May meeting

[chudly]

Never to early to start planning.(just not at my house). Who's got the guts to put this one on. You may need to reinforce your floor joists with the turnouts we've been having.


:hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: :drive: :drive: :drive:

[thecoralreef]

If someone is thinking of hosting or would like to host, please get in touch with me if you want more information. The dates are flexible and would depend on the hosts schedule.

Mike

[mpach]

Hi everyone I would be more then happy to host the may meeting if everyone would like to drive out to embro it's about 20-30 minutes from london. the date i was thinking is satuday may 31.

Thanks: Mariano:drive:

[chudly]

will have to check my chedule but i would be more than happy to come just to check out that blue throat.

love them

[nopro]

Definitley don't mind the drive. The date should be good for me just have to double check the schedule. Set up of your tank sounds nice, can't wait to see!

Chris

[Waldo88]

:drive:to Mariano's

[Fizzio]

Sounds good Mariano...will check the date out and get back to you..would be a good opportunity to check out all the fish stores in the big city of Embro..LOL

Dave

[Dewey]

Sounds like there's more reefers around here than I bargained for. Will do my best to make that meeting Mariano.
Lol.... and you guys thought Thamesford was out in the sticks. I'm beginning to think that London might be a suburb. :bwink:
Can't wait for the next meeting !
Dewey

[Dr. Zoos]

:dance::dance::dance::dance: Even my wife is excited about this one as we are in embro every weekend anyhow!!!! not that she will be at the meeting. but i prob wont be on such a tight schedual time wise. darryl and Glen, we prob wont need to car pool for this one but if yous really want to we can work something out, haha, oh and for those that will be taking hwy 2 and county road 6 to get to embro you will all get a nice look at my work:D do a search and find the "where do you work" thread and there is a pic of it there. when you cross the train tracks on county road 6 look west for a great view, haha, but dont breathe deeply and shut the air vents in the car if the wind is blowing over towards the road ;). hmmm whats on my whats list this time? anyone have any blastos? maybe an acan?

[thecoralreef]

I would prefer an earlier weekend in the month. Unfortunately I can't make that weekend as we are finally moving on the 31st. If possible an ealier weekend. I was planning on bringing a couple corals to do a fragging workshop and let members take home coral frags.

Mike

[MomentsofSanity]

I would also lean toward an earlier date like the 24th weekend as opposed to the 31st due to work and the 17th being Victoria Day weekend.

[Timbor]

Either the 24th or the 31 work for me. I will be out of province for the long weekend, so that is a no-go for me.

Tim

[mpach]

Hi everyone thanks for the reply if everyone that would like to come is ok with the weekend of the 24th thats ok with me i would like to accomadate everyone that would like to come. Dave i,ll try to find a fish store that is open for u:giggle: :giggle: .
Thanks Mariano

[reefer madness]

If May two four is on the 17th then the 24th sounds good! :confused: :thumbsup: :confused:

:thanxU: Looking forward to seeing your setup Mariano!! :woohoo:

[Dewey]

May 24th works for me. Looking forward to the coral frag session.
Free frags??? Count me in !!!
Dewey

[nelson79]

I would love to come guys...do we have to be a member first or sign up there?

[viesia]

May 24th sounds good for me too.

[MomentsofSanity]

I would love to come guys...do we have to be a member first or sign up there?

Just print off a Membership Form (http://www.maclondon.org/MACL_Membership_Form.pdf) from the website and bring it and the membership fee with you to the meeting and you're set.

You can also refer to the Membership section (http://www.maclondon.org/membership.html) of the MACL website for additional information.

Let me/us know if you have any further qustions.

Andrew

[Timbor]

Yeah, a fragging session sounds fragging awesome!

I think you would have to do a lot of fragging for everyone to get a free frag though!

[thecoralreef]

Yeah, a fragging session sounds fragging awesome!

I think you would have to do a lot of fragging for everyone to get a free frag though!

The more people we have coming out just means the more fraggin' corals we will need.

