2005 Meeting Schedule for the Pittsburgh Marine Club

[Steven Pro]

In case any of you want to make a road trip, I thought I would post our current schedule.

March 19th
Kelly Jedlicki
Predatory Fish Husbandry (Emphasis on Sharks and Puffers)
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Fayette Room at the Radisson in Monroeville

April 30th
Rick Preuss
Marine Aquarium Council (MAC) Certification
6:00 - 9:00 PM
Fayette Room at the Radisson in Monroeville

May 21st
Adam Cesnales
Topic and Location to be Announced

June 18th
Annual Coral Propagation Workshop
Location to be Announced

July 23rd or 30th
Bill Chamberlain of www.billsreef.com
Topic will be some aspect of marcoalgae, seagrasses, and/or mangrove care
Location to be Announced

August 20th or 27th
Steven Pro
Recent Experiments with ‘Reef-Safe’ Treatments
Location to be Announced

September 24th
Annual MACNA Review
Location to be Announced

October 22nd
TBA

December 3rd
TBA

[Reefer247]

thanks for the info.. would like to catch a few of them if work permits..

[Steven Pro]

Just a reminder that our next meeting on Saturday March 19th. It is being held at the Radisson hotel in Monroeville and will begin at 6:00 PM and last until around 8:30-9:00. Our guest speaker is Kelly Jedlicki. She is renowned for keeping a variety of predatory fishes, namely puffers and sharks, and will be speaking regarding their husbandry. As always, we will have our impressive livestock and drygoods raffle near the end of the meeting. See our website for additional information, www.pmas.org I hope to see some of you there.

Sincerely,
Steven Pro

[Steven Pro]

This is just a reminder for anyone that may have subscribed to this thread.

The Pittsburgh Marine Aquarium Society is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this month at our meeting Saturday April 30th. The meeting will begin at 6:00 PM at the Radisson Hotel in Monroeville in their Somerset Room. This is convienently located about one mile from the PA Turnpike.

This month we are pleased to host Rick Pruess as our guest speaker. Rick is the proprietor of Preuss Animal House; a family owned pet shop that has been in operation for 30 years, http://www.preusspets.com/. This store has the distinction of being one of the only MAC certified stores in the United States and that is what Rick is going to be discussing, The Marine Aquarium Council, http://www.aquariumcouncil.org/. For those of you who don’t know, MAC is a non-profit organization which is working to conserve coral reefs and other marine ecosystems by creating standards and certification for those engaged in the collection and care of ornamental marine life from reef to aquarium. While I have attended numerous seminars and presentations about MAC, these were always given by someone on the MAC payroll. Rick is unique in that his store paid to become MAC certified. As such, he is in a rare position to give an unbiased evaluation of MAC, its efforts to date, and its ambitious goals.

In addition to working in his store and with MAC, Rick has also given of his time and served on the board of directors of the American Marinelife Dealers Association http://www.amdareef.com/, an organization which has as its state ambitious goal the creation of a sustainable trade in living marine organisms for aquariums. And lastly, Rick has begun a program in which he donates and discounts aquariums to local schools in an effort to promote awareness and appreciation of the reefs. Clearly, Rick has taken an active and impassioned role in promoting the hobby and helping to create a better industry at large. We are pleased to hear his about his experiences and his thoughts.

And lastly, as part of our celebration, we are bringing back our mega raffle for this event, which last time had nearly 100 drygoods and livestock items. We are really hoping to get a nice turnout for this event. Hopefully, I will see some of you guys there!

[Steven Pro]

Our May meeting is coming up next week, May 21st. This is going to be our annual coral propagation workshop. We demonstrate cutting and attaching a variety of corals. Candidates for this year's workshop are a branching Euphyllia, a couple of Acroporas, a pulsing Sinularia, and possibly a Rose Bubble Tip Anemone.

The location is likely going to be at the Radisson in Monroeville unless we can find a less expensive meeting room in the same general area. I will repost if the hotel changes. Meeting begins at 6:00 PM.

[Steven Pro]

Here is an update for the rest of the year:

Saturday June 25th
Annual Picnic - Bob Nell's House
If you have never seen Bob's displays, this is a must attend event. Bob has four large tanks (two 120 gallon displays, a 240, and a 500).

Saturday July 30th
Steven Pro - Recent Experiments with ‘Reef-Safe’ Treatments

Saturday August 27th
Conference at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=607400

Saturday September 24th
Annual MACNA Review

Saturday October 22nd
Stan Dannemiller DVM, MS - Do Fish Feel Pain?

[Jamesvcanfield]

Thanks for the update Steve.