Pictures from the Meeting!

[Emerald525]

For those of you who missed the meeting.. Thanks Matt Pedersen!

Special thanks to
Barelycuda for making this all happen and for donating the platinum clowns
Randy Reed for the reef nutrition donation. I am well stocked now!(rock2)
Nuri Fisher for the PE mysis! I just used it today!
Garrett for donating the Ponape birdnest and frag plugs
TECO for the monti cap
Great Barrier Reef, OIAB, Upscales and Westside and Coral Reef Pet Center for their gift certificates
Matt Pedersen for the books and presentation
Shane for supplying the facility at such short notice
Krux and Mohaynow for the TFT donations (thanks for bringing them to me Michael)
and all the other board members who were working behind the scenes to make this happen!
A percentage of the raffle will go to Reefer Dan's family (the fellow reefer who tragically died in an auto accident leaving his wife and newborn baby)(sad)


Matt Pedersen getting ready for the presentation. Kate trying to explain to him how in the FW world the meetings always start late!(laugh)

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That's Shane and El Presidente helping out Matt

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People slowly starting to get here before the meeting. Me hoping all the people I have coral for show up..(scary)

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First lecture nice overview Matt(clap)(clap)


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Disclaimer: We were not really given free Lightning Maroon clownfish...:p

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All you need is a bucket!

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Recommended reading for all you fish breeders!


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For those who think books are too low tech!;)


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Break between meetings Beth's coffee finally kicked in and explaning our road trip to TECO yesterday!

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These two obviously checking out the forum!(laugh)

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From the bottom to top and left Mark, Frank, Saltinfisax, Racefan

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Second presentation:

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Electrokate's basement

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Our own , Fish's fishroom

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And of course Barelycuda!

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Matt Pedersen's fish room don't worry the drink is for the fish it puts them in the mood... (laugh)

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Raffle time thanks Reef Nutrition! Your products rock! Thanks PE mysis I use these all the time!(clap)(clap) We are well stocked with food now!(rock2)

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This is a newer product called mysis feast

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Crack for tangs and apparently people too. Randy Reed and Electrokate were eating this out of the jar! I told Beth I would pay her 50 dollars to eat it but she refused!(laugh) H20dvl was all over that bet!(laugh)

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Tangs apparently go nuts for this too

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Did I mention Beth wins raffles! Here's what we won plus 5 packs of PE mysis Not bad for 60 dollars in raffle tickets. For every 20 bucks in tickets you got one mysis pack

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We won one of the books!(clap)(clap)Coralcrazy won the other one!

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Wegotjs won the platinum clown pair that everyone was going for! Congrats Jon! (clap)(clap)


This was an awesome meeting! Thanks everyone for making this happen on such short notice!

[tanktop74]

Awesome pics dear!!

Thanks again for all the donations and for everyone showing up!

This was by far one of my most favorite meetings!!!

[Barelycuda]

Kim,

Thanks for the awesome pictorial summary of the meeting. I am still stoked that we were finally able to pull it off. I have been talking to Matt for almost 1-1/2 yrs now about coming out and to be able to hang out with him all weekend was icing on the cake. He is my Fish Jordan :). I also wanted to thank Randy Reed and Nuri Fisher for the huge donations for the club's raffle today. :)

[Michael7979]

Great pictures!
Hope the ones I took come out too. I'll work on it tomorrow.

Thanks to all!!!

[Kimberlee]

Yes, thank you so much. You did a great job covering the meet.

[Michael7979]

PS- "spawning like pornstars"

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[Barelycuda]

Well in the spirit of the meeting I came home and hatched about 400 clarkii clowns :) I'll grab a few pics tomorrow. Nice hatch now off to bed cause I didn't get much sleep over the weekend. I think I was up with Matt til almost 2:00 this morning talking fish while he tweaked his fish room presentations.....

[Barelycuda]

Oh and by the way my Bangaii's spawned today also :)

[tanktop74]

Oh and by the way my Bangaii's spawned today also :)

Hmmmm, thats a lot of fish action going on!! As Matt would call it lots of "fishy porn" goin on!

Congrats on the clarkiis and best of luck with the bangaiis!

[Michael7979]

WOW Dave!!

It must have been that the fish saw Matt and knew what they needed to do!! :)

I know you'll do great with them, but I'll wish you "luck" anyways!

[Rick]

Well in the spirit of the meeting I came home and hatched about 400 clarkii clowns :) I'll grab a few pics tomorrow. Nice hatch now off to bed cause I didn't get much sleep over the weekend. I think I was up with Matt til almost 2:00 this morning talking fish while he tweaked his fish room presentations.....

I have 3 B/W's (One from you), 2 Cinnamons (also one from you), and one lonely Clarkii. (Hint, Hint) Funny thing is I mentioned to Doran on the way home that maybe you will have Clarkiis by the next Clownhouse meeting.

