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EVERYONE SHOULD GO HOME WITH A RAFFLE ITEM!!! Today was a big package day!! MORE RAFFLES MORE RAFFLES! Exotic Aquatics has donated 8 - $25 Gift Certificates Ocean Nutrition has donated Fish & Coral Foods as well as T-shirts DTs Plankton farm has donated 4 Sets of 3-Part Reef Additives Air Water & Ice has donated 4 - $25 Gift Certificates House of Tropicals has donated -- TBD Scales Tropical Fish Warehouse has donated -- TBD The list keeps growing!!!!! -Jess

That sounds wonderful guys! Hope to see you there. Reefgeek has donated a 48" High Output T5 Retrofit Kit Air Water & Ice has donated 4 $25 Gift Certificates -Jess

Our Annual Spring Seminar Is Approaching Very Quickly! Saturday April 19, 2008 Please join us for this one of a kind event featuring two speakers which have never been to the area before! CMAS is pleased to welcome Mitch Carl of Omaha Zoo and James Fatherree, author of numerous books and articles pertaining to the hobby with his most recent being "Giant Clams in the Sea and Aquarium"! CMAS Presents Mitch Carl Mitch Carl is an aquarium supervisor at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. Carl has been a major part of an international team of scientists and aquarium specialists to participate in a major effort to establish captive populations of elkhorn coral, using eggs and sperm gathered in the wild. Mitch currently oversees a 26,000 gallon Sulawesi Beach Tank, a 6000 gallon SPS tank and a 2000 gllon Symbiotic tank at Omaha Zoo. Mitch has also developed the zoo's coral propagation program which produces over 1000 frags annually to distribute throughout other zoos and aquariums in the country. Read more about Mitch's Elkhorn Project at "Omaha Zoo has a coral whisperer beside the tanks" Courtesy of Omaha World-Herald CMAS Presents James Fatherree James Fatherree- Instructor, Author, Photographer, Geologist, Soldier. There is not much that this man has not accomplished. Currently he teaches Earth Science, Environmental Science, and Astronomy at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, FL. He has also taught English in Yukuhashi, Japan from 2003-2005. Jim has written numerous books pertaining to the marine aquarium hobby including "Giant Clams in the Sea & Aquarium", and "Do it Yourself Aquariums". He has also wrote articles in Tropical Fish Hobbiest, "C The Journal", Conscientious Aquarist, Aquarium Fish Magazine, plus various others! Jim has taken seemingly millions of pictures since he was first given a camera as a child. Most of his photo skills have been developed just for the fun of it. However, since 1992, over 2000 of Jim's photographs have been published in artistic magazines, aquarium books and magazines, trade journals, corporate newsletters, marketing brochures, and various educational websites. Among all of Jim's accomplishments he also has a Masters Degree in Geology and has been collecting rocks and fossils since he could crawl. Jim has also served in the 20th Army Special Forces Group and shortly after transferred into the Mississippi National Guard. After completing the Army Airbourne course as well as a few other courses, Jim served as a training sergeant, instructor, supply guy, and numerous other things for the same unit. WOW! is all I can say about Jim. It is an honor to have such a person come speak with us on Saturday!! You can read more about Jim on his website "http://www.fatherree.com/james/ Also, Visit this site to see some of Jim's Photographs! <a href="http://www.picsbase.com/james/" target="_blank">http://www.picsbase.com/james/</a> 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 - $25 Non CMAS Members: At Door Registration -$ 35 Vendors: PreRegistration Required - $55 We ask that everyone preregister because we need an accurate head count for the food quantities. 8:30 A.M. - Sign in 9:30 A.M. - Opening and brief meeting business 10:00 A.M. - Mitch Carl 12:00 P.M. - Lunch 1:00 P.M. - James Fatherree 3:00 P.M. - Socializing/Vendor sales 4:00 P.M. - Raffle 4:45 P.M. - Cleanup / Everybody OUT! ** tentative schedule subject to change** Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Columbia, MD Directions can be found Here. If you're interested in becoming a vendor please contact Jessica Farace by email 90OcReef@cmas-md.org K6 Kalk Stirrer Donated by Grey Seas Aquatics Icecap 660 Ballast- Donated by Icecapinc.com (2) Replacement RO/DI Filters Donated by SpectraPure $25 Live Aquaria Gift Card 3-Part Reef Additives Donated by DT's Plankton (2) $50 Gift Certificates Donated by Blue Ribbon Koi Reef Additives Donated by Two Little Fishies CorAfix Donated by Two Little Fishies CorAfix Gel Donated by Two Little Fishies ReVive Coral Cleaner Donated by Two Little Fishies 3/4" SeaSwirl Donated by Sea-Swirl.com Misc. Maintenance Equipment Donated by All Glass Aquariums (6) Liquid Calcium 8oz. Donated by All Glass Aquariums (6) Essential Elements 8oz. Donated by All Glass Aquariums (6) Coral Vite 8oz. Donated by All Glass Aquariums (2) Replacement RO/DI Filters Donated by Aqua FX (2) $40 Gift Cards Donated by Atlantis Aquariums.net TBD Donated by Reef Geek.com (1) MACNA Full Conference Pass + 2 Night Stay at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Donated by CMAS-MD.org & AtlantaReefClub.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!! Mods please sticky If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask!!! -Jess

Hope to see some of you there!!!

