New to the hobby

[D&KSac]

Hey i just got into the hobby recently and am just starting to get my tank stable. Matt at Exotic told me about you guys and im interested in joining your club. How can i get involved? Sorry about this post im sure that its here somewhere there is just so many posts to sift through.

Thanks David

 

[mpoletti]

Congrats. There are a lot of great people here in Sac. Electrician??? So you do side work...Like new dedicated 20 amp circuits for tank only outlets...

Welcome to the most expensive hobby in the world.

 

[D&KSac]

thanks

thanks

yeah im finding out about the expense I dont mind to much though because im really enjoying the result.

As for the side work, yes i do side work.

 

[mpoletti]

Cool, I'll PM ya a little later. Right now, the tank is calling.

 

[funman1]

[welcome]

Hope to see more of your tank soon..

 

[Reefugee]

Welcome. You have already started being a "member" by contributing to this forum. There's a lot of great people in the club who are willing to give you free advice (even when you didn't ask for them ;-) ). Our meetings are on the third Friday of each month at the Roundtable Pizza located at 9500 Greenback Lane, Folsom, CA. The meeting starts at 7AM - but people a lot of people show up around 6:30ish to order pizza and socialize. When ordering pizza, tell them that you are with the MARS club, and they will give you 10% off. Also - some of the LFS give MARS member discount when you have a membership card.

Back to the meeting - the new BOD recently introduced a new format for the meeting. The first 30 - 45 minutes is dedicated to Q&A - which is great for newbies (and oldies). The meeting is also a great place where people sell and buy corals for dirt cheap. I strongly recommend that you make it to the meetings if possible. Once again - welcome aboard.

 

[D&KSac]

Thanks for the information! So the next meeting will be in April? Also do i need to registar on the Clubs webpage?

 

[Nu2SW]

Hello David, Great to have you around.

I am in charge of memberships. Yes, you do need to register on the web page and then at the club meeting you can find me and pay the membership fee's. $25.

Welcome to Reef Central and hopefully the club.

 

[D&KSac]

membership

membership

Thanks for replying to my post i got on the clubs webpage and registar'd today. I am really looking forward to going to the next club meeting since i just noticed that i missed this months. I tried PM'ing you this but your inbox is full

 

[Nu2SW]

LOL sorry about that I have been a busy man lately. LOts of PM's


Its all clear now. PM away!

 

[FunGuy]

Welcome to the hobby

I checked out your pics. Looks like you should have plenty of light for some cool corals.

 

[funman1]

What color bulbs are you running?
They look like 8,500 or 10,000??
Or the white balance on your cam is way off.

Good lookin tank so far too.

Did you go through the WECA program to get your Certification for Electrical?

 

[MrMikeB]

Hey David,

Welcome to the board and club! Always glad to see new faces - um, avatars?

 

[D&KSac]

No its a 14k lamp im just not that great of a photographer I accually had a few more corals in my tank than what i have now a guy at LFS told me brass plumbing fittings are ok but what he didnt know is they are comprised of a copper/zinc alloy. So my tank is just starting to recover from it,

WECA well i did 1st year and part of 2nd year other than that it was all O.J.T. Got my cert last April score an 86% on the General Journeyman Test on my first attempt.