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Show is this Sunday !!

12 and under are free !

Tickets are 10 dollars at the door or 5 dollars if you buy in advance :

http://www.coralfarmersmarket.com/cfmprotour_portland_2024.htm

Great guy to deal with !! Bump for some good deals. Beautiful purple monster frag!

2 hours ago, LavenderTi said:

I’m assuming you need to be present to win?

Yes you do 😊

Coral Show is this Sunday!!!
Grand prize is this Reefi Uno and mounting kit worth over 500 dollars !! This is an amazing light with great colors and par !! Many of our most successful sps growers use these lights !!

Raffle times 12:30 and 2pm
Ticket prices 
1 for $5 
5 for $20
30 for $100
All proceeds from raffle goes to our tanks for teacher program !
Supporting members get one free raffle ticket for each meeting !!

2 hours ago, relapsed_reefer said:

Looking forward to it. My wallet however is not.

I know I wasn’t going to buy anything last year because my little Nuvo 20 was full and ended up spending like 400 dollars because there were things there that I had not seen for a long time! 😂

Raffle times are 12:30 and 2 pm !! Thousands of dollars worth of prizes including these Vortechs!

(Tank sold owner sent pm to close )

Coral show is right around the corner !! Lots of great vendors !! 
We had a better turnout than the Seattle show so the vendors were excited to come back ! 
Fair warning ! I wasn’t planning on buying anything and ended up running out of cash !!

Heres the link  if you want to get tickets !!

Portland Coral Show Link
https://square.link/u/C78oQ026

25 minutes ago, Brittany said:

A Salty Venture 😜

I’m H

That’s awesome I was wondering who that was ! You will have a blast !!

That’s awesome !! What’s the name of your coral shop ? Looking forward to see you there !!

There’s a breeder in the Seattle area and interestingly the black and white clownfish from the same clutch of fish were the most aggressive.  Unless the orange and white becomes more submissive you sometimes just need to remove one of the fish and try to pair it with a smaller clownfish. Rearranging the rock is worth a try .

Show is in 2 weeks ! Last year there were some really awesome corals ! We had such a good turnout that the vendors wanted to come back !   There were high end mushrooms , zoas , gonis , sps , and Lps at amazingly good prices !!

Welcome back ! Sorry to hear about all your struggles but glad you found the passion again. 
There will be a coral show at the end of the month and the club will have a booth . Hope you can make it down ! If not there’s another one closer to you the day before.

10 hours ago, Parzifal said:

Exciting!  And just in time as I get back into the swing of things.

 

you all did an amazing job of this last year and I definitely went home with way too many frags!

Glad to see you back! 😊 And I was not planning on buying any frags as my 20 gallon was full but couldn’t help myself.

I am excited to announce the April meeting !!

Second annual Portland Coral Show!

Sunday April 28 from 11 to 4pm

Thousands of sweet frags !
 

We will be there with frags , swag and raffle prizes !!

It was a blast last year and we had a great turnout so they decided to come back ! 

I was impressed with the variety and quality of frags !

Keep coming and the show will be even bigger next year !!

http://www.coralfarmersmarket.com/cfmprotour_portland_2024.htm
 

I’m going to just miss it ! Great pictures! April is usually a good time to go to Texas it’s like summer in Portland. There’s a good chance you’re going to have clear skies.😄

This sounds like an amazing and special meeting thanks for organizing this Brittany. I’m sad I am going to miss it. I love a trip to the coast and have wanted to see your tanks. I hope others are able to participate in this wonderful opportunity.😊

I really like their products and all for reef is great! I was able to do acros in a 20 Nuvo with hand dosing. I did notice that when I had a doser for a bit it would clog the tubing .

You do have to check the individual parameters . I found my system was using more magnesium then the mixture so I had to add extra magnesium from the powder solution.   Other friends noticed good color as well. That’s a good idea to maybe just use a more dilute solution . I would be curious to see what Lou has to say. 
 

I really like Lou Ekus he doesn’t heavily push tropic marin and has a chemistry background but explains tank chemistry in a simple way. 

My purple tang has the same thing after the water dropped I assumed it was just damage due to the extreme cold but it’s been resolving .

Great seller healthy aquaculture’s nems. They survived the winter freeze and tank getting down to 50 degrees and look better than ever and split .

12 hours ago, SuncrestReef said:

That was the most "Lions fan" moment ever...Blowing a 17 point lead in a huge game. 🤕

At least there's a sign of hope for next season.

I was shocked and impressed the Lions were ahead by that much.  I was rooting for them. I think Dan Campbell is a good coach but not a great coach and that was the difference.  Sometimes you just need to kick the field goal and also realize you have a talented team and you don’t need to rely on the trick plays.

Sorry John I was pulling for them. They are like the Charlie Brown of the NFL but if my Texas Rangers can win a World Series the Lions can make it to the Super Bowl.

Seems in the end it’s always the same three or 4 teams that get there.  

1 hour ago, obrien.david.j said:

Will you sing us this song, at the club meeting Sunday?   

Would be glad to but I won’t be able to make it 😔. Happy to sing it when we see each other again!!😂 (Be careful what you wish for 🤫) 

Heres a song about corralline algae to get you through 😂

8 hours ago, half-astronaut said:

Also, what corals are named after Jawbreaker songs?

Jawbreaker is just a brand name for the types of mushroom. It has to do with the swirl coloration like the candy. They are usually discomma mushrooms and it’s simply a marketing tool. 
 

I don’t know of any jawbreaker songs but I am a big fan of Pat Benatar so I can make up a song for you on the spot .

You’re a jawbreaker

Dream maker money taker 

don’t you mess around with me 

12 hours ago, SuncrestReef said:

Posting this in Out of Bounds for obvious reasons.  

As a native of Detroit (born and raised there, moved to Oregon when I was 21), I've been a life-long Lions fan even though it typically ends in disappointment.  I honestly never thought I'd see the day that the Lions might be on the verge of a Super Bowl opportunity.  Anyone else out there feeling as excited and optimistic as I am???

Go Lions!

I don’t have strong emotions either way for the Lions.  I hope they win but I don’t think they stand a chance against the Niners but anything can happen. 
 

It actually benifitted them that they lost to the Cowboys because Greenbay was the hot team this year at the playoffs and they almost won.  I was tired of hearing about the “bad call “ . It was actually the right to call the penalty and the Cowboys have been on the wrong end of so many calls it was nice to have one go their way. Cowboys won’t make another Superbowl until Jerry Jones is no longer in charge. I didn’t think they were going this year. 
 

Jared Goff gets off his game when he gets hit and the Niners have the pass rush to do it. If Deebo Samuel is playing it won’t be close. 
 

But again anything can happen. My Texas Rangers won their first World Series so I’m rooting for the Lions to knock the smirk off of Purdy’s face !😊