Dan H Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Hello all. 2016 is going to be here quick and I though we should get a jump brainstorming so we can have a meeting every month with a fun and interesting topic! So in light of that, I'm asking for your help. Please suggest things that you would want to discuss, demonstrate, learn about, etc... Perhaps you personally are interested in trying something out? This could be your motivation to git it a go, and document it for all of us to see your successes (hopefully!) or learn from your not-so-successes (hopefully not). We already have the January meeting lined up with the topic SPS keeping. I know I can't wait for that! Some possible ideas: Acclimation procedures (corals or fish) Refugium setup Fragging demonstrations Zoanthid keeping Plumbing setups (Durso vs Herbie vs BeanAnimal) Plumbing Manifolds Quarantine (fish or coral) Medication DIY rock Water testing And we can always grab our pitchforks and have the Deep Sand Bed vs shallow vs bare bottom debate. So toss out some ideas, let me know what topics you want. Happy reef keeping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I'd be interested in the plumbing topic for sure, and would also like to learn more about manifolds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Water testing would be a fun topic. Kind of a, bring your own test kits and water and we'll all sit down and test water together. Maybe Victoly can hook us up with a meeting at the UT labs and run us through some testing do's and don'ts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbaxter Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I'd throw my name in the hat for plumbing and refugium setup. Maybe the same meeting. Im no expert but my plumbing is pretty awesome since I didnt do most of it. All the Sch 40 plumbing was done by Jeff at Lifereef so its pretty compact and uses soft tubing where appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 Yeah, that would be a good excuse to come see your tank again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 I'm interested in the DIY on building your own reef rock, Timfish did that one in the past and I missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Updated the list of topics to show current suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 I still need a volunteer to host the February meeting. Anyone? Also, we've been discussing the possibility of moving it to Sunday evenings instead of the middle of Saturday afternoon. It seems that perhaps people are generally tied up Saturday during the day doing family stuff and what not. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I can host in Feb, but I live really far south. Not very convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I can host in Feb, but I live really far south. Not very convenient.We can setup a northies carpool to go to the meeting... with stops at Just Reef and Aquadome of course on the way back up. [emoji4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 I can host in Feb, but I live really far south. Not very convenient. Like San Marcos South? I think the people in the South have been asking for a meeting in that part of town, so I say let's do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Also, we've been discussing the possibility of moving it to Sunday evenings instead of the middle of Saturday afternoon. It seems that perhaps people are generally tied up Saturday during the day doing family stuff and what not. Thoughts? As someone who has had to schedule meetings for multiple groups over they years, there is no day/time that will work for everyone. I would caution against setting a day/time for all meetings, as that means the same audience will never be able to attend. Mix it up so some folks can come one month, others the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 Yeah, I think bot sides of that argument are valid... If you change it up, you get diversity. If you keep it the same, you theoretically make it easier for people to remember. Certainly it seems like we should try changing it up and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Water testing would be a fun topic. Kind of a, bring your own test kits and water and we'll all sit down and test water together. Maybe Victoly can hook us up with a meeting at the UT labs and run us through some testing do's and don'ts. They're gonna have to run you through a ag swag detector before they'll let you on campus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Water testing would be a fun topic. Kind of a, bring your own test kits and water and we'll all sit down and test water together. Maybe Victoly can hook us up with a meeting at the UT labs and run us through some testing do's and don'ts. They're gonna have to run you through a ag swag detector before they'll let you on campus... They're on to us! Run! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 BUMP! Wanted to get some more opinions... What do you want to talk about? What would be helpful? What would make you say "There is no way I will miss that meeting!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Door prizes donated by Sponsors? I think I'd be beating myself up if there was an awesome frag as a door prize for the next meeting and I missed out on it. 3 polyps of utter chaos or an ice fire echinata frag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 That's a great idea. Now to see if we can arrange it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Free water test? Have a traveling set of tests that goes to each meeting and people can get their water tested if they show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Door prizes donated by Sponsors? I think I'd be beating myself up if there was an awesome frag as a door prize for the next meeting and I missed out on it. 3 polyps of utter chaos or an ice fire echinata frag! Free water test? Have a traveling set of tests that goes to each meeting and people can get their water tested if they show up.These are fantastic ideas!! ARC used to give away great door prizes and that was always a great motivator to get out to a meeting. And I love the water test idea, especially for things like Mg and Ca that maybe people new to the hobby don't own yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 Would a meeting on photography be a topic people are interested in? I'm thinking a hands on, bring your camera meeting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Yes - especially if there was some discussion on tank light settings to help the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 Great. Sounds like that needs to be a topic. I suspect that meeting could go a little longer than normal as it could take a while to go through all the settings. Just a hunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Great. Sounds like that needs to be a topic. I suspect that meeting could go a little longer than normal as it could take a while to go through all the settings. Just a hunch. Dapettit has done this topic a few times (it was normally our January meeting), so get with him if you want to hear what we've done before. He was also able to get some great red gel filters last time to give out to everyone for their cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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