[CoralCrazy]

Thanks to everyone who made this meeting happen.(clap) Brought a newb with us today and he wants to try to breed bangais now. Going to spend many days reading the new book and maybe I will try to breed my lions now. Also thanks Robert for the donation of the gc. We cashed our winnings in right after the meeting on a nice dragon pipefish. This was the most informative meeting we have attended and definately got us thinking about how we are going to set up are new fish room. ( Like we need anymore tanks.(nutty)) Thanks to all who donated and now I think Kim and Beth should be banned from all raffles! (plotting)(laugh)

[reefcam]

Thanks for sharing the pics... Sounds like a tour of fish rooms is in order. Miss the meetings and wish i have a more favorable schedule to meet up with folks I haven't met before.

[Barelycuda]

Rick,

I should definitely have clarkii's ready before then. The next clownhouse meeting will be in September.

[Rick]

Rick,

I should definitely have clarkii's ready before then. The next clownhouse meeting will be in September.
Sounds great.


Here are some of the pics I took to add to the collection. I think I was able to get pictures of everyone there. If not I apologize.

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[CoralCrazy]

Thought we got out of the pictures but you got us Rick. Thanks for taking pics Rick and Kim.

[Rick]

Thought we got out of the pictures but you got us Rick. Thanks for taking pics Rick and Kim.LOL, I checked through my pics just to make sure I had both of you in one. Your welcome, I need the practice as I have a wedding to shoot here pretty quick and I'm using new equipment.

[CoralCrazy]

The wedding couple will be very happy with your photos. You take wonderful pictures.

[grassi]

Shame I wasn't there. Looks like if was a great meeting!

[Emerald525]

Rick you do take amazing pictures and were able to get me taking picture of you taking a picture LOL!

[Michael7979]

Shame I wasn't there. Looks like if was a great meeting!

I think you'll survive Alex. :)
You are traveling the world, right! ;)

[Rick]

Rick you do take amazing pictures and were able to get me taking picture of you taking a picture LOL!

Thanks, LOL, I couldn't resist getting that pic when the chance arose.

My daughter sure enjoyed the meeting. The way she was talking I wouldn't be surprised if she tried breeding fish in a couple of buckets.

[Bigjohnwoody]

Thanks for all the pictures. This is gonna have to be good enough since I wasn't able to make the meeting. I'm gonna make the May meeting in Eugene for sure. Already got the day off scheduled.

[ShaunMonahan]

Great talk, great venue! I enjoyed this - Thanks for putting it on!

[Electrokate]

Oh and by the way my Bangaii's spawned today also :)

Put me on the list to purchase offspring! Congratulations, that is so awesome...

[Electrokate]

That was a great meeting, even with a migraine. And we got donations to Reefer Dan and I sent what I made off the culture stuff plus the chunk I was already going to send to Doctors w/o Borders, which I had been procrastinating on sending. I like this idea, thinking of doing a raffle next meeting of frags for local charities helping those who have not been so lucky through the recession... might also be good to do one at some point for an organization that promotes a balanced approach to harvesting marine fish for the food and pet trade.

Awesome getting to try all these Reef Nutrition and Reed products! Have wanted to for some time. You guys should all eat that macro feast! Beats the hell out of Cheetos or fast food nutritionally...

I will probably have rotifers and copepods for anyone who wants them for at least the next year so keep that in mind if you get inspired to try breeding something. I actually did raise peppermints to settlement using 4 glass gallon jars, a green plastic rubbermaid container, a heater, 4 airstones and related hose stuff, and some yarn. Total investment about 8 bucks. I don't recommend my method as it was a PITA and only got about a dozen shrimp out of 2 months work, but it was fun.

I was asked about doing a meeting but my house is extremely small, and 50 people would probably be a lot. Maybe in summer when we can sit outside? I noticed when we were house hunting my husband seemed to most dislike any house with a large open basement suitable for a fishroom, and so I have this small one with random closets all over the place. Thus I have tanks in closets, which is great for heating their space, but not so good for visitors. Also it is poorly wired so that if you touch any lights with your shoes off you get a shock. Hoping to hire Dave to come work on that minor issue. (:

Kate

[Napzard]

Thank you for the meeting. Mr. Pedersen was a class act, the passion this man exudes is contagious. Thank you for bringing him out.

Shane, thank you for securing the location and allowing the use of the facilities.
Michael and Roy, pleasure meeting you both.
Kim, I was really trying to stay incognito in the back :) Thanks for corals.

Mr. Durr, Mr. Fisher and Mr. Reed, thank you for your donations.

