WAMAS Winter (annual) Meeting - Feb. 1, 2025 - Tamara Marshall

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Event: WAMAS Winter Meeting (annual)

Saturday February 1, 2025

Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Speaker starts at 3:00 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:
1:30 Sign-in / socialize / frag sales
2:45 Club business
3:00 Speaker - Tamara Marshall

4:00 Break
4:15 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

 

Talk: “𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲: 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 & 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧”

If you’ve ever struggled with high nitrates and phosphates in your saltwater tank, this talk is for you! I’ll be diving into practical, science-backed methods to reduce excess nutrients while maintaining coral health, focusing on three key approaches:

𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: How Refugiums and Algae Turf Scrubbers naturally export excess nutrients.

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥: The role of GFO, carbon dosing, and resins in managing nutrient levels.

𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬: Utilizing both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria to process and remove waste effectively.

Water chemistry doesn’t have to be a mystery! I’ll be breaking it all down into actionable strategies that reef keepers can implement at home.

Tamara Marshall Bio: 

Tamara is a marine scientist and saltwater enthusiast with 24 years of experience in the hobby.  She has worked at prestigious institutions like the Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute and The Dallas World Aquarium and has been a featured speaker at major events such as MBI and MACNA.  Tamara holds a degree in Fish Health and Aquaculture from the University of Florida, as well as an MBA and MS in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the University of Texas at Dallas.  Her journey in the saltwater industry includes owning both a wholesale coral business and a retail saltwater fish store.  As the founder of Manta Systems, Tamara combines her deep knowledge and passion to educate and inspire the saltwater community.

 

Sponsors On Site, Selling

Coral Candy Aquaculture: @Coral Candy Aquaculture

Vendors On Site, Selling

Pacific East Aquaculture

 

Members On Site, Selling

@gws3

kris wade

 

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 + Avast food pack.  $239 value.  1 chance to win! 
• Bulk Reef Supply - 75 GPD 4 stage Value Plus RODI System.  $249 value.  1 chance to win! 
• .  1 chance to win!
• Supreme Reefs - $150 Mystery Coral Pack.  2 chances to win! Pickup at store.
• Two Little Fishies Kalk & Carbon.  1 chance to win!  1 chance to win!
• Two Little Fishies - feeder ring & misc. products.  
• Chemi-Pure Vita Chem  1 chance to win!

 

WAMAS Platinum Sponsors 

- Air, Water & Ice

- Avast Marine
- Blue Ribbon Koi
- Capital Exotic Fish

- Champion Lighting & Supply
- ChemiPure (Boyd Enterprises)

- Coral Candy Aquaculture

- Exotic Reef Creations
- Frank's Tanks

- Puddle Aquatics
- Reed Mariculture (Reef Nutrition)
- Reef eScape

- Supreme Reefs

WAMAS Banner-Only Sponsors 
- Bulk Reef Supply

- Cobalt Aquatics

- Coral Magazine
- Jellyfish Art
- Maxspect
- Two Little Fishies

 

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FYI - meeting location and time updated.

 

WAMAS Platinum Sponsor Reef Nutrition is donating three gift cards to our February 1 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.

 

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WAMAS Platinum Sponsor Avast Marine Works is donating a Plank Automatic Feeder to the Winter meeting raffle.

 

 

 Thank you Avast Marine Works for the many years of supporting the WAMAS Club - It's great to have a local manufacturer of quality reefing equipment in our area.

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Meeting Sponsor Bulk Reef Supply has donated a 75 GPD 4 stage Value Plus RODI System to the raffle.  $249 value.  1 chance to win!   Learn more about this item here: 

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/4-stage-75gpd-plus-ro-di-system-bulk-reef-supply.html

 

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Update on talk topic:

Talk: “𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲: 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 & 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧”

If you’ve ever struggled with high nitrates and phosphates in your saltwater tank, this talk is for you! I’ll be diving into practical, science-backed methods to reduce excess nutrients while maintaining coral health, focusing on three key approaches:

𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: How Refugiums and Algae Turf Scrubbers naturally export excess nutrients.

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥: The role of GFO, carbon dosing, and resins in managing nutrient levels.

𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬: Utilizing both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria to process and remove waste effectively.

Water chemistry doesn’t have to be a mystery! I’ll be breaking it all down into actionable strategies that reef keepers can implement at home.