A formal club has been tried a couple times, but nothing has really worked out. Most of the reefers in the area seem to like to get together a few times a year and trade their stuff, but an organized club has never really worked. Low membership is usually the problem as there aren't many reefers who are willing to come once a month to a meeting. I have always thought a little more structure would be a good thing, but the problem is that we need someone who is willing to put in the time and effort to do it right. Most clubs have very experienced reefers at the top and people come to learn and get things from them. One problem is that there just aren't that many of those kind of people around. When Scott was more active he was a good person, Vince is another very experienced reefer, Zoakeeper and Adamsky are a couple more. If you could get Vince, Adam, Dave and Scott going it would probably be a successful thing. But I know Scott was a member of a club a few years back and what ended up happening is it was the same half dozen guys at every meeting. A large membership would be the first priority and what attracts people to the meets is cheap coral. There just aren't enough people who can frag their stuff often to support a large number of members. 10 experienced members who could frag stuff often would allow enough coral to be brought to meetings to attract people, but there aren't that many. Dave/Adam, Scott and I are the only serious SPS keepers and Vince has us all beat, but he owns a store, so he isn't going to sell his stuff super cheap as he is looking to make a little profit. Scott tore down his 110 and now has a tiny SPS nano, it has amazing growth and color, but it just couldn't be fragged super often. Adam/dave have a 110 that has some huge stuff, but it would be spread around quickly and then nobody would come for their stuff. My SPS are all too small to be fragged often, so you just don't have enough experienced reefers to support a club. The majority of a club is going to be inexperienced, so you need a good strong leadership to guide them and give them incentive to come (cheap coral).
