Gatortailale December 16, 2003 December 16, 2003 The Winter Meeting of The Washington Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) will be on Saturday January 17, 2003 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. in Vienna, VA (immediately outside Washington, DC) Our featured special guest speaker is Esther Peters, Ph.D. Esther will be giving a presentaion on coral diseases. Ester is a principal scientist with Tetra Tech, Inc., an adjunct scientist with Mote Marine Laboratory, and an adjunct biology professor at George Mason University. Along with Dr. Mac, lots of frag swapping, and a great raffle, this is sure to be a meeting NOT to miss! For further information on WAMAS and the Winter Meeting, visit our web site http://www.wamas.org/ Who: W.A.M.A.S. (Washington Area Marine Aquarium Society) When: January 17, 2003 (Saturday) Time: 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (EST) Where: Knights of Columbus Vienna, Virginia Cost: Members - Free / Non-members - $6.00 [Annual Membership = $20 - Individual; $35 - Family] Agenda 2:00 - 2:30 Sign in and Socializing 2:30 - 3:00 Election results & State of the Club Address by President Michael Gerdes 3:00 - 3:30 Round robin introduction of all members and their systems 3:30 - 4:30 Esther Peters - Coral Diseases 4:30 - 5:00 Raffle 5:00 Adjourn Special guests - Ester Peters - Dr. Mac & Sons Corals Miscellaneous - Light refreshments, beer, and snacks will be provided. - Raffle prizes: coral frags; gift certificates; Directions: The hall is located at 214 Lawyers Road NW, Vienna, VA Here's a map from Mapquest The map link Please park across the street or in the Post Office parking lot. Snow Cancellation If the meeting needs to be cancelled due to the weather, the meeting will be rescheduled for the following weekend as long as the meeting hall and speaker are available. PLEASE check wamas website & BB forum page for latest news. Craig Kuhn WAMAS Membership Director
Gatortailale January 8, 2004 Author January 8, 2004 From Dr. Mac's website SPECIAL NOTICE Dr. Mac will be at the upcoming Washington Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) meeting, Saturday Jan. 17 2-5pm in Vienna, Virginia (Washington DC area). Check out www.wamas.org for directions and details. We will be bringing tons of great livestock to sell at SPECIAL LOW DISCOUNTED PRICES for club members. THIS IS THE BEST REEF CLUB IN THE US, GREAT FOLKS, bring some frags to trade, enjoy some refreshments, and discuss reef topics with some of the most experienced reefkeepers in the country!! EVERYONE is invited and welcomed at this club! SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: Ester Peters will discuss coral biology and diseases--you won't want to miss this important discussion. HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE!! Remember, Contact Mac for "must have" items and get FREE Shipping :D :D
Gatortailale January 11, 2004 Author January 11, 2004 We are going to set aside an area for Q&A for new to the hobby people. Several people will be there to personally field your individual questions. NOTE: doors open at 1:45
Gatortailale January 15, 2004 Author January 15, 2004 Send Dr. Mac your special requests via email or call him. Remember - it's FREE Shipping when you pick it up at the meeting. Here is the latest news from his website: Latest Web Site Updates: Wednesday Jan. 14: Over 100 Acropora--all colors and sizes including unreal Tables, plus dozens of Stylophora, Montipora, crazy Lobophyllia, incredible Fungia, Bird's Nest, super Gorgonians, new inverts, bunches of nice Nanos, odd Soft corals of all sorts, Ricordea coming out of my ears--lots of really great colors, big Tunicates and Pink Sea Squirts, some very nice Mushrooms, some nice LPS including Blastomussa, even a few nice zooanthid colonies including bright Oranges and Green and a nice steel blue colony. Very late night (really well into morning actually), so please be patient---pics will be posted in a couple of days--THIS STUFF IS WELL WORTH THE WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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