November Meeting (& Pizza Party) Announcement

[McBeck]

WHAT: Reef Chemistry Discussion & Pizza Party!!

WHEN: 10:00am Sat November 11, 2006
WHERE: Nichols Community Center
515 East "D" Street
Belleville, IL 62220
(618) 277-9785

PIZZA: Tom Gibbons
701 Bristow Street
Belleville, Il 62221

Our November meeting will be a wonderful discussion concentrating on reef chemistry. Immediately following the discussion, we will head over to Tom Gibbons' house for pizza and an informal tank tour. Tom is currently running a 200 gallon in-wall tank. This is a great opportunity to check out the Solar Tube Tom uses to light his tank.

We are fortunate to have Dwayne Lowry as our guest speaker. Dwayne holds a Bachelors degree in ecology with minors in chemistry and math from SIUE, and a Masters in Environmental Science from SIUE. Additionally, he earned an MBA from UMSL.

Dwayne's "real job" is the Operations Supervisor-Productions (in charge of Granite City and East St. Louis treatment plants) with the Illinois American Water Company. Additionally, he has over 20 years of hobby experience and works part-time weekends with Marine Solutions.

His professional and hobby-related knowledge will help us shed some light on:

1) Common Problems/Solutions
2) Frequently asked questions (from store customers)
3) Common mistakes
4) Tips and tricks that can make a difference

Newbies and experienced hobbyists alike can benefit from this exchange. We welcome your questions and your knowledge and we look forward to seeing you!

Thanks,
Brad, Becky & Tom

 

[StupidsReef]

Hmmmm, Interesting indeed.

 

[thatguy]

Will there be a frag swap?

I have some stuff to donate.

 

[Shooter7]

Better post what you've got now and see if anyone's interested. I have someone picking up a frag from me that day (I think......Lisa? ). Rather than dragging a bunch of stuff there that day not knowing if anyone wants it or not.

 

[thatguy]

My bad, mistyped.

I meant to ask if there would be a frag raffle.

 

[saltyunderground]

Start a thread asking if anyone wants to frag swap. My car pool thread sure died fast. Maybe is was my witty IL comments?

Dave, I thought our deal is a secret. Doh!

 

[Shooter7]

Well, it is, sort of. No details given on the what and the when.

Who else would want a heart-shaped bunch of GSP's?.... oops

 

[saltyunderground]

Oh, the rare heart shaped GSPs. What do those cost again? I forgot what we agreed to since it's been so long. Remind me so I can bring cash.

 

[Shooter7]

Yanno...there is an idea here. Doc Roy, with the superman coral...get some small, heart-shaped coral plugs and grow your superman frags on them. Sell them near Valentine's Day for the significant others of reefers to buy for them.

(I expect a cut of the profits for sharing the idea )

 

[McBeck]

Yes, we can do a frag raffle. Thank you very much for offering to donate some frags! :thumbsup:

 

[DrBDC]

Hope there's a good turnout this morning. I'm not feeling too well but I wish I could have made it. Lets hear about it when you all get back.

 

[Kathy55g]

great meeting. Top Notch presentation: Thanks Dwayne!
Pizza and tank tour was great too.

 

[saltyunderground]

I learned several things and was reminded about several I had forgetten. Thanks Dwayne! Nice job!

Thanks Tom! Nice pizza!

 

[DrBDC]

Let's have some notes.

 

[Shooter7]

hmmm....I wonder if any of the presentation would be linked through the SEASL website at all? I took a few notes for myself, but they were mainly just some stuff that I either didn't know much about or wanted some refresher notes on, or just simply applied to my particular issues. Interesting personal notes like running the reef temp lower to increase the level of oxygen that the tank holds on a day to day period, as it relates to the potential of a power failure and how much oxygen the tank would already have in it if that would happen. Helpful to already have a better amount of oxygen already in there if you lost power. He runs his tank at 76 degrees. I saw someone later with a handout of all the screen shots, so that's why I'm wondering if the whole presentation might be made available somehow. Sorry you couldn't make it Roy. Fade and I talked about you a little, though, so it was almost like you were there. :lol:

 

[DrBDC]

My ears were ringing and I thought it was my sinus'.

 

[DrBDC]

I personally would rather keep my tank at normal and optimal temps for most reef invertebrates (81-83) and buy a generator but that's just me.

 

[kpc01]

I have a copy of the notes he had....I could probably get you a copy if you wanted one Doc.

Kelly

 

[Shooter7]

Actually, his comment was that in his experience when diving reefs, he would check his equipment and it would most often record a temp of 76. So, that would be a temp he would consider most "normal". As I understand it, he's been running his tank at this temp for quite some time.

And I think it was also for the better oxygenation of the tank full time, the helpfulness in a power outage was just a bonus.

 

[DrBDC]

Pg. 15 Reef Invertebrates by Dr. Ron Shimek:

"Most coral reefs have temperatures that range between 78F and 86F. The average temperature of about on thousand coral reefs spread throughout the world is about 81F. Virtually all coral reef animals will do best within this range, and I consider the temperature of 81F to 84F as the optimal and normal temperature to maintain all reef animals. "