Origami September 16, 2015 Share September 16, 2015 Saturday, October 17, 2015 Time: 1:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.Where: North Bethesda Middle School8935 Bradmoor DrBethesda, MD 20817 Speaker: John "Copps" CoppolinoTopic: Building an SPS Monster - extended discussion with Q&A Agenda1:00 - 2:40 Sign-in / socialize2:40 - 3:00 Club business / MACNA 2015 Report / Speaker Introduction3:00 - 4:30 Speaker: John Coppolino 4:30 - 4:50 Break4:50 - 5:30 Raffle!Miscellaneous- food & drinks provided "Building an SPS Monster - Extended Discussion with Q&A" Home display aquariums over 1,000 gallons are a rare sight, with reef displays of that size being rarer still. Home SPS displays in this realm are almost unheard of. This presentation shows my journey building my "Forever Tank" in the "Forever Home" my wife and I recently built, using my 25+ years of experience in the hobby. This system includes a 1300 gallon SPS display, 240 gallon anemone/soft coral display and two six foot frag/off display tanks and totals nearly 2,000 gallons. Also built into my home are a large fish only display, many fish QT systems, a separate coral QT system, and a water makeup system that includes vats to store makeup water plumbed throughout the ground level of our home. Live vicariously through me, and perhaps learn some pointers you could use on any size system you might be designing. About John Coppolino John’s innate passion for aquariums was nurtured growing up on an island on a lake in Northern New Jersey with a fish loving father and a mother allergic to everything with fur and feathers! A saltwater hobbyist now over twenty five years since age 11, John began working at a large regional aquarium store as soon as he obtained working papers in high school, resulting in a house full of tanks before going off to college. In college he went on to study reefs in Bermuda, the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador where he lived (and met his wife!) for about two years after obtaining his B.S. in biology. John now lives in Northern Virginia with his wonderfully supportive wife and two young children, and keeps about 2500 gallons of saltwater aquariums, most being reefs. In addition to publishing articles and speaking at conferences, including three past MACNAs, John has spoken to reef clubs in over twenty states. His systems have been featured in publications in Asia, Europe, and the United States. These include the book “The Coral Reef Aquarium” by Tony Vargas, which profiles two of his systems, including a 10 gallon “kitchen nano” from over ten years ago, and his SPS system he recently moved. John is also one of just two people to have received the prestigious Reef Central Tank of the Month for two different systems (September ’04 and January ’11), where he is known by his username and childhood nickname, Copps. In the summer of 2013 John started building his largest system yet, with a 1300 gallon SPS display, a 240 gallon anemone display and two six foot frag tanks that are installed in the “forever home” he and his wife recently had built. In addition to his reefkeeping at home, John travels yearly with work to Hawaii and Guam, where most free time is spent underwater. 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 Mapquesthttp://mapq.st/1gpNq92Special 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 Gold Sponsors - Air, Water & Ice- Avast Marine- Blue Ribbon Koi- Exotic Reef Creations- Pimped Out Aquariums- Reef eScape - SaltwaterAquarium.comWAMAS Silver Sponsors- Artfully Acrylic & Incredible Corals- Charm City Corals- Cobalt Aquatics - Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture- Eshopps- FishnReef.com- LRS Reef Frenzy- The Marine Scene- Premium Aquatics- Reed Mariculture (Reef Nutrition)- Quantum Reefs- Reed Mariculture - Supreme Reefs* Save your receipts from our sponsors and get raffle prize tickets Vendors on site: Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture WAMAS Members selling/trading (table display)Copps DaveS Paul Mr. Chalice Raffle Items include: Premium Aquatics Gift Certificates Charm City Corals Gift Certificates Two (!) All-in-One tanks from Artfully Acrylic Sump from Pimped Out Aquariums Food assortment from Reef Nutrition Corals from Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture AquaFuge sump and refugium with light from The Marine Scene Corals from Supreme Reefs Supreme Reefs Gift Certificates Flake food, a heater, and a prop pump from Cobalt Aquatics Frozen food from LRS Reef Frenzy SaltwaterAquarium.com Gift Certificates 16 GB (black) iPad (lightly used from MACNA) More coming! Stay tuned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 6, 2015 Author Share October 6, 2015 Added some raffle items that have been promised by various sponsors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 13, 2015 Author Share October 13, 2015 Bump. Just added a lightly used 16 GB black iPad from MACNA to the raffle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 13, 2015 Author Share October 13, 2015 Sponsors and members that will be setting up a tank: If you'd like to set up a tank at the meeting for frag sales and have not yet already coordinated with me, please do so by sending me a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 13, 2015 Author Share October 13, 2015 Added a few members to the list of people setting up frag tanks at the meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 14, 2015 Author Share October 14, 2015 Details of the All-in-One tanks being built and donated by Artfully Acrylic for this Saturday's raffle can be found here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 16, 2015 Author Share October 16, 2015 Many thanks to Larry's Reef Services (maker of LRS Reef Frenzy foods) for these donations to tomorrow's meeting! Five 4-oz packages of LRS Reef Frenzy NanoThree 8-oz packages of LRS Herbivore Frenzy Three 8-oz packages of LRS Reef Frenzy Three 8-oz packages of LRS Fish Frenzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 October 16, 2015 Share October 16, 2015 I also have a few items left over from the MACNA raffle including: A bucket of reef crystals 2 V2O fine point coral feeders Chemipure All in one filter media packs And BRK (Blue Ribbon Koi) has donated a lot of different Thrive products! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 16, 2015 Author Share October 16, 2015 From Cobalt Aquatics for the raffle!Six 8-oz canisters of Cobalt Marine Omni flakesOne 150W Neo-Therm HeaterOne Neo-Flow 10,000 adjustable flow DC prop pumpSent from my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 16, 2015 Author Share October 16, 2015 We have a lot of stuff in tomorrow's raffle. Thank our super-generous sponsors! See you tomorrow. (From above) Premium Aquatics Gift Certificates Charm City Corals Gift Certificates Two (!) All-in-One tanks from Artfully Acrylic Sump from Pimped Out Aquariums Food assortment from Reef Nutrition Corals from Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture AquaFuge sump and refugium with light from The Marine Scene Corals from Supreme Reefs Supreme Reefs Gift Certificates Flake food, a heater, and a prop pump from Cobalt Aquatics Frozen food from LRS Reef Frenzy SaltwaterAquarium.com Gift Certificates 16 GB (black) iPad (lightly used from MACNA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueTricia October 18, 2015 Share October 18, 2015 Great meeting and great talk by Copps! Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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