[NanoReefaholic]

Hmmm... you may need to take a stop over at Andrew's house of MASSIVE leathers.... :hihi:

[MomentsofSanity]

Hmmm... you may need to take a stop over at Andrew's house of MASSIVE leathers.... :hihi:

I have so many things that I could say at this point but I should probably just btie my tonuge and move along :D

Andrew

[NanoReefaholic]

Hmmm... you may need to take a stop over at Andrew's house of MASSIVE leathers.... :hihi:

I have so many things that I could say at this point but I should probably just btie my tonuge and move along :D

Andrew


:hysterica


Sorry guys/gals I just had to post that, just fit toooo perfectly haha. :giggle:

Is anyone going to be bringing a coral to frag up in a demo (and others have interest in getting) ? A softie demo with some spider twine may be an idea, get a coral and see a different product in action. Just an idea anyways...

I hope to make it, and get to stay for a bit this time. I won't know until closer to the date though. I hope we have another great turnout, the club is getting quite big now. :hurray:

[Dr. Zoos]

i have lots of spider thread that i would be happy to bring :D

[mpach]

HI everyone thanks for all the replys looking forward to see everyone, if someone has a Red or Orange monti cap that they would like to frag i would love a peice thanks. Well i better get to work i have a little hair alge to clean up.

[chudly]

I have a Orange monti cap that is doing really well. I need to frag it and there is a peice that i was going to frag that is about the size of the palm of your hand.
How big a peice do u need or want. I'll just bring it and we can frag it up how's that sound.

I should be abe to make the 24th as well.:thumbsup:

[mik]

Missed the last meeting (things like "Easter" and "Family" always getting in the way of my hobby),kidding of course. I'll definitely make this one. Hey Mariano, still have money left over from your trip to Portugal? Looks like you'll be buying just $5 frags, eh? See you then.

Mike

[mpach]

Hi thanks chad that will be great i,ll take what you got but i don,t what be greedy.
hi mike i have a little left, we were planning another trip to t.o in may some time if anyone would like to come. my address is 38 commissioners st embro. I,ll post it again to remind everyone when we get closer to the date thanks again everyone see u in may or at the fish stores

[MomentsofSanity]

Hey Mariano I just realized I PM'd you and you don't have enough posts to respond. If you got it you can answer through the email address on the main page of the www.maclondon.org site. Down near the bottom under recent news. If you didn't get my PM let me know and I will resend.

Andrew

[Dr. Zoos]

which side of embro is that on? the east or west? my inlaws live on st andrews, you may be very near to them.
Shane

[rayjay]

In EMBRO, anywhere is NEAR.

[Circe]

YAY!! A meeting at Mariano's ... Can't wait to see the lionfish!!! Can I bring him some lunch?? lol I think thats one the best parts of the job... your lionfish at work is a pig! And a demonstration to boot! Thats awesome! Winter Hockey will be done by then and Summer hockey is weekdays not weekends so I might even be able to drive. If I'm driving I'll have room for 3 people comfortably .. 4 if need be.. I do drive a couch on wheels.

[mpach]

Hi i live on the west side of embro, hi ray embro is 20 minutes from stratford or 15 minutes from ingersol if that helps.I will have to make sure i have lots of ghost shrimp for so u can feed him.
thanks maraino

[rayjay]

I will have to make sure i have lots of ghost shrimp for so u can feed him.

I can bring live adult brine shrimp with me to feed the lionfish if you like.

[mpach]

Hi that would be great, is it hard to grow brine shrimp, because i was going to try to grow gost shrimp but if brine shrimp is easy to grow i can do that or buy brine shrimp from you.
thanks mariano

[River]

I live on Adelaide St by Oxford right across from the Palisad so if anyone in the area needs a ride to the meeting let me know I have room for at least 4 people and I have a GPS so we won't get lost finding it.:D

Rick

[rayjay]

Growing brine shrimp is easier and much faster than growing ghost shrimp.
Ghost shrimp are like mysid shrimp, cannibalistic and slow growing. You have to separate (what a chore) the shrimp by size to keep the larger ones from eating the smaller ones, usually by week of growth. They take 3-4 months to reach adult size. There is a salt water version of the ghost shrimp available from Live Brine Shrimp, called Palaemontes Vulgaris but they too have the same characteristics.
While they do grow larger than Brine shrimp, brine shrimp reach harvestable size sooner, are not cannibalistic and are much much slower moving for fish to catch.
By growing greenwater for brine shrimp food, and using Crystal Plus water softener salt and epsom salts for making salt water, it can be very economical growing the brine shrimp.
MY RAISING ADULT BRINE SHRIMP PAGE (http:.//www.angelfire.com/ab/rayjay/brineshrimp.html)
For those than don't wish to grow adults, I can bring brine with me to the meeting along with my frags.

