25 Live Aquaria Gift Card (12) 15oz DTs Phyto Plankton Donated by DT's Plankton Hydor 2 Donated by Hydor Hydor 4 Donated by Hydor OceanMaster Test Kit Donated by MarineLand (2) Canister Filters Donated by MarineLand MarineGro Pellet Foods Donated by Red Sea Fish Instant Ocean Salt Boxes Donated by Instant Ocean Cash Prizes Donated by CMAS-Md.org There are still a handful of donations waiting to be delivered. I will continue to update this over the next few days as they trickle in!!

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Funny, we're fragging these at the CMAS Frag Fest this weekend. -Jess

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CMAS FRAG FEST 2009 Presented at HOUSE OF TROPICALS 7389-F Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. Glen Burnie, MD 21061 on Saturday, FEBRUARY 7th at 10:00am CMAS Staff will be cutting various corals for drastically reduces prices to PAID members. Browse the store, join the club, get special ONE day only Discounts (15% on Livestock, excludes rock) The following corals are to be fragged and available on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS** Arrive EARLY! Sign in! Cherry Pick! This is going to be a great event! Frag prices are for CMAS PAID Members ONLY. You may sign up at the event. I hope to see many new faces. We will be fragging until everyone gets what they want! If anyone is planning on attending but not until later in the day, give me a call and I will let you know if the event is still going on! My name is Jess and Cell number is 410-977-0930, please feel free to call with any questions on the day of the event! ALL 3 PACKAGES $120 Savings = $30 ADVANCED CORAL PACKAGE (MH Lighting) -- $25 PNG Acropora Granulosa (approx 10) -$10ea PNG Acropora Millepora (approx 10) -$10ea Myaugi Tort (approx 20) -$10ea INTERMEDIATE CORAL PACKAGE -- $60 AUSSIE Red/Green XMAS Blasto (approx 15) -$20ea AUSSIE Green Blasto (approx 20) -$25ea AUSSIE Acanthastrea Lord (approx 20) -$25ea BEGINNER CORAL PACKAGE (PC Lighting) -- $45 Red Echinophyllia (approx 20) -$15ea Green Echinophyllia (approx 20) -$10ea Lithophyllon Edwardsi (approx 20) -$10ea Aussie Duncanopsammia axifuga (15) -$15ea PLEASE NOTE: Some coral sizes and prices may vary due to growth patterns of certain species. **Due to uncontrolled circumstances some corals may not be available the day of the event. In this situation, we will do our best to try and replace a coral with something similar. PLEASE VISIT THIS THREAD TO SEE PICS!!!

CMAS Spring Seminar is Saturday, April 18th at 9 am!! Guest Speaker... BOB FENNER! Plus one more speaker to be announced very soon!!! Register early for the 2009 Spring Seminar at http://cmas-md.org/SeminarRegistration.php! Event Highlights Include: Noted guest speakers - Bob Fenner & TBD MANY Raffle prizes - Best in the area! Vendors - TBA Food - Lunch plus a few light snacks FUN! - Always at a CMAS event!!! Cost: CMAS Members $10 Non-members $15 Vendors $25 As an added bonus, each person who attends the Spring Seminar will receive a gift voucher for a free $25 frag at Mr. Coral's Retail Store just for attending!! These will be given out at the door. Only one per Family/Couple/Household! Also - Register now and receive 5 FREE High Dollar Raffle prize tickets ($25 Value)!!!! That's a value of $50 back just for registering early and attending the event!!! Early registration deadline is March 15, 2009. More details on the Spring Seminar can be found Here. Updates will be posted asap!! The meeting will be held at Old Mill High School: 610 Patriot Lane Millersville, MD 21108 From Baltimore or Points North of Millersville, Maryland: Take I-95 south towards Annapolis/Bay Bridge (exit 4 after the Harbor Tunnel) or I-695 towards Glen Burnie. Then take I-97 south towards Annapolis. Take exit 12 to New Cut Road, Glen Burnie and turn left from the ramp. You will pass under the overpass and immediately merge right onto Veteran

Bump! Looks like we will be having atleast 20 people!! Let me know if you're interested. -Jess

i'll add another pics of these guys that i took yesterday while visiting the store!

thanks guys - i wish i could get a better picture though! -Jess

Well that was a bit longer than a day or two, and My picture is a bit crappy due to the location that this anemone decided to take up residence. Here is our red flower anemone, a bit pissed off at me - but clearly, RED. -Jess

