WTMRAC March Meeting Venue!

[Mako Shark II]

WTMRAC is pleased to announce this month's meeting will be hosted by Pam Irving (Keaton's Mom!) YEA!!!


Saturday evening March 27th
6PM "“ General Session
5:30 PM "“ Officers meeting

Address:
4806 Oak Crest Cove, Arlington, 38002

Directions: Mapquest Link

The subdivision is actually in the Brunswick area, 1 mile north of Highway 70 and off of Germantown Road. (Park on the Street & walk up the driveway to not get blocked in.)

Hosted by:
Pam Irving
(901) 377-8261
(Thanks Pam!!)

AGENDA:
Welcome to New Members!!!
Membership Cards, roster updates
FRAG Swap Update
Plus other topics
(Also, bring a Frag to Swap!)

Tentative Topic: Home-made Fish food??

What about a program? Pam & Keaton once discussed making fish food at a meeting-potluck style-with folks bringing ingredients and blenders then splitting up the proceeds. Has this ever been done before??

Don't know! It may have already been done Let's talk about it..

RSVP for Headcount.
Food & Munchies will be provided.
Bring whatever you want to Drink.
B.Y.O.B. optional :beer:

See you in a couple weeks!! (Newbies Welcomed!)

:wavehand:

 

[mbreedlove]

Unfortunately, we will be flying home from Italy that Saturday and will not be able to attend, but we look forward to attending the April meeting.

Mark & Rich

 

[Mako Shark II]

I'm from Chicago.

Tighten a brother up will ya'? And bring me some authentic Pizza.

Ciao'!
:artist:

 

[Lovmenot35]

Unfortunately, we will be flying home from Italy that Saturday and will not be able to attend, but we look forward to attending the April meeting.

Mark & Rich

All I can say is pls .. Pls!!! I would love pics of anything and everywhere you guys go too!! I am so jelly hehe! to think butthead here is Italian and he hasn't even been there lmao. Have fun you guys and be safe!

 

[mbreedlove]

Hey Marty, I can bring you some, not sure if you will want in after it's been at 38000 ft for 12 1/2 hours of flying...:spin2:

 

[mbreedlove]

Darlene, why did you change your avatar? The one with your camera was very unique..

 

[verve2930]

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LOL....Darlene... I will snap you some photos...maybe this will get Jim interested in seeing his homeland... I studied art there in college and I can say he should be very proud of his heritage...

 

[Lovmenot35]

Darlene, why did you change your avatar? The one with your camera was very unique..

lmao Mark i got tierd of looking at myself so i thought i'd put penguins heheh they look much cutier... but thanks .

 

[Lovmenot35]

LOL....Darlene... I will snap you some photos...maybe this will get Jim interested in seeing his homeland... I studied art there in college and I can say he should be very proud of his heritage...

Hey Rich,,
Jim said he will go one day, Hmmm you studied art there, I would love more insite to it. Have fun with your trip and thanks in advance for the pics lol I just love building's and shapes of houses there and cobblestone street's I think you get what I mean, just to put it as a Black and White 8x10 .. Yeah I am really super Jelly lmao hahaha :artist:

 

[ducklabdad]

[QUOTE
What about a program? Pam & Keaton once discussed making fish food at a meeting-potluck style-with folks bringing ingredients and blenders then splitting up the proceeds. Has this ever been done before??
Don’t know! It may have already been done Let’s talk about it..:[/QUOTE]

Making food has been discussed in the past but has not been done since I have been a member. Sounds like a great topic to me, pros and cons of making your own food could be discussed as well.

That sounds good to me!!

 

[OneReef]

Website has now been updated with venue and info

 

[Mako Shark II]

Woot the Webmaster!

Program: D.I.Y. Food -

This is just a topic. Neither Pam, nor I have ever done this, so if somebody wants to take teh lead on this, have at it. It's just an Idea at this point. Go nuts!

 

[dolphinman213]

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i will try to be there--- i have made my own fish food( used examples from other reefers over the rc airwaves), no expert at all-- i just didn't have enough devoted time to continue to make it, plus the mrs. did'nt like the idea of flat packages of fish food in her freezer, but it is cost effective to say the least and could be very beneficial

 

[keaton]

I first started thinking about this after reading the following link on melev's reef: http://www.melevsreef.com/food.html

When I have been to Asiana Market on Mt. Moriah buying sushi ingredients (oops! Am I allowed to talk about sushi on this forum??? LOL) I have actually seen the frozen bags of "seafood" so that product is available locally.

 

[neuroslicer]

Wish it were any other weekend. Lettie and I will be in New Orleans at a scooter rally that weekend. Thanks, Pam, for hosting!

 

[Rendos]

Farmer's Market on Winchester also carries everything you need, but commercial fish food makers like Ocean Nutrition, San Francisco Bay, and Hikari use Gamma Radiation to sterilize their foods to ensure no pathogens, parasites, etc. get into your fish. How will you guys handle that aspect of it? Another thing to consider is that they also add vitamins and minerals essential to fish health. How will you guys go about getting those things?

 

[bshumake]

i will be there.

 

[Reefdiver77]

I will be there. Would it be okay if I bring a small piece of acrylic and my acrylic repair kit so someone can show me how to safely buff out acratches??
I am scared to start on my 60 gal corner acrylic tank for fear of causing more scratches. Also, I believe it was R. Rendos who made homemade fish food at the first reefclub meeting I had at my house in 2005 or 2006. I know he used an eggcrate (like we use in our tanks) as a form for the food and froze it before popping out the cubes and putting in zip lok bags. I know the raw materials were purchased at Walmart, but there were some ingredients in the mixed pack that did not need to be placed in the food.

 

[ihavtats29]

Darlene and I are not sure yet if we are comming to the meeting .. hopefully ..

 

[Mako Shark II]

Personally Speaking (and not as a WTMRAC Official), I've never done a "œHome brew" for Food before, so I can't speak to any of it; only that it has been raised as a possible discussion point for next meeting. (And it's got us talking, so it's good!)

Alternatively, WTMRAC has TRIED to garner support for a Large (Purchased) Food Order, but that met with extremely limited support, and for the life of me I can't figure out why, given the tremendous (Cost) benefits of buying-long. (Unless of course people don't have Freezer space.)

Either way, tank inhabitants need to eat, so it's a "œmake or buy" decision.

For those who wish to join me in a "œBuy", here's the Link to the San Francisco brand order. If you want "œin", drop me a PM.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1796689