[gregisthegreatest]

I really need to get out to one of these meetings and join. I'm scheduled to work both days mentioned :( I would be great to meet some local people who have the same interest as me. I'm the only person I know that's into reefin'.

[nelson79]

Mariano,

May 24 is good for me...when the time comes could you pm me your address

Thank you

[shayneh]

Count me in as well......will bring my membership form and dues with me....lookin forward to fraggin good time....LOL (man I'm lame....laughing at my own jokes by myself even)

[Dewey]

Welcome Shayneh. The MACL is growing by leaps and bounds. It's always good to have another one of us from WEOL. (Way east of Adelaide)
The only concern I have is that you may be riding with that other Shane. Not sure that's a good idea. Perhaps I should drive in from Thamesford and pick you up for the next meeting. I wouldn't want you hanging around with the wrong kind of people.:bwink:

Though I must admit...Shane has been pretty well behaved lately.

Dewey

[MomentsofSanity]

Though I must admit...Shane has been pretty well behaved lately.

Dewey

We've placed him under heavy sedation for legal purposes...

[fish_gurl]

I would also like to attend.

I am in the market for some new frags as well, most of you know already but i had a tank crash recently and my new tank should be ready to stock by this point.... yey

so... anyone who has frags that i bought at the last meeting, im looking for more of em, pagoda cup, torch, frogspawn...you name it.
thanks in advance
Ruth

[reefer madness]

Hey Ruth
I have some frogspawn, hammer, riccordia (Green multi-colored and Orange/Green), pagoda, green hairy mushroom, Green Star Polyps and Yellow Polyps. I also have those test kits for you if you still want them???

LMK
Gary

[River]

Hey Ruth
I have some frogspawn, hammer, riccordia (Green multi-colored and Orange/Green), pagoda, green hairy mushroom, Green Star Polyps and Yellow Polyps. I also have those test kits for you if you still want them???

LMK
Gary

Hey Gary

If you have some Pagoda coral to sell I would like to buy it off you.

Thanks Rick

[reefer madness]

Hey Gary

If you have some Pagoda coral to sell I would like to buy it off you.

Thanks Rick

I'll bring one for you!!

[shayneh]

What colour is the pagoda??? Apparently it's an easy coral to keep.... is this true??

[nopro]

Hey Ruth
I have some frogspawn, hammer, riccordia (Green multi-colored and Orange/Green), pagoda, green hairy mushroom, Green Star Polyps and Yellow Polyps. I also have those test kits for you if you still want them???

LMK
Gary


Pics, pics, pics, please Gary, I'm interested in Riccordia and Pagoda. Let's see some pics!! :dance:

Chris

[Dr. Zoos]

Though I must admit...Shane has been pretty well behaved lately.

Dewey

We've placed him under heavy sedation for legal purposes...
I would have replied quicker but i was stuck in a corner drooling.
I think this is going tobe the first meeting that i go to WITHOUT looking for a list of coral, well ok....maybe some zoas if there are any intresting ones out there up for fragging, send me a pic and ill let ya know if it is one of the morphs i have or not. thanks. no really, seriously send me some pics. got to go now sedatives are starting to takkkke hollllllddddddd:silly::drool:

[Dewey]

I guess you were right Andrew. Those sedatives do provide a calming influence on him. We should be thankful.
Dewey

[shayneh]

I need to find a Kenya tree frag so if anyone has one let me know and the orange ricordia sounds cool....I need to get some colour other than green in the tank...... as for Shane and the sedatives...he did seem rather calm the other day and forgot I owe him $20 if we can up the dosage I am sure his entire tank can be mine for free...... (evil laugh)

[reefer madness]

What colour is the pagoda??? Apparently it's an easy coral to keep.... is this true??


Pics, pics, pics, please Gary, I'm interested in Riccordia and Pagoda. Let's see some pics!! :dance:

Here's the Pagoda:

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l102/garyebrown/lps%20coral/Pagoda.jpg

And yes they are easy to care for. I have mine on my sandbed and never target feed. They do like a fair bit of flow.

