Gatortailale February 11, 2024 February 11, 2024 Event: WAMAS Spring 2024 Meeting (In-person, not streamed) Saturday, May 4, 2024 Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Speaker starts at 2:30 PM) Where: North Bethesda Middle School, 8935 Bradmoor Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817 WAMAS members get in free. Guests are $5 each (paid at the door). Join WAMAS at this link. Agenda: 1:00 Sign-in / socialize / frag sales 2:20 Club business 2:30 Speaker - Colin Foord 3:30 Break 4:00 Raffle! Directions to North Bethesda Middle School: - NOTE: The school is just inside the north edge of the beltway near Old Georgetown Road. Here's a map from Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/bKz79Y9HmQF2 Colin Foord - Marine biologist Colin Foord of Coral Morphologic Talk: Colin will take us through the multimedia art-science hybrid project Coral Morphologic he co-founded in Miami in 2007. He will talk about growing corals in the Coral Morphologic Lab, the Coral City Camera livestreaming project, the future of coral restoration, and how hobbyists can get involved. Bio: Colin Foord is a marine biologist, coral aquaculturist, artist, and filmmaker educated at the University of Miami and James Cook University in Australia. He is co-founder of marine biological art duo Coral Morphologic, through which he developed the world's first multimedia coral aquaculture studio located in the heart of Miami. It is Colin’s mission to bridge the gap between art and science by exploring corals in a relatable fashion, such that people of all ages can relate with the mystery and importance of conserving the world's tropical reefs. Beyond Miami, Colin has dived the reefs of Indonesia, Jamaica, Australia, Fiji, Cook Islands, Bahamas, Hawaii, Arabian Gulf, Colombia, Dominican Republic, and the Solomon Islands. His work has been featured by the BBC, Nat Geo Channel, AP, The New Yorker, the Miami Herald, Vice Magazine, NPR, The New York Times, and CBS Morning News. 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. Raffle Prizes: $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) The Plank Autofeeder from Avast Marine. $209 value. 1 chance to win! Bulk Reef Supply - 4 stage Value Plus RODI System. $249 value. 1 chance to win! Aqua Illuminations Nero 5 powerhead. $239 value. 1 chance to win! Supreme Reefs: $250 coral pack gift certificate. 2 chances to win! Fritz Blue RPM salt, 200G size from Exotic Reef Creations. 4 chances to win! Seaside Aquatics coral viewer. 1 chance to win! Polyp Labs coral view lens V2. 2 chances to win! Sicce XStream SDC pump. $239 value. 1 chance to win! Air Water Ice TDS meter (3 chances to win!) Two issue trial subscription to Coral Magazine ($20 value) from Aquatic Media Press (4 chances to win) Frank's Tanks - F-Aiptasia Killer. 5 chances to win! Aquaforest AF Perfect Water 5g jug. 1 chance to win! ESV - Nitrate 32oz. 1 chance to win! $50 livestock Gift Certificate from Blue Ribbon Koi. 3 chances to win!! A Reef Boxx II from Puddle Aquatics with free shipping ($135 value)! Coral Candy Aquaculture frags: TCK Flametip Gonipora 20+ heads; Glitterbomb Gonipora 10+heads: 5pc Zoa Pack Rainbow Yodas, Utter Chaos, purple monsters, sonic Flares and exosphere Sponsors On Site, Selling Capital Exotic Fish: @CapitalExoticFish Supreme Reefs: @Supreme Reefs Vendors On Site, Selling Jason Fox Signature Corals: jasonfoxsignaturecorals.com Coveys Coral Cove: https://www.coveyscoralcove.com/ Members On Site, Selling @gws3 @Mr.Chalice Scorpion Corals WAMAS Platinum Sponsors - Air, Water & Ice - AquaHaus - Avast Marine - Blue Ribbon Koi - Capital Exotic Fish - ChemiPure (Boyd Enterprises) - Coral Candy Aquaculture - Coral Magazine - Exotic Reef Creations - Frank's Tanks - Fishnreef.com - ICP Analysis - Maxspect - Puddle Aquatics - Reed Mariculture (Reef Nutrition) - Reef eScape - Reef Nerd Aquatics - SaltwaterAquarium.com - Supreme Reefs WAMAS Banner-Only Sponsors - Bulk Reef Supply - Cobalt Aquatics - Jellyfish Art - MASNA - Two Little Fishies
Gatortailale February 26, 2024 Author February 26, 2024 May the Fourth be with you, always. Hope to see you there.
