Gatortailale December 24, 2023 Share December 24, 2023 In accordance with WAMAS Bylaws, the Officers announce the WAMAS Winter 2024 (Annual) Meeting - Green Acres Center (Fairfax, VA) - February 10, 2024 (Saturday) Event: WAMAS Winter 2024 Meeting (in person, not streamed) Saturday, February 10, 2024 Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Speaker starts at 3 PM) Where: Green Acres Center, 4401 Sideburn Rd., Fairfax, VA WAMAS members get in free. Guests are $5 each (paid at the door). Join WAMAS at this link. Refreshments provided by WAMAS. Note that this meeting starts a little bit later than our normal meetings. Officers and other volunteers will not have access to the facility until 1:00pm to begin setting up (we normally arrive at around 11:45am), so anyone arriving before 2:00pm may have to wait outside or may be put to work inside. Please be patient at the start because everything may not be ready at 2pm. Speaker will be Jim Graham, WAMAS member and social-media active reefer. Joe Yaiullo has a medical emergency and can't speak to us for this meeting. We'll have him back as soon as he's able! Topic: Backup Power and Disaster Preparedness Speaker Biography: Jim Graham Jim Graham is an active in socials marine aquarist with interests in emergency preparedness, lighting, and wanting to know what's inside the reefing products we use. He's also a 20 years, 16 days US Air Force retired Master Sergeant aircraft electrician turned medicine maker for the last 16 years, and a champion for budget reefing. Jim enjoys sharing inexpensive alternatives to expensive consumables and gear, but at the foundation of it all is Jim's wanting to be prepared when the bad thing happens. That means being ready for power outages, gear failure, and operator errors. Ultimately, the goal is to simply have a plan. Jim's current tank is a mixed reef IM100 EXT that's now 400+ days happy. Started with dry rock, live rock, live sand, and live media from locals and commercial sources, Jim's tank is a thriving mixed reef that has been populated with fish and coral from Day 1. The tank is lit with two GHL Mitras LX7206 fixtures with a ReeFi Uno Pro 2.0 mounted between. Water movement is provided by Jebao SDW and SLW power heads and flow through the 30 gallon Fiji Cube sump is provided by an Orlushy return pump. Protein skimmer duties are managed by a SmarterReefs roller skimmer and minor control/monitoring is overseen by a GHL Mini WiFI. Finally, dosing of kalk slurry, Captiv8 trace, sodium hydroxide, and vinegar is entrusted to a GHL Doser 2.1 standalone. Refreshments provided by WAMAS. ==>> WAMAS Elections <<== This is also our annual meeting. The offices of President, Treasurer, and Membership Director will be filled at this meeting (two year terms). Nominations are now open and thread will be posted tonight in members forum to nominate people to serve. Votes will occur in person at annual meeting. Agenda: 2:00 Sign-in / socialize / frag sales 2:45 Club business 3:00 Speaker: Jim Graham 4:00 Break, frag sales 4:30 Raffle! Directions to the Green Acres Center: Green Acres Center is next to George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. Here's a map from Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/neGSWGJ2G8APuh5k8 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. WAMAS Platinum Sponsors - Air, Water & Ice - AquaHaus - Avast Marine - Blue Ribbon Koi - Capital Aquarium - ChemiPure (Boyd Enterprises) - Coral Magazine - Exotic Reef Creations - FishnReef.com - Frank's Tanks - ICP Analysis - Maxspect - Premium Aquatics - Puddle Aquatics - Reed Mariculture (Reef Nutrition) - Reef eScape - Reef Nerd Aquatics - SaltwaterAquarium.com - Supreme Reefs WAMAS Banner-Only Sponsors - Cobalt Aquatics - Jellyfish Art - MASNA - Two Little Fishies Raffle Prizes: Grand Prize - Typhoon III Extreme, 150 gpd, five-stage RO/DI system. ($300 value) $50 Gift Certificate for Reef Nutrition products (with $40 bump-up for shipping). (2 chances to win!) $100 Gift Certificate for Reef Nutrition products (with $40 bump-up for shipping) 2 Sicce - 5000 XStream 2 Sicce - 6500 XStream Nyos fish trap Colours of the Reef - 3 volume set (donated by Ned & Anna DeLoach). Cobalt Aqua Sponge Mat ($50 value) donated by Cobalt Aquatics Cobalt nano kit, Microvue 20, $100 value, Donated by Cobalt Aquatics 2x32oz C-Balance Two-Part Dosing ($30 value) from Two Little Fishies 1 AlgaEraser, 1 Julian's Thing feeder ($70 value) from Two Little Fishies 1 VeggieMag Nori Clip, 1 AquaStik Epoxy Putty, 1 CorAffix Gel ($42 value) from Two Little Fishies $50 Gift Certificate for Livestock (2 chances to win!) from Blue Ribbon Koi Jebao PU-55 UV Sterilizer Penn Plax Battery Powered Air Pump ($40 value) from Blue Ribbon Koi (2 chances to win!) Two issue trial subscription to Coral Magazine ($20 value) from Aquatic Media Press (4 chances to win) More items posted soon. Sponsors On Site, Selling Supreme Reefs: @Supreme Reefs Blue Ribbon Koi Vendors On Site, Selling Jason Fox Signature Corals: jasonfoxsignaturecorals.com Members On