Here's a pic of the rics but it doesn't really show the color that well. They are much brighter than they appear:

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l102/garyebrown/Soft%20coral/GrOrRics.jpg

[shayneh]

I am interested in a frag of the ric as well then.....

[Circe]

Gary do you still have any of the black sun coral?? I think thats really the only thing I'm looking for .... oh and I have captured that crab I mentioned months ago... he is most definately not fish friendly but I remember someone saying they had a crab tank... he's a good looking crab deep reddish and cream bands ... honestly I like him ..... but I liked the blenny better.... grrrr. ooooh and I'd love a frag of any type of hard coral ... the halides are being replaced and I think I'm ready to try one. I know I'm ready but now I think the tanks ready :P ahh yes the crab without legs would be about toonie size. (yes without...I've mentally pulled each one off after the blenny moment)

[chudly]

.... oh and I have captured that crab I mentioned months ago... he is most definately not fish friendly but I remember someone saying they had a crab tank... he's a good looking crab deep reddish and cream bands ... honestly I like him ....

Yes Rick (River) has the crab tank going I'm sure he would be more than happy to take it offyour hands. Saw the crab tank the other day. Pretty neat stuff. It will really look cool once it gets a few more critters.

[kghowe]

Hey Gary... If you have enough, I'm down for riccordea definitely, and maybe some black suncoral if you've got some.

Anyone else with riccordia they're willing to frag? I'm definitely interested. Please let me know. Thanks!

[SaltNurEye]

I would love to get out to this months meeting and finally get to meet some of you all, but like always stuck at work. I will have to take a vacation day for the next one for sure.

I am re stocking my tank after a crash several months ago. If on an off chance there are any left over frags can you guys PM me.

Any types of frags at this point as the tank is quite bare.

Thanks all.

[Timbor]

Hey Gary... If you have enough, I'm down for riccordea definitely, and maybe some black suncoral if you've got some.

Anyone else with riccordia they're willing to frag? I'm definitely interested. Please let me know. Thanks!

I don't have any ricordea, but I did frag an orange rhodactis mushroom about 2 weeks ago. Depending on how it heals by then, I may have 1 or 2 frags of it available.

Tim

[River]

/quote]

I don't have any ricordea, but I did frag an orange rhodactis mushroom about 2 weeks ago. Depending on how it heals by then, I may have 1 or 2 frags of it available.

Tim[/quote]

I will definitely take one of those frags Tim

Rick

[Timbor]

Sounds good Rick. As long as they are healed and attached, I will have either one or two available. I cut the original into 3 pieces, so it just depends if I decide to keep one or two of them.

Here is a pic of the original a few minutes before fragging:

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/Timbor/Apr%2008/Rhodactisbefore.jpg

It was a bit more orange in the store. In my tank it turned more of a deep orange, getting close to red-orange.

Tim

[kghowe]

Let me know how it goes with healing Tim... I'll be interested for sure. Thanks!

Kevin

[nopro]

Sooo This meeting is on the 24th right???? sorry haven't been keeping up.
Hey Gary, I will take a ric off you as well if you have any left. thanks Gary

Chris

[River]

Looks real nice.:thumbsup: I will keep my fingers crossed that it will heal by the time the meeting comes around.

Rick



Sounds good Rick. As long as they are healed and attached, I will have either one or two available. I cut the original into 3 pieces, so it just depends if I decide to keep one or two of them.

Here is a pic of the original a few minutes before fragging:

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n187/Timbor/Apr%2008/Rhodactisbefore.jpg

It was a bit more orange in the store. In my tank it turned more of a deep orange, getting close to red-orange.

Tim

[Timbor]

Well,

Seeing as the meeting is only 2 weeks away, I might as well post my frag wish-list.

Right now I am looking for frags of (in order of most-wanted first):

- orange zoos
- other coloured zoos
- green monti cap
- blue/purple monti cap
- Any cool mushrooms (neat colours, patterns, frilly, etc.)
- Other easy to care for sps or lps (ie monti digitata, hammer coral, acans, etc.)

I also have about a 2" piece of green star polyps if anyone is interested in them. They aren't attached to anything, which would make them a good candidate for gluing to your back wall/overflow.

Also, if you need some chaeto, I could prune some off for ya.

