SuncrestReef Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 We had a great turnout for the meeting at my house in August. The weather was perfect for a BBQ, and it was great to see so many friendly faces. @lewisriverfisherman was kind enough to snap some photos while I was busy grilling and giving tours of my aquarium setup. I had been stressing for weeks hoping that nothing went wrong with my tank before the meeting, but luckily everything looked healthy and happy on the big day. I even caught that look saying "Why doesn't our tank look this cool???" 🤣 The tank definitely sparked a lot of discussion on different ways to achieve success. Meanwhile, @Optimusprime3605 just stared for hours on end thinking, "How the h*ll did he fit all this stuff in the sump???" @Flashy Fins was waiting until nobody was looking so she could feed some Doritos to my clownfish. With everyone distracted by the aquarium, I was busy at the grill trying to do my best to make up for missing @badxgillen due to his foot injury. Thankfully I didn't catch the deck on fire or overcook the meat. It was quite a feast with all the delicious side dishes people brought over. I'm not sure what @pdxmonkeyboy was trying to convince @albertareef of, but Sean clearly wasn't buying it. Once I finished up at the grill, I gave some tours of my garage mixing station to a fixated audience. Here our guest speaker @danlu_gt was probably talking @Bicyclebill into swapping out his lighting for the new ReeFi Duo Extremes. The ReeFi light to the right had such a nice focused illumination into the tank without the side glare seen on the Radion to the left. Daniel gave a great detailed overview of his lights down to the component level. The ReeFi user interface is really straight forward and simple to use. The ReeFi light design was not the only work of art on display. There was also plenty of great ink art for your viewing pleasure. After the ReeFi demo, it was time for the raffle. @albertareef and I spent 10 minutes trying to levitate this raffle bag with our minds, but it just didn't happen. We had several cool raffle prizes up for grabs. @Gil&Fin was waiting in the wings to see if anyone left early so she could claim their prize to make up for the light she almost won last year. 🤣 Thanks to everyone for coming out, and all the tasty side dishes and drinks. I had a great time and really enjoyed showing off my tank. I'm so glad to be a part of this excellent reefing community! I'd like to make this BBQ meeting into an annual event. Hope to see you all again next summer! 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Vicky and I had a great time John! It's no small feat pulling off such a large party. Thank you for being such a gracious host. I hope the stags are doing well! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Thanks for the pictures John. Your home is a perfect party venue. Looks like a a great turnout and a lot of fun! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Great write up John - thank you for taking the time to do this and also being such a gracious host for the event! Everyone seemed to have a great time and there was lots of good food, conversation and reefing expertise to be had. Also a big thank you to Brandon @lewisriverfisherman for taking over the photo documentation from our injured compatriot @badxgillen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted September 15, 2019 Author Share Posted September 15, 2019 On 9/13/2019 at 7:07 AM, youcallmenny said: Vicky and I had a great time John! It's no small feat pulling off such a large party. Thank you for being such a gracious host. I hope the stags are doing well! The stags are doing well. Under the new ReeFi lights, they are showing some new growth and also seem to be changing colors a bit. They are starting to look exactly like the large stag I have growing in the center of my rock arch, so I'm wondering if they were from the same original colony. I believe I got that stag from Jeff last November when he had the mystery boxes and grab bags. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted September 15, 2019 Author Share Posted September 15, 2019 Meeting photos update: After cleaning up from the BBQ and putting away the lawn games, I couldn't find one of the yellow plastic rings from the lawn dart set. I assumed it must have ended up behind a shrub or maybe at the bottom of the pond, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Today while I was out in the yard, I looked up to watch some hawks flying overhead and I noticed something in my tree. Sure enough, it was the yellow ring from the lawn darts about 25 feet above the ground! With the help of a tall ladder and the pole from my volleyball net, I was able to get it down. 🤣 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 3 hours ago, SuncrestReef said: The stags are doing well. Under the new ReeFi lights, they are showing some new growth and also seem to be changing colors a bit. They are starting to look exactly like the large stag I have growing in the center of my rock arch, so I'm wondering if they were from the same original colony. I believe I got that stag from Jeff last November when he had the mystery boxes and grab bags. Maybe but both of those colonies came from Bert about a year and a half ago. That's hilarious about the toys in the tree! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimusprime3605 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Meeting photos update: After cleaning up from the BBQ and putting away the lawn games, I couldn't find one of the yellow plastic rings from the lawn dart set. I assumed it must have ended up behind a shrub or maybe at the bottom of the pond, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Today while I was out in the yard, I looked up to watch some hawks flying overhead and I noticed something in my tree. Sure enough, it was the yellow ring from the lawn darts about 25 feet above the ground! With the help of a tall ladder and the pole from my volleyball net, I was able to get it down. 🤣Yeah, about that....No, it wasn't me, but now that you mentioned it, I was out on your deck, I believe I was speaking to Brando at the time, when I turned and noticed a little boy throwing the ring up in the air. He threw it up a few times, and I think, his third throw, the ring got caught on a branch. He turned and looked around to see if anyone saw, but I don't think anyone did, except me.So there you have it, the mystery is solved!Sent from Atlantis 🤙 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, Optimusprime3605 said: Yeah, about that.... No, it wasn't me, but now that you mentioned it, I was out on your deck, I believe I was speaking to Brando at the time, when I turned and noticed a little boy throwing the ring up in the air. He threw it up a few times, and I think, his third throw, the ring got caught on a branch. He turned and looked around to see if anyone saw, but I don't think anyone did, except me. So there you have it, the mystery is solved! Sent from Atlantis 🤙 We've all been that little boy at some point...right? 😬🤣🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Awfully convenient alibi @Optimusprime3605! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimusprime3605 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Awfully convenient alibi @Optimusprime3605! Ahahahaha[emoji1][emoji1][emoji1]Sent from Atlantis 🤙 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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