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• 10% off all items
  

We are in the works of finding a location for our new store.

Sacramento, CA 95834 USA

(616) 299 - 6513

Please note the following updates at the top of this thread:

The price on ARC SeaWorld t-shirts is $18, and is the dri-fit wicking material. Available for order here.

*** Update 6/5/2012 ***

Please note there have been some changes to the cost/structure of admittance. Our contact, Ray, has done his best to get the club the best deal possible, but due to some mis-communications the following changes have been made. Please note that SeaWorld has further discounted the admission and tour costs to try and offset the required lunch. This is still an excellent deal!

• Admission cost has been lowered to $18 per person but does require the purchase of the lunch plan ($12.99), so admission with lunch is $30.99. Compare this to the normal gate price of $49.99 per person.
  
• Tour cost has been lowered to $12 per person.
  

If you have already pre-paid for your tickets you will need to pay (or be refunded) the difference. Please contact me if that is the case and we will make arrangements to do so. Anyone who pre-paid who wishes to change their mind is eligible for a full refund.

The last day to purchase tickets will be midnight, Friday June 15th. If you miss that deadline you will still be able to attend the tour for $12, but will have to arrange your own park admission.

Tickets should be available for pickup on Thurs, June 28th around 6:30pm at either River City Aquatics or the Austin Aqua-Dome. You'll need to let us know which location you intend to pick up at.

You should put them in a Burger King bag since your at McDonalds! LMAO j/k bro. Hope your tank is doing good with those new AI lights.

And just when I think I'm the only sarcastic one around here.

I'd like to take a moment to welcome our newest Professional Member, North Austin Pet Sitting. They are a small pet care business run by Kari and Dustin (you know Dustin as Reefernoob). I'll let them tell you in their own words what they do.

Helloo Reefers!

North Austin Pet Sitting offers your pets top of the line care while you are away! Whether you’ve planned a trip for vacation, have to go out of town on business, or just need someone to exercise your pets, we’ve got you covered! Take a look at what we have to offer you here or feel free to call us at (512)-925-9425. We would love to discuss any way we can help make your time away from home much easier for you and your pets! We are experts in making sure your pet feels comfortable in our presence, giving us prime opportunity to spoil and love them as much as you would!

Reef keepers should have no doubt that we are capable of the basic maintenance of their most prized tanks! Not only have I set up my own tanks for personal use, I ran the aquatics department at Petco for a year and I have literally handled every issue imaginable with nearly every size tank imaginable!

Sincerely,

Kari and Dustin

NorthAustinPetSitting.com

512-925-9425

North Austin Pet Sitting is offering a 5% discount to ARC Premium Members and provides a great option for sometime to watch your critters (furred or finned) when you can't be at home.

Welcome aboard, guys!

I will be headed to aquatek tomorrow afternoon. I will be there meeting some people between 4:30 and 5:15 pm.

Shawn, not to pick on you but this is a good chance to mention that it is discouraged to do frag swaps at Sponsor and Local Fish Store (LFS) locations unless they have specifically said it is ok. We have received complaints before from sponsors stating that they don't appreciate sales going on in their parking lots and definitely not within their stores.

Since the 75 has the same footprint as a 90g, I'd go with the 90.

Sounds like a sponsorship call is in order....

They're all over amazon.com for about $15. Prime shipping, baby!

My wife and I have been talking about getting certified as well. Diving the Barrier Reef on our honeymoon gave us the bug. Maybe we could do a club group training?

Mike, have you used it alread? If so, your thoughts? Also, some reviews suggest swapping out the spark plug, have you? Any other advice in regard to this generator? Btw, I'm happy to add mine to the available equipment for premium members. I could be north resource for it, and you could be south.

I read the same thing about the spark plug. I've actually never started it (I know I should). I got it when we had a brownout last year in anticipation of needing it, but so far so good. I figured for $99 it was well worth having on hand.

Yes, that's the one the club owns (available for loan to Premium Members).

Mike, do you find the black blocks any light?

Nothing significant. It does get warm to the touch under MH though (black absorbs heat).

question which tour are we taking?

We'll be doing a backstage tour of the facilities that is described just as "Behind the Scenes Tour", but discussion has been that it may include a visit to the "Lab".

The itenerary has now been added to the top post.

I have a container with about 10g of saltwater on hand, and a 14g container you can borrow if you need to go by AquaDome to get some saltwater.

Happy Birthday Jake!

I know I saw some at the Aqua-Dome this week. You may also check with Jake at River City, they are having there first Friday sale tomorrow night and he usually gets in a ton of critters.

I made mine last year. You can find "bird netting" at Home Depot and Lowes in the garden section, along with the screening pieces you'll need. The nice thing about the bird netting is that it is black and hides very well on the top of the tank rather than reflecting like the white material from BRS. Opt for the smaller weave (1/4" I think) versus the larger (1/2"). The 1/2" holes are large enough for fish to squeeze through.

I vote grey or the lighter green for the shirt. Not sure I want to be outside in a dark colored shirt at seaworld.

So black text on grey shirt or white text on the light green?

What color are the shirts/logo?

Nicole

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I had been thinking a blue shirt with white logo or red shirt with black logo, but am open to suggestions. All shirts will be the same color (no mix and match).

These are the shirt color options:

Do you currently have any livestock in the tank?

The SeaWorld t-shirt has been added to the store, it will be a dri-fit shirt with the Killer Whale/ARC logo that Kevin designed on the back. There is a lead time for delivery on these, so please purchase as soon as possible to insure they're ready by the trip.

I'll be there with one other (not sure if it'll be the wife or some lucky staff member).

yup that was 35 it looks like.

Yes, this was a Kyle/Buda/South Austin spotting, but our club staff have eyes all over town!