Lemme know,

Tim

[River]

Well,

Seeing as the meeting is only 2 weeks away, I might as well post my frag wish-list.

Right now I am looking for frags of (in order of most-wanted first):

- orange zoos
- other coloured zoos
- green monti cap
- blue/purple monti cap
- Any cool mushrooms (neat colours, patterns, frilly, etc.)
- Other easy to care for sps or lps (ie monti digitata, hammer coral, acans, etc.)

I also have about a 2" piece of green star polyps if anyone is interested in them. They aren't attached to anything, which would make them a good candidate for gluing to your back wall/overflow.

Also, if you need some chaeto, I could prune some off for ya.

Lemme know,

Tim

I have some large pink frilly mushrooms that I'm fraging for the meeting

Rick

[tusco]

I would like to start some Zenia on my overflow now that I have finally beat the hair algae so anyone that can spare a few let me know and that frilly schroom sounds great I'd love to get one as wel Also on my wish list are an Orange Monti cap like Fizzio's.Please pm me with prices and I'll see you all at the meeting..

Mike

[chudly]

IAlso on my wish list are an Orange Monti cap like Fizzio's.Please pm me with prices and I'll see you all at the meeting..

Mike

I have lots of this stuff Mike. Very nice Orange. I'm home all week. It looks like i might not be able to make the meeting but I am working on it. You tell me what you want to spend and I will be very generous. My Monti is way to big for my tank.
It's starting to cover my clam so i need to break some off.

[Timbor]

Hey Rick,

I would be interested in the pink frilly mushrooms. Do you have any pics?

Thanks,

Tim

[River]

Hey Rick,

I would be interested in the pink frilly mushrooms. Do you have any pics?

Thanks,

Tim

I will try to get a picture tomorrow. I can't ever seem to take a good picture of things in my tank. I need to set the white balance on my camera just have to figure out how to do that first.

Rick

[Timbor]

I find if I set my camera to the "cloudy day" setting it works semi-decent. I also use the windows picture editor to do an auto-adjustment of the colours. I find it helps make the picture look more like the real thing.

If all else fails you could try and find a pic from a vendor selling the same thing.

Tim

[kghowe]

Hey Rick... Why not just go buy a Canon G7 lol. It has a preset aquarium mode that allows you to take macros of all the stuff in your aquarium without the hassle :) And honestly, what's 700 bucks when you're trying to see some 15 dollar frags lol! I'd say it's a no brainer. Head on over to Henry's tomorrow! :hurray:

[chudly]

Hey Rick... Why not just go buy a Canon G7 lol. It has a preset aquarium mode that allows you to take macros of all the stuff in your aquarium without the hassle :) And honestly, what's 700 bucks when you're trying to see some 15 dollar frags lol! I'd say it's a no brainer. Head on over to Henry's tomorrow! :hurray:


OK are you serious about this camera. i am in the market so to speak.

[MomentsofSanity]

Hey Rick... Why not just go buy a Canon G7 lol. It has a preset aquarium mode that allows you to take macros of all the stuff in your aquarium without the hassle :) And honestly, what's 700 bucks when you're trying to see some 15 dollar frags lol! I'd say it's a no brainer. Head on over to Henry's tomorrow! :hurray:


OK are you serious about this camera. i am in the market so to speak.

Read on my friend. (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/06091405_canon_g7.asp#specs)

These are the default scene settings. Sweet little toy. Might get it for Lisa's next point and shoot.

• Portrait
• Landscape
• Night Scene
• Sports
• Night Snapshot
• Kids & Pets
• Indoor
• Foliage
• Snow
• Beach
• Fireworks
• Aquarium
• Underwater

[chudly]

Hey Rick... Why not just go buy a Canon G7 lol. It has a preset aquarium mode that allows you to take macros of all the stuff in your aquarium without the hassle :) And honestly, what's 700 bucks when you're trying to see some 15 dollar frags lol! I'd say it's a no brainer. Head on over to Henry's tomorrow! :hurray:


OK are you serious about this camera. i am in the market so to speak.

Read on my friend. (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/06091405_canon_g7.asp#specs)

These are the default scene settings. Sweet little toy. Might get it for Lisa's next point and shoot.