Please post if you are interested in coming. We will be fragging from the display. Tank Tour from 10am - 2pm on Saturday, Jan, 10th. We will provide a light lunch and snacks for those who are attending! Please be prepared to CRAM into our tank room! Address: 1000 Woodsdale Road Catonsville, MD 21228 410-977-0930 I am testing out a new camera - these corals and livestock are not neccessarily avail for sale / fragging - Just posting a few pics of one of our tanks! Please forgive some of the crappy shots - I need to get familiar with the camera! THESE CORALS ARE ACTUALLY FOR SALE! If you are interested - please don't post, these will be selling as First come First served on tank tour day -- Corals for sale!! Pickup in Catonsville, 21228 Blue Cespitularia - $20 ea. (3 Avail-encrusted) 2 sold(CMAS Members), one left Sunset Montipora - $45 ea (3 avail - encrusted) Blue Slimer - $10 ea (3 avail - encrusted) free w/ another coral purchase! Purple Monster - $30 (1 avail - encrusted 1/4") Acropora Verwyi - $20 (1 avail - not encrusted) Many other corals frag-able in our displays. Need to make room. Blue Cespit - Mother Colony Blue Cespit Frag Another Blue Cespit Frag A. Verwyi Sunset Montis Blue Slimer Purple Monster

I'll see what I can do for you. Give me a day or two, George and I are working on installing a new floor in my parent's basement & i keep getting home when the lights are out. I'll get you a pic! -Jess

I have a red one that i got from a LFS a few years back for $10. Very Hardy interesting anemone -Jess

CMAS FRAG FEST 2008 #2 Presented at 8870 Waltham Woods Road - Parkville, MD 21234 on Saturday DECEMBER 6th at 11:00am CMAS Staff will be cutting various corals for drastically reduces prices to PAID members. Browse the store, join the club, get special ONE day only Discounts, door prizes, etc. The following corals are to be fragged and available on a FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS** Arrive EARLY! Sign in! Cherry Pick! This is going to be a great event! Frag prices are for PAID Members ONLY. You may sign up at the event. I hope to see many new faces. We will be fragging until everyone gets what they want! If anyone is planning on attending but not until later in the day, give me a call and I will let you know if the event is still going on! My name is Jess and Cell number is 410-977-0930, please feel free to call with any questions on the day of the event! Prices will be accumulated after we know all the corals that we are getting. Nothing usually over $25. ALL 3 PACKAGES $ Savings = $ ADVANCED CORAL PACKAGE (MH Lighting) -- $ RED Acropora Prostrata Yellow/Green Acropora Millipora Electric Blue Thick Branching Stag Acropora ? INTERMEDIATE CORAL PACKAGE -- $ BLUE-ish Aussie Acan Bowerbanki Blastomussa Merletti BEGINNER CORAL PACKAGE (PC Lighting) -- $ Goniastrea (Maze Brain) Daisy Polyps More Corals will be added as they become available. **Due to uncontrolled circumstances some corals may not be available the day of the event. In this situation, we will do our best to try and replace a coral with something similar.

And the High Resolution image.... Submitters: Jess, 90OcReef Location: In my basement! Geofloors 280G Tank Camera Used: Unknown Subject: 11/01/2008 Full Tank Shot

When george and I moved we still had some alive. Those things are terrible once they reach plague proportions. We had some in a 150gal rubbermaid sump for 2 years with nothing but very slight amounts of ambient lights and they lived until we dried the rocks out. We sold the majority of our mini tapetums a few years ago between cmas & wamas. When we moved, we dried our rock out. -Jess

I kept these two together previously with no ill effects. Both crab & shrimp are very docile and dont do any harm to one another in even a smaller aquarium (30gallons) -Jess

Anyone else joining us?? -Jess

Kids are fine, early exits are fine. The reason we will all need to ENTER the building at the same time is so as not to take away from the meeting because NAIB Staff members are running back and forth to let stragglers in. We unfortunately must be very strict with this. Thanks Jess

I need a headcount on this meeting. Is anyone planning on joining us?? Thanks, Jess