Site, Selling @copps @ReefdUp @gws3 The Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society, Inc. (WAMAS) is a 501(c )3 non profit educational society dedicated to the husbandry of marine life in a captive environment. Our mission has many facets: To exchange information with one another, thus sharing our collective knowledge on successful husbandry of the animals in our care and promoting education on advanced captive husbandry practices. To promote captive propagation and exchange of ornamentals within our organization and encourage conservation both within and outside of the aquarium trade. To encourage public outreach through Internet presence and interaction with the marine aquarium trade. To further our understanding of the oceans and ocean life by providing education on the current status of the world's coral reefs and ongoing research in the scientific community regarding coral reefs. We welcome you to join us, as we try to further our understanding of the reefs and ocean life of this planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatortailale January 17 Author Share January 17 WAMAS is excited to announce that Jason Fox Signature Corals will be on site selling his aquaculture corals. You can check out his selection on his website: jasonfoxsignaturecorals.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM January 23 Share January 23 Donation for the raffle from Two Little Fishies: 2x32oz. C-Balance Two-Part Dosing ($30 Value) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM January 23 Share January 23 Also from Two Little Fishies: 1 TLF AlgaEraser 1 Julian's Thing $70 value for both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM January 23 Share January 23 Lastly, from Two Little Fishies: 1 VeggieMag Nori Clip 1 AquaStik Epoxy Putty (red) 1 CorAffix Gel $42 value for all three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatortailale January 24 Author Share January 24 Grand Prize - Typhoon III Extreme, 150 gpd, five-stage RO/DI system. ($300 value) The serious reefkeeper knows that good water quality starts with good water. A quality RO/DI system from long-time WAMAS Sponsor Air, Water & Ice provides you with the starting point you need as the foundation for building and maintaining your reef tank. Providing excellent quality at a fraction of competitor's costs for both systems and parts, in addition to excellent service and support, AWI has been a long-time WAMAS favorite, providing both for many WAMAS old-timers. AWI even provides a 10% discount code (29439) for WAMAS members and even more on club group buys! Their signature reefkeeper product is the Typhoon III Extreme, five-stage RO/DI which features a high-volume RO membrane, sediment and catalytic carbon stages, afast-flush valve, and a built-in TDS meter and alarm. It even comes with your choice of three water supply connections so you can begin to use it the day you receive it. If you're in the market for a RO/DI system, please check out Air, Water & Ice for both quality and value! Reminder that our Platinum club sponsor AWI offers WAMAS forum patrons a 10% discount when placing orders with Air, Water and Ice! Use discount code #29439. www.airwaterice.com * AWI has been a long-time sponsor of club, thanks to all who shop with our sponsors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM February 4 Share February 4 Our speaker for this meeting has changed! Joe has a medical emergency that makes him unable to be with us this Saturday, but we will still have a speaker at the meeting. We have been wanting to have Jim Graham @telegraham on WAMAS speak to the club for a while, and he was available to speak to us this Saturday. His bio has been updated in the top post. His topic will be "Backup Power and Disaster Preparedness" which is very relevant to everyone in the club. I'm excited to hear from him and to get lots of great ideas. He's inventive and has fun YouTube and Instagram channels with a bunch of examples of ways to take some of the risk out of your reefkeeping on a budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM February 5 Share February 5 Bump for more raffle prizes: $50 Gift Certificate for Livestock (2 chances to win!) from Blue Ribbon Koi Thanks Johnny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilary February 8 Share February 8 Johnny at Blue Ribbon Koi will also be bringing some Penn Plax Battery Powered Air Pumps ($40 value). Two chances to win these as well! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM February 9 Share February 9 New donation: 2 issue trial to the new Coral Magazine by Aquatic Media Press! Four chances to win. $20 value each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReefdUp February 11 Share February 11 All membership changes made in-person at the meeting yesterday (i.e., renewals, new memberships) are updated in the database. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your membership, please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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