• Portrait
• Landscape
• Night Scene
• Sports
• Night Snapshot
• Kids & Pets
• Indoor
• Foliage
• Snow
• Beach
• Fireworks
• Aquarium
• Underwater

O my god. This is seriously the camera for dummies. Sign me up, I'm off to Henry's this week. Looks like all you need to be able to do to use this camera is have fingers and be able to read. I can do both. Althought not always at the same time but i will start to practice very soon.

:hysterica

[viesia]

I have a couple of pieces of xenia left. I have some on my overflow and I don't think they like my flow. I have some plain jane discomas left pn a small rock and I have one green mushroom that I attached to a plug but I don't know if it will heal up in time. I'm looking for any sps if anyone has any (maybe some toxic green monticap..). Dave are you going and do you want to pool again as well as anyone else in the Whitehills area.

[River]

Hey Rick... Why not just go buy a Canon G7 lol. It has a preset aquarium mode that allows you to take macros of all the stuff in your aquarium without the hassle :) And honestly, what's 700 bucks when you're trying to see some 15 dollar frags lol! I'd say it's a no brainer. Head on over to Henry's tomorrow! :hurray:


OK are you serious about this camera. i am in the market so to speak.

Read on my friend. (http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/06091405_canon_g7.asp#specs)

These are the default scene settings. Sweet little toy. Might get it for Lisa's next point and shoot.

• Portrait
• Landscape
• Night Scene
• Sports
• Night Snapshot
• Kids & Pets
• Indoor
• Foliage
• Snow
• Beach
• Fireworks
• Aquarium
• Underwater

LOL My camera has the same list of settings but I'm still having trouble getting a good picture. I picked up a training video for my camera so hopefully I will figure out what I'm doing wrong. The reason I chose this camera was for the macro it had the ability to get closer than the other cameras in its price range at the time. I have the
Canon A630 8 Mega Pixels it is a great camera its me that is the problem :crazy:

[kghowe]

I have the G7 and I've managed to take some pretty excellent pictures with it. It has anti-shake too for those of us that get fumbly or aren't the stillest of the bunch. It does crazy stuff too like taking all the color our except for whatever color you choose. So say you chose "green"...it'll take the picture in black and white, yet leave everything in the photo that was green, green. It has about everything you'd want covered. I've always used G series cameras by Canon. When we switched to digital cameras, I wanted a camera made by an actual long standing camera company rather than a number of other brands out there. Aquarium mode and the macro setting combined make for good in aquarium photos imho... Check it out if you're in the market.

[Fizzio]

Not to sure if I will be there or not as I may be in Windsor helping the in-laws move that weekend..I will let you know Seth

Dave

[mark0933]

I need a stalk of Xenia if anyone has some more to spare - daycare killed that nice collection they had going (long story) and most of the LPS, so any hammers/frogspawn would be wanted too.

Mark

[viesia]

I have one more piece of xenia left so if you want it Mark I can bring it to the meeting.

[Timbor]

So, are we gonna have name tags this time?

I could probably pick some up if need be, as I live right near a Staples. Whoever is planning stuff, lemme know if you want some help with this.

Tim

[River]

I agree I think name tags are a good idea. I find it hard to remember every ones name when you are meeting a large number of people at one shot. :bfish:

[reefer madness]

I agree I think name tags are a good idea. I find it hard to remember every ones name when you are meeting a large number of people at one shot. :bfish:

I've got some plain white stickers that Yonek gave me for this purpose. I'll have them with me.

[mpach]

Hi everyone it's getting closer to the meeting so just to remind everyone my adress is 38 commissioners st w embro ont thanks and looking forward to seeing everyone. If there is anyone that could bring me a good size frag of a monti cap that would be great i have green, red, orange, purple would be great thanks Mariano

[Dewey]

Maybe I missed it, but what time does the meeting start?
Thanks,
Dewey
Glen

[mpach]

Hi if everyone starts coming at 1-1:30 would be it does not matter to me.
Thanks

[kghowe]

Hey now here's a low percentage probability...though worth a shot. Does anyone have any Cyphastrea or Ehinopora they want to sell a frag of? I'm burning up the trails looking for some a little closer than Toronto! Also still interested in any riccordia that might make it to the meeting ;)

Kevin

[MattB]

My wife and I would like to come out to the meeting. We have a 6 week old newborn, so I wanted to check if it's ok if all 3 of us come?