Nappy

[Emerald525]

I think Kim and Beth should be banned from all raffles! (plotting)(laugh)

LOL hey now! We had a strategy.(plotting)(laugh) Besides you did pretty well yourself!
It's not me that's lucky it's Beth! I refused to touch any of the raffle tickets...(laugh)


Oh and by the way my Bangaii's spawned today also :)

That's awesome. After hearing what Matt said about them the more we can breed the better.


Thank you for the meeting. Mr. Pedersen was a class act, the passion this man exudes is contagious. Thank you for bringing him out.

Shane, thank you for securing the location and allowing the use of the facilities.
Michael and Roy, pleasure meeting you both.
Kim, I was really trying to stay incognito in the back :) Thanks for corals.

Mr. Durr, Mr. Fisher and Mr. Reed, thank you for your donations.

Nappy

Nappy I know you were trying to avoid the spotlight! (laugh)I tried to get several people when they weren't paying attention. Madmike was the only one to notice so I missed a picture of him. I think Rick got one though of you Mike!(laugh)

[racefan]

Thank you for the meeting. Mr. Pedersen was a class act, the passion this man exudes is contagious. Thank you for bringing him out.

Shane, thank you for securing the location and allowing the use of the facilities.
Michael and Roy, pleasure meeting you both.
Kim, I was really trying to stay incognito in the back :) Thanks for corals.

Mr. Durr, Mr. Fisher and Mr. Reed, thank you for your donations.

Nappy

X2, Plus it was just sooo cool being able to hang with some of the big dogs of the industry like that!

[CoralCrazy]

Dont worry Kim my primary goal was the book. And thanks to Beth I got the complete one. LOL Your more than welcome to borrow it anytime you want. The GC from OIAB was a bonus considering I put a fish on hold before the meeting.

[mpedersen]

Totally my bad on the book having missing pages - I snag those whenever I can find them and never noticed it when going through it...would've chewed out the vendor I got it from given I always by them in "Good" to "Excellent" condition - missing pages isn't in either category. David pointed it out the night before as he thumbed through them - wouldn't have brought that copy at all had I known! Thankfully they're photograph pages...the "info" in the book appeared intact!

Was a great meeting, a great facility (and great images too photogs!)- thank you all for having me come out! Again, I can't thank Reef Nutrition and Piscene Energetics enough for the contributions they made to this mini-event - I'm no paid shill...these guys make exceptional products and on top of that, they give back more to the hobby that most of you will ever know. It's definitely in your best interests to patronize these guys and use their products...good for your tanks, and good for the hobby!

Matt

[Electrokate]

He did mention one more book... Breeding the Orchid Dottyback by Martin Moe. This is the one that is a journal, and it's a fun read.
Kate

[Electrokate]

You probably know about this guy since he bred lawnmower blennies but if not check his fishroom out... scroll to the bottom. Looking at his tanks I totally redid my freshwater last week. Yes, right before you came over (:
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If you can't view that, google Slobodan Lazarevic he has a website and has been tank of the month in a couple forums.
Here is his website, and if you scroll to the bottom... now that's a fishroom! The link at the top to "aquascaping" is the freshwater side of the site.
http://www.akvaristikayu.com/Octopus%20aquascaping/Reef%20dream%20.htm
Note: Practical Fishkeeping misspelled his name.
2nd note: I am an unemployed typist, proofreader and editor. Interested in being of use to the aquarium hobby's publishing branch. Just in case you hear anything (:
Kate

[Emerald525]

Totally my bad on the book having missing pages - I snag those whenever I can find them and never noticed it when going through it...would've chewed out the vendor I got it from given I always by them in "Good" to "Excellent" condition - missing pages isn't in either category. David pointed it out the night before as he thumbed through them - wouldn't have brought that copy at all had I known! Thankfully they're photograph pages...the "info" in the book appeared intact!

Was a great meeting, a great facility (and great images too photogs!)- thank you all for having me come out! Again, I can't thank Reef Nutrition and Piscene Energetics enough for the contributions they made to this mini-event - I'm no paid shill...these guys make exceptional products and on top of that, they give back more to the hobby that most of you will ever know. It's definitely in your best interests to patronize these guys and use their products...good for your tanks, and good for the hobby!

Matt

Was great having you at the meeting Matt. No problem about the missing pages. It's still a great book and we were excited to get it. I also loved the signature. (laugh) I agree I love Reef Nutrition products and use them all the time which is why we had a majority of our tickets in that bag. I also use PE mysis all the time which is why we bought 60 dollars worth of raffle tickets to get the 3 PE mysis packs.

[mpedersen]

You probably know about this guy since he bred lawnmower blennies but if not check his fishroom out... Indeed, have seen his tanks before. Unclear as to whether he's simply spawned Lawnmowers (as a few people have) or he's actually succeeded in rearing them.