AlanM September 11, 2018 Share September 11, 2018 Saturday, October 20, 2018 Time: 1:00 P.M. - 5:15 P.M. (Speaker starts at 3 PM)Where: North Bethesda Middle School8935 Bradmoor DrBethesda, MD 20817 WAMAS members get in free. Guests are $5 each (paid at the door). Refreshments provided by WAMAS. Speaker: Bob Fenner Topic: Anemones in Marine Aquariums: Flowers of the sea? Hardly. Most anemones are marine; but they are definitely animals, just a step or two up from the "tissue-grade" life that is the sponges, phylum Porifera. Try imagining a reef system, photograph, television show, fish store without anemones. Hard to do, isn't it? Anemones are seemingly ubiquitous fixtures in all these. The trade in these stinging-celled animals is brisk, and well it should be; many species are reasonably available and hardy, undemanding aquarium fare. This presentation offers an overview of aquatic life natural history, and captive care. Many species of Anemones can make hardy specimens given proper collection, treatment and selection (by you). They have remarkable, interesting biologies. Know though that the vast majority of specimens aquarists try only live days to a few weeks... Why? Largely due to the trauma of collection, holding, shipping practices before they get them... and secondarily due to factors such as a lack of light, inappropriate feeding, being placed in poor water quality, with incompatible livestock... Much to know before one buys. Here we'll review how to select more suitable species, better specimens, and provide suitable care for their successful husbandry. Agenda: 1:00 - 2:50 Sign-in / socialize / frag sales2:50 - 3:00 Club business3:00 - 4:15 Speaker: Bob Fenner4:15 - 4:30 Break4:45 - 5:15 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/bKz79Y9HmQF2Special 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- Avast Marine- Blue Ribbon Koi- Capital Aquarium- ChemiPure (Boyd Enterprises)- Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture- Exotic Reef Creations- FishnReef.com - LRS Reef Frenzy- Marine Depot- MASNA- Pimped Out Aquariums- Premium Aquatics- Pure Reef Systems- Reed Mariculture (Reef Nutrition)- Reef eScape - Reef2Rainforest Media (Coral Magazine)- SaltwaterAquarium.com - Supreme ReefsWAMAS Banner-Only Sponsors - Cobalt Aquatics- Coralvue- Jellyfish Art- Live Aquaria- Spectrapure- Two Little Fishies Raffle Prizes - Large colonies of Galaxea from Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture. Seven chances to win! - 1 year subscription to Coral Magazine, courtesy of Reef to Rainforest Media, publishers of Coral Magazine (Reef2Rainforest Media (Coral Magazine)). - $50 gift certificate from Avast Marine. Two chances to win. - MJ Mini 606 adjustable mini pump (159 gph) donated by Cobalt Aquatics. Two chances to win. - MJ Mini 404 adjustable mini pump (106 gph) donated by Cobalt Aquatics. Two chances to win. - One year supply (12 packets) of Chemipure Blue Nano donated by ChemiPure (Boyd Enterprises) - One massive, Grande Chemipure Blue (44 ounce) all-in-one filter media in a nylon bag donated by ChemiPure (Boyd Enterprises) - Neptune Systems Apex Breakout Box donated by SaltwaterAquarium.com. Two chances to win. - ATI Professional ICP-OES Water Analysis Kit donated by SaltwaterAquarium.com. - AquamedicWaterTesting.com Water Analysis Kit donated by SaltwaterAquarium.com. - Box of salt (2 chances to win) - From Exotic Reef Creations - $25 gift certificate from Premium Aquatics. Five chances to win. - Mixed frag pack with 20 corals from FishnReef.com - Reef Nutrition: Samplers of their bottled reef food products! (2 chances to win!)- Reef Nutrition: Chroma Boost pellets (three 3-ounce bags raffled together) - $50 gift certificate from Marine Depot. Two chances to win! - Rock Flower Anemone donated by WAMAS member gws3. Five chances to win! - Passes to MACNA 2019 in Orlando, FL from MASNA. Two Chances to win! - Jellyfish Art Nano cylinder from Jellyfish Art - more to be announced Get Free Raffle Tickets!We have a "bring your receipts" program where if you bought stuff from one of our sponsors since the last meeting you can bring your receipts to the check-in desk to get one free raffle ticket for every $25 that you spent at a sponsor. We don't need to keep the receipts, but would like to see them in hardcopy form (not on your phone because it takes too long) to give you the free tickets. Sponsors on-site: Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture FishnReef.com Watch this space for more information to be made available as it arrives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilary October 3, 2018 Share October 3, 2018 Check out the new raffle items! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM October 7, 2018 Author Share October 7, 2018 Door prizes: Books by Bob Fenner. Get them signed by Bob after the meeting! 5 chances to win: Two copies of "Anemone Success" One set of Bob's nano aquarium series. One copy of "Angelfishes for Marine Aquariums" One copy (not pictured) of "The Conscientious Marine Aquarist," the book that many of us used to get in to the hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM October 12, 2018 Author Share October 12, 2018 New raffle prize: Jellyfish Art Nano cylinder! Donated by JellyfishArt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 13, 2018 Share October 13, 2018 Marine Depot donated two $50 gift certificates to the raffle. Thank you, Marine Depot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami October 15, 2018 Share October 15, 2018 One of our members, Graham S. (aka gws3) is donating 5 rock flower anemones to the raffle. That's five chances to win! Thanks, Graham! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM October 16, 2018 Author Share October 16, 2018 New Donation from MASNA: Two passes to MACNA 2019 in Orlando! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanM October 20, 2018 Author Share October 20, 2018 Bump for the meeting tomorrow. We're getting the raffle prizes gathered up now. See everyone tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 May 8, 2020 Share May 8, 2020 For those of you that hadn't heard yet, Bob Fenner passed away yesterday in his sleep. The aquarium hobby will miss him as will those who had the pleasure of meeting him and calling him friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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