[nelson79]

I will be there for sure guys...I will be looking to purchase some frags aswell. Ricordea, candy canes, or sps are my preferences at the moment:bwink:

[kghowe]

I have a bunch of Colt Coral frags that are ready. I had to chop my large leather up since it bent over, got creased and could no longer stand :( Anyway these have been in the frag tank for a bit now, have attached to disks and are anywhere between 4 and 6 inches when extended. They're a nice size that won't dominate your tank right away, and yet grow quickly enough that it won't take long to get to a large size if that's what you're after.

Let me know if you want one and I'll bring them to the meeting on Saturday...

Kevin

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[shayneh]

I will be bringing about 5(possibly more) frags of my red feather kelp to the meeting saturday. I will also have 5 mounted on LR in about another month or perhaps I could bring them to the next meeting.

[rayjay]

I'll bring live adult brine shrimp, nanno greenwater, torch corals, and if anyone speaks for them, a mounted "young" coral, leather hand and leather finger corals.

[River]

I'll bring live adult brine shrimp, nanno greenwater, torch corals, and if anyone speaks for them, a mounted "young" coral, leather hand and leather finger corals.

Hi Ray put me down for a bottle of nanno green water and some Brine shrimp.
I will also take one of your torch corals.

Thanks Rick

[Timbor]

Is there anyone in the north end with whom I could hitch a ride on saturday? I live right beside masonville mall.

Tim

[SaltNurEye]

Looks like I am going to be calling in sick to work so I can finally make it out to this one (just hope no one at the meeting knows any of my bosses).

The only problem is I told my girlfriend I would give her the car so she can visit her folks.

Is there anyone in the Whitehills/Hydepark area I am able to hitch a ride with?

[mpach]

Hi matt that is ok with we will se you saturday every thing is still a go.

[kghowe]

I thought I'd check to see if anyone wants this riccordia yuma before I post it in the classified section here on AP. It's got browns, purples, and a neon green mouth.

PM or message me.

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[Dr. Zoos]

a mounted "young" coral,
what is that Ray?

[rayjay]

a mounted "young" coral,
what is that Ray?

Young coral is all I've ever seen it sold as. I've never been able to find anything on the internet to tell me a proper name, even posting a pic on RC failed to come up with info.
It's a brown polyped leathery softy that can grow on anything.

YOUNG CORAL (http://www.angelfire.com/ab/rayjay/images/young.jpg)

[River]

Is there anyone in the north end with whom I could hitch a ride on saturday? I live right beside masonville mall.

Tim

Hey Tim I'm not to far from you ( Oxford & Adelaide ) I can pick you up on Saturday
PM me and we can work out the details.

Rick

[MattB]

Hi matt that is ok with we will se you saturday every thing is still a go.

Thanks mpach. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

[reefer madness]

Hey Ray
I'll take some Nanno and BS (X4) as well.

Thanks
Gary

[MomentsofSanity]

Regrettably I won't be in attendance today. Couple things have come up that I need to get looked after before Monday and today is really the only chance I have to look after them.

If anyone wants to take a camera with them, snap some pics and send em my way it would be most appreciated as I was planning on incorporating meeting pictures into the MACL website after today. If someone can do so and let me know it would be most appreciated.

Andrew.

[Fizzio]

I won't be attending either..I have been voluntold that I have to go to Windsor to help the in-laws move..First meeting I have missed in a long time and by the sounds of things it should be a good one with many new faces in attendance..I will meet everyone next time..have a fun time and look forward to the next one

Dave

[reefer madness]

If anyone needs a map or 3:

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[Circe]

lol thats awesome Gary I was just sitting down to mapquest it myself ... yes I know its a small place but I'm sure I could get lost there regardless... and no I'm not naturally blonde under the red :P

[Timbor]

Just wanted to say thanks to Mariano for hosting the meeting. Had a great time, and enjoyed seeing your fu manchu lion!

Tim

[Dewey]

Many thanks Mariano. Your hospitality was great. Thanks also to all of you for the good discussion and socialization.
Ray...your knowledge of Phyto, etc. is incredible. Thanks for sharing.
Also, Shane and Shayne, thanks for the frags.
Dewey
Glen

[MattB]

Great to meet everyone! Thanks for sharing your home Mariano!

