mFrame Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hey gang, with summer coming up I wanted to gauge interest in getting a group together to go to SeaWorld or the Dallas World Aquarium. If we have enough interest I can work on getting us a discount or a "behind the scenes" tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I would love to do this! We just went to the dallas ” aquarium” and it was a terrible experience. I don't know how others feel about it but you're corralled around the place like packed cattle then there's hardly an aquarium to speak of. Should be called an indoor botanical garden. It was just a regular weekend too. Anyway, we're certainly in for Seaworld and the coast. Great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I hear the Sea World "behind the scenes" tour is pretty cool. I'd be up for that. Be interested in a trip to the coast as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 The sea world tour is awesome. They showed me everything. Saw the mix saltwater with a pallet of salt and a crane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nwehrman Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Ooooo -- I wanna go behind the scenes!! Nicole Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Capt. Obvious Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Count me in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaarrrggg Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Sounds like fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Belinda and I as well as Dena and her husband Jay are going to Port A in July. We usually plan it the week of the MAAST Collection trip. Just an FYI. Last year we came back with tons of peppermint shrimp that we gave away. Belinda caught a tiny porcupine puffer about the size of a small finger nail (still not sure how she scored that one). A small tip, keep powerheads, even small ones, out of the tank until it gets bigger (my bad). Until then it did wonderful. We also caught Angie the angler. That was the coolist, ugliest fish I had ever seen in my life. I believe our clowns thought the same. Food for thought, they CAN eat so much it can kill them. I guess she had a thing for ghost shrimp (long story). There is the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus. We can get a guided tour which has a few extra perks. MAAST has speakers every year and a BBQ. They always welcome ARC members. They usually get hotel discounts although we always rent a house and share it with a few others. We have booked it for July 24th through the 29th. MAAST hasn't confirmed this date yet but with my job I have to do it early since all of my guys have families and try to schedule their vacations a well. On September 28th-30th, we are headed to MACNA in Dallas. WOOHOO!!!!!!!! If you don't know what MACNA is just look it up. It is the best of all reef conferences (IMO strickly from what I have read) and we are lucky enough to have it in Texas this year. You can see all the new equipment, listen to speakers and see and buy tons of new high end corals you will most likely not find around here. Most importantly you get to learn and and meet folks from around the country. These are only a couple of suggestions but we would love to see as many ARC members at the collection trip as possible. Many of us have met up down there over the past few years and had a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 I've always wanted to attend one of the MAAST collection trips, they look like a lot of fun! We have added a section for affiliated clubs (http://www.austinree...aquarist-clubs/) and their events where we can discuss collaborating on group trips, see what's going on in their neck of the woods, etc. There are a lot of great things coming up this year (such as MACNA). I'd like to focus on ARC events in this thread, however, and I think we have enough active members to plan some of our own events. If we can work it out to partner up with some of the other clubs even better, but let's start by figuring out what we'd like to do (and when!) and then see how it shakes out with others. Our club's strength is in its members, and we've got some of the best, so let's have some fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Jakedoza Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I know we are going to the Bahamas in July.. and thinking of a Sea World trip at some point.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheehunk1 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I am so down for a trip to the coast indeed I grew up in Grande Isle, La and was always in the water watching the sea life. But the Sea world trip sounds fun too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Can I change my vote to go with Jake to the Bahamas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinB Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I'm voting beach trip because I really want to get down there and collect some barnacles, shrimps, maybe some fish, and macro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+o0zarkawater Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I know we are going to the Bahamas in July.. and thinking of a Sea World trip at some point.. I'm down for Bahamas. Sea World is cool too. Don't think wife will let me go on collection trip this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+deangelove Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 This would be *awesome*! I've done similiar things with another fish club, it's always a blast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifuentes31 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 What about the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christ? It's real nice there to. But i'm up for whatever you guys want to do!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grog Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 I've always been impressed with Moody Gardens in Galveston. Its a bit of a drive though. There is a 3D IMAX theater at Moody Gardens, we took the kids and saw the kelp forest movie. That was worth the trip IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Mendez WTR Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Texas State Aquarium in Corpus is the best plus its near the ocean where the fish are at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bige Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Any aquarium we could visit with behind the scenes equipment, I think would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chippwalters Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Tagging along to see where this goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Bio)³ Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Coast always sounds fun to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I'm most excited for the coast since it also offers the opportunity to camp and do things dirt cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 Thread is up for the ARC Sea World Summer 2012 field trip! http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/21956-arc-seaworld-summer-2012-trip/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted April 9, 2012 Author Share Posted April 9, 2012 Thread is up for the ARC Coast/Texas State Aquarium field trip! http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/21957-arc-coasttexas-state-aquarium-summer-2012-trip/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Think this has run it's course. Moving to the archives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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