Gatortailale March 8, 2024 Author March 8, 2024 Help us spread the word. Feel free to share the photos with friends and on your social media. * Any graphic artist in the community please contact me or an officer if you can help the club develop more meeting media items.
Gatortailale April 8, 2024 Author April 8, 2024 WAMAS Platinum Sponsor Reef Nutrition is donating three gift cards to our May 4 Spring Meeting: $100 Gift Certificate for Reef Nutrition products (with $40 bump-up for shipping) 50 Gift Certificate for Reef Nutrition products (with $40 bump-up for shipping). (2 chances to win!) Thanks Reef Nutrition for your continued support of the WAMAS Club.
Gatortailale April 11, 2024 Author April 11, 2024 WAMAS Meeting Sponsor Bulk Reef Supply is donating a 4 Stage Value Plus RODI System. Thank you BRS for your support of the WAMAS Club!
Gatortailale April 11, 2024 Author April 11, 2024 WAMAS Platinum Sponsor Avast Marine Works is donating a Plank Automatic Feeder to the May meeting raffle. Thank you Avast Marine Works for the many years of supporting the WAMAS Club - It's great to have a local manufacture of quality reefing equipment in our area.
Gatortailale April 22, 2024 Author April 22, 2024 Prize list updated. Hope to see everyone at the meeting.
Gatortailale April 25, 2024 Author April 25, 2024 Mast prize list update above. Below are some of the recent additions. Thank you to all our sponsors. Please be sure to support our sponsors, and if you win, follow up and let them know you appreciate their donation to support the club. Aqua Illuminations Nero 5 powerhead from WAMAS. $239 value. 1 chance to win! Supreme Reefs - coral frags. Fritz Blue RPM salt, 200G size from Exotic Reef Creations. 4 chances to win! Sicce XStream SDC pump. $249 vlue. 1 chance to win! $50 livestock Gift Certificate from Blue Ribbon Koi. 3 chances to win!! Nero 5 XStream SDC
Gatortailale April 26, 2024 Author April 26, 2024 Coveys Coral Cove - out of Bloomsburg, PA, will be on site selling. Thank you to all the coral vendors coming out to help make the meeting great. Sponsors On Site, Selling Capital Exotic Fish: @CapitalExoticFish Supreme Reefs: @Supreme Reefs Vendors On Site, Selling Jason Fox Signature Corals: jasonfoxsignaturecorals.com Coveys Coral Cove: https://www.coveyscoralcove.com/ Members On Site, Selling @gws3 r.Chalice
Gatortailale May 1, 2024 Author May 1, 2024 New Platinum Sponsor Coral Candy Aquaculture is donating 7 corals to the raffle: Thank you Coral Candy Aquaculture for your support. -Glitterbomb Gonipora 10+heads -TCK Flametip Gonipora 20+ heads -5pc Zoa Pack Rainbow Yodas, Utter Chaos, purple monsters, sonic Flares and exosphere
Gatortailale May 1, 2024 Author May 1, 2024 WAMAS Platinum Sponsor Puddle Aquatics is donating a Reef Boxx II to the Spring meeting raffle (with free shipping ($135 value)! You can learn more about the Reef Boxx and puddle aquatics at their website: https://puddleaquatics.com/ Thank you Puddle Aquatics for your support of the Club! The Reef Boxx is a patent pending automatic backup switch that allows users to connect battery backup in many different configurations. Its what will save your fish in a power outage and is a dream come true for the DIY aquarium keeper. you simply plug in your power brick a battery source of your choosing and then the pump that you wish to back up and thats it. When the power goes out the Reef Boxx will automatically switch over to battery power and when the power comes back on it will automatically switch back. You can even charge your phone while the power is out.
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