Hello everybody! Our October CMAS meeting is approaching very quickly! This month we have a very special guest speaker from the National Aquarium In Baltimore. Keri O'Neil, Senior Aquarist at NAIB, will be speaking about SECORE Project. SECORE was developed in 2002 to establish captive coral populations using sexual reproduction. Primarily the techniques were aimed at stocking public aquaria with live captive raised corals. Over the years, it became obvious that the established techniques might also play an important role in future coral reef restoration. Keri has had the opportunity to participate in this wonderful endeavor and share her experience with us. All attendees will be able to participate in a behind the scenes tour of the National Aquarium In Baltimore. The meeting will be held at NAIB under the direct supervision or Keri O'Neil & her assistant Heather. All Rules & Regulations will need to be followed. Please see attached Regulations. Please Join us Sunday, October 12th at 5:45pm for an evening of fun and learning. The meeting time is PROMPTLY at 5:45pm at the security entrance, At 6pm we will enter the building and any STRAGGLERS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED REGULATIONS Here is the deal: No guests are permitted to be alone in the building at any time, they must be accompanied by Heather or Keri at all times. Guests will NOT be allowed to tour the aquarium at their leisure, because no admission is being paid, however, we WILL be allowed to take a behind the scenes tour and see the coral tanks. We will meet you at the Security entrance to the aquarium, this is near the submarine and is a set of sliding glass doors with black framework. It is past (toward the back of the Pier) the regular aquarium entrance. This is the same place we met previously. The meeting time is PROMPTLY at 5:45pm at the security entrance, At 6pm we will enter the building and any STRAGGLERS WILL NOT BE ADMITTED. Unfortunately, no food or drink will be allowed, not even in the classrooms. I tried, but they were pretty stringent on this. Not even sodas and cups. There are plenty of good restaurants and bars in the area if people would like to come early and grab a bite before the meeting. Admittance Fee: CMAS Members - FREE Non Members - $5 The meeting will be held at : National Aquarium in Baltimore 501 East Pratt Street Baltimore, Maryland, 21202 From points north via I-95 Take I-95 south to Baltimore and go through the right tube of the Fort McHenry Tunnel. Once through the tunnel, stay in the right lane and take Exit 53, marked Downtown I-395. On I-395, stay in the center lane until you come to Pratt Street. Oriole Park at Camden Yards will be on your left. Turn right on Pratt Street. The Inner Harbor will be to your right. The Aquarium is 8 blocks on the right. Cars dropping off visitors may pull into Gunther Circle, on right. All others continue toward The Inner Harbor Garage/Landmark Parking. Inner Harbor Garage/Landmark Parking 100 S. Gay Street Cars and vans welcome. 410-659-5825 From Frederick, Maryland and points west Follow I-70 east to I-695 south to I-95 north and take Exit 53, marked Downtown I-395. On I-395, stay in the center lane until you come to Pratt Street. Oriole Park at Camden Yards will be on your left. Turn right on Pratt Street. The Inner Harbor will be to your right. The Aquarium is 8 blocks on the right. Cars dropping off visitors may pull into Gunther Circle, on right. All others continue toward The Inner Harbor Garage/Landmark Parking. Inner Harbor Garage/Landmark Parking 100 S. Gay Street Cars and vans welcome. 410-659-5825 From Washington, DC and points south via I-95 Take I-95 north to Baltimore. Take Exit 53, marked Downtown I-395. On I-395, stay in the center lane until you come to Pratt Street. Oriole Park at Camden Yards will be on your left. Turn right on Pratt Street. The Inner Harbor will be to your right. The Aquarium is 8 blocks on the right. Cars dropping off visitors may pull into Gunther Circle, on right. All others continue toward The Inner Harbor Garage/Landmark Parking. Inner Harbor Garage/Landmark Parking 100 S. Gay Street Cars and vans welcome. 410-659-5825 From Pennsylvania via I-83 Take I-83 south to Baltimore. Follow I-83 until expressway ends in Baltimore City. Turn right on Lombard Street and stay in the left lane. Turn left at Commerce Street and then left on Pratt Street. The Aquarium is 1 block on the right. Cars dropping off visitors may pull into Gunther Circle, on right. All others continue toward The Inner Harbor Garage/Landmark Parking. Inner Harbor Garage/Landmark Parking 100 S. Gay Street Cars and vans welcome. 410-659-5825

Sorry guys! Garf had to cancel due to health issues and concerns with flying so soon. We are planning to reschedule them in the very near future! Keep your eyes peeled! Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Thanks Jess

The Chauvet light timer is absolutely the best bang for your buck! We have one controlling our actuated ball valve on our closed loop. Can't beat the features for the cost. EBAY - Chauvet Light Timers -Jess

Hello everybody! Our CMAS October meeting is approaching very quickly! This month we have 2 very special guest speakers from the Geothermal Aquaculture Research Foundation. Sally Jo and Leroy Headlee will be speaking about their love & passion for the reef aqauria. GARF will present "Bubbles & Sun", Leroy's new energy and money saving reef project! This will be a "Workshop" type meeting. Leroy & Sally Jo are going to demonstrate how to build a low cost coral raceway! They have a lot in store for us so the meeting time has been moved up! All attendees will receive a FREE ROCK MAKING DVD courtesy of GARF. Also, CMAS Members should look for a post in the Group Buys forum at CMAS-MD.org to purchase some of their aquacultured corals!! Details will be posted ASAP. Please Join us Sunday October 12th at 3:00pm for an afternoon of fun and learning. Admittance Fee: CMAS Members - FREE Non Members - $5 The meeting will be held at : Old Mill School 610 Patriot Lane Millersville, MD 21108[/url] From Baltimore or Points North of Millersville, Maryland: Take I-95 south towards Annapolis/Bay Bridge (exit 4 after the Harbor Tunnel) or I-695 towards Glen Burnie. Then take I-97 south towards Annapolis. Take exit 12 to New Cut Road, Glen Burnie and turn left from the ramp. You will pass under the overpass and immediately merge right onto Veteran