Looking forward to the next meeting!

[reefer madness]

Thanks Mariano! That was a very impressive looking setup and those brownies were awesome, eh Jen? :victory: :toofunny:

Welcome to all of our new members! Forgot to ask Matt and Renee how old little Miss B was, as it appears she would be our youngest member, although she looked a little bored with all the goings on! Maybe she'll warm up to us with time. :hysterica Darragh I knew I remembered you from somewhere, I remembered on the way home, it was BAs a while back. Remember to go to User CP and 'Group Memberships' to have MACL's logo added to your profile.

It was great seeing all the old guys as usual too!! :wow:One of these days everyone will make it to the meeting and are we going to have a house full!!!

One other thing I didn't get to ask everyone is to visit AP Reviews (http://www.aquariumpros.ca/reviews/index.php) and add reviews for any equipment you have, whether you like it or it is a POS. We have added a LOT of equipment so hopefully everything is there. If not PM me or you can upload it your self. It is quite easy once you do it a time or two. This should help both newbs and people wanting to upgrade.

Thanks guys and we'll see all of you and hopefully some of the others at the July BBQ!!! :bravo:

[MomentsofSanity]

Anyone get a chance to snap a few pics of the meeting? :D

[rayjay]

Anyone get a chance to snap a few pics of the meeting? :D
Whooops! Knew there was something we forgot.

Like to add my thanks Mariano, to all the others, and it's great to see relatively new tanks looking so good in just a short time. (Well, relative to how old mine are at least)
Mine never looked that good until many years later.
Don't forget that I get the lion when you tire of him in a month or so. I'm ramping up my brine shrimp production to feed him.

[nopro]

Great looking set up Mariano!! I know were my next frags are coming from!! :lolol:
You have one awesome looking lion. Ohh and an A+ on the brownies for sure.
Thank you for your great hospitality.

Chris

[mpach]

Hi everyone thanks for all the great comments on the tank and the brownies hope to see eveyone at the next meeting and at the local fish stores. I hope to have some frags for the nexted meeting, we'll see you gays and ladies around. P.S ray thanks for the brine shrimp the fish love it i wiil have to get more from you soon.

Thanks Mariano

[reefer madness]

Well, relative to how old mine are at least.
Mine never looked that good until many years later.

Did they call them aquariums back then Ray?

:toofunny: :hysterica :toofunny: :hysterica :toofunny: :thumbsup:

[shayneh]

Mariano....My deepest thanks for allowing us into your home... to everyone else thanks for all the frags..... if every meeting is like this I may need a 180g just to house all the new additions..... fyi cowries are 7.99 at big als in Kitchener and all SW additives are half off at the Pet Crazy in Woodstock.... I look forward to the next meeting and gaining more insight into this wonderfull addiction....er I mean hobby!

[MomentsofSanity]

I don't know if I'm more upset that I missed the meeting or I missed the brownies from the sound of it!!!

Thanks to Mariano for hosting and hopefully I will get another chance down the road to see his setups. Keep a few brownies aside for me just in case too will ya!!!

Andrew

[rayjay]

Well, relative to how old mine are at least.
Mine never looked that good until many years later.

Did they call them aquariums back then Ray?

:toofunny: :hysterica :toofunny: :hysterica :toofunny: :thumbsup:

Do you mean those boxes with the steel frames and putty in place of silicone?
At least they were a lot easier to repair leaks!

[Waldo88]

It sounds like everything went great again like it always does. Thanks Mariano for hosting see ya all at the BBQ...
:cheers: Les
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[Circe]

The brownies were definately AWESOME .. And your tanks are amazing Mariano!! Aaron really missed out.. I say for the BBQ we get Kimmy and Jake to work and we both go!
Thanks also to Gary yet again for some wonderful little additions to my tank.. the pagoda frag is quite content and the little frogspawn is smiling too although I think I may have forced my goby to find a new dugout now that the frogspawn is living there.... meh there are other holes in rocks I'm sure the goby will cope. ;) He's got a new coral to sit under now.

[nelson79]

Mariano thanks for your hospitality and the xenia is doing fine lol The meeting was awesome and it was great to meet all you guys...I love to see so many people with the same interests. I can't wait for the next one:D
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