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Purple Acro! Acropora Simplex Acropora Efflorescence Seriatopora Hystrix Aussie Acan Lord Cyphastrea Acan Bowerbanki Aussie Pink-Eyed Echinophyllia Ricordea Floridas Ricordea Yumas Goniastrea (Brain) Frogspawn Pink Pocillopora Purple Gorgonian DOOR PRIZE!! Courtesy of EXOTIC AQUATICS!!!

All the frags will be $10 each except: Acan lord $ 20 bowerbankii $ 15 Echinophyllia $ 15 Fragspawn $ 20 Florida ricordea $ 20

CMAS FRAG FEST 2008 Presented at 8870 Waltham Woods Road - Parkville, MD 21234 on Saturday February 9th at 10:30am 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. ______________________________________________________ Exotic aquatics has offered the following deals/discounts ONE DAY ONLY.... -25% off ALL MARINE FISH -200 Gallon Box of Instant ocean salt -- $35.99 ea (no per person limit) Only 1 pallet available -- First come First serve! Remember!! CMAS Members get an additional 10% off of Corals & Inverts. _______________________________________________________ DOOR PRIZE!!DOOR PRIZE!!DOOR PRIZE!! 8 Gallon Oceanic Biocube!!! Donated by 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! ALL 3 PACKAGES $125 Savings = $55 ADVANCED CORAL PACKAGE (MH Lighting) -- $35 Acropora Efflorescence -approx 20 frags Deep Purple Table -Acropora approx 30 frags Green/Gold Acropora Simplex -approx 15 frags Pink/YellowSeriatopora Hystrix (Birdsnest) -approx 30 frags INTERMEDIATE CORAL PACKAGE -- $55 RED Aussie Acan Lordhowensis -approx 15 frags BLUE-ish Aussie Acan Bowerbanki -approx 10 frags Neon Green Cyphastrea -approx 15 frags Aussie Echinophyllia -approx 20 frags BEGINNER CORAL PACKAGE (PC Lighting) -- $55 Goniastrea (Maze Brain) -approx 20 frags PURPLE GORGONIAN -approx 15 frags Ricordea Florida (various colors) -approx 12 frags Ricordea Yuma -approx 10 frags Frogspawn -approx 20 frags Pink Pocillopora -approx 50 frags Pulsing Sinularia -approx 20 frags **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.

Your plan looks very nice. I have a few mini tapetums myself. I would still be VERY afraid of not having the upper frame on that tank. It's not the height of the tank that is so important. It's the thickness of the glass that is the "make or break" factor. I think you really should re-consider going frameless on a 30 breeder. The glass is too thin for your desired end result. It's hard to justify not being safe when you have so much time, money and heart into a tank. You might want to look into glass cages rimless tanks. They have a 40 Rimless for $100 and you can have your holes drilled wherever you want for a small fee. We have a 280 from glass cages that we are very happy with. We will be ordering another frag tank for our new house in about 2 weeks. glasscages.com may be a reasonable alternative for you. Good Luck, Jess

I would say Ocellaris.

From my understanding, a collector brought in a percula that had an unusual color pattern something like the picture below. They continue to breed them and a very very small percentage end up actually being sold as picassos. Mine will continue to get darker for a bit longer. Johnny has actually been to ORA and knows the whole scoop i'm sure. Maybe he will chime in again. -Jess

Just want to update a little... Their colors are still changing! Say Hello To My Pablos! aka Picassos, aka Messed up Clowns. :D They Sleep like this in the chalice. Too Cool! Notice the WHITE Dorsal Fin That's all for now! From what I understand -- BRK is one of very few retailers getting Picasso Clowns from ORA. You'll need to speak with John or Byron in regards to getting a pair! They are totally cool fish in my opinion. Adios' Jess

You can cut the foot of the clam with scissors or a razor blade, but if you mistakenly pull the foot out, your clam will die withing 48hrs maximum. Another method is an ice cube on it's foot... Best of luck. -Jess

Just thought i'd share how fun of a person your WAMAS VP is!!! Now who couldn't laugh at these.... That's it for now, i'll have to see if I can dig up some more after our Meeting tonight.

Poker?? So i can put you out again??

Doug, I got your PM. George and I are headed up Wed Morning to get a head start.... We're planning on going to the Zoo on Thurs at some point. Definately give us a call so we can hook up.. Oh And ofcourse --- POKER & The HOTEL BAR! See You then! Really looking forward to a good time! -Jess

Submitter: Jess Farace, 90OcReef Location: Geofloors 280gal (Our tank) Camera Used: Nikon CoolPix 995? Subject: Double Sea Star

Fingerprinted the DTs Oyster eggs that we won in the Raffle. -Jess

With the water ban in effect last year on the way home from Macna, we checked some coral and TSA still sliced the bags and fingerprinted one of the items we had in there. Definately not worth bringing it on the plane in my opinion. -Jess

Ditto! Cutting the foot is very risky business! Often times, gentle, is not gentle enough! I'd leave him. -Jess

Powder browns can be very tough sometimes. You might want to check into a tomini. They are very cool tangs as well as very helpfull. They are a bristletooth tang and graze all throuhout the day on algae. Convict tangs are also a good choice. Very comical fish. Also a good grazer. -Jess image from Live Aquaria