September club meeting: Saturday, 9/26

[thefuz]

Greetings, all. Hope everyone's had a great Summer. Let's cap it off with some reef talk at Dudemeister's place!

What: September meeting
When: Saturday, September 26, 2015
Time: 1-3PM
Where: Westport (I'll send the address via PM if you reply in this thread)

For those that weren't at the annual meeting last year, here's some info about his awesome tank:

Mixed reef: 125 display, 50 gallon sump, Custom LED's, APEX, skimmer, GFO reactor, ATS
45 gallon brackish tank with some cichlids and a 4eyed fish
10 gallon tank species tank with a bumblebee spearer mantis​

Looking for volunteers on some activities. I think we discussed refractometer calibration. Let us know what other interesting subjects are out there!

 

[ca1ore]

As a CTARS member with a perfect meeting attendance record (none, zero, zilch :lol can I show up?

 

[Masedaddy]

Sure Simon!!

 

[dudemeister]

It would be great if Mel could bring some calibration fluid!

Update on the tanks-

-the big one is alive and well and looking for some suggestions on moving the sump to the basement

-gone is the brackish setup- might use the 45 bowfront as sump in the basement for the big tank

-I have my son's 8 gallon nano with some corals in it

-the bumblebee is alive and well but you hardly see him in his full glory (shame)

-added a 5 gallon tank for a little green smasher my son found hitchhiking. Smashers are more fun anyway. Maybe I'll get a goldfish for that day to see if he goes after it!

Looking forward.

 

[thefuz]

Simon - love to have you along!! I was just about to ping you on this. Look forward to hanging out with you all in a few weeks.

Hulk smash!

 

[ca1ore]

In that case, I shall plan on attending.

 

[Masedaddy]

Cool

 

[SpikeDangles]

I plan to be there

 

[peter fumo]

Count me in !!!!!

 

[ca1ore]

BTW, a while back I bought 8 chalk basslets. Figured I'd lose a few of them and end up with 5. They didn't co-operate and I still have all 8. Further, they've ended up 2" plus, which is bigger than I had expected. So, other than criticisms of my planning skills, anyone want one (or four)? Happy to provide gratis for a good home (contingent on my ability to catch them). I could bring them to the meeting.

 

[peter15]

Planning to be there.

Alan

 

[ca1ore]

Can somebody PM me the address please. My ESP skills have atrophied :lol:

 

[Masedaddy]

I need the address too

 

[peter fumo]

I haven't gotten a PM with the address yet

 

[dudemeister]

Hey all. I am at back to school night but if you pm me I will shoot you the address tomorrow. Thx

 

[dudemeister]

PM's sent. Seems like it'll be a small group but happy to host and show you my tanks.

I'll have some snacks and drinks. See you tomorrow!

 

[Masedaddy]

I'm sorry I wasn't there... I got in a fender-bender and it took forever for the police to show up

 

[peter fumo]

It was great getting together and talking about reefs thanks for the hospitality and the frag's dudemeister..... looking forward to the next one

 

[ca1ore]

Not sure if simply attending a meeting conveys official membership status (there didn't appear to be any secret handshakes), but I'd be happy to host a future meeting.

 

[SpikeDangles]

Thanks for having us Mike. Awesome reef!