billpa
09/22/2005, 03:56 PM
Saturday, October 15th
10AM - 3PM-ish
Phoenixville, PA
The Schuylkill Valley Saltwater Enthusiasts Association is pleased to present:
Guest speakers Mike Paletta & Richard Harker
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Michael Paletta
Topic of discussion: Coral Propagation
Mike will be demonstrating on live coral...LOTS OF FRAGS WILL BE GIVEN AWAY
Corals provided by Northeast Aquatics
Frag plugs and discs couresty of Boston Aquafarms
Michael Paletta has been keeping marine aquariums
since 1980. During the past 18 years he has written over
130 articles on marine fish and invertebrates in both the
US and Europe. His first book, "The Modern Marine
Aquarium", is an attempt to simplify marine fish keeping
for the beginning hobbyist. This book has sold over
70,000 copies and has been the best selling marine
aquarium book the last two years. His second book,
"Ultimate Reefs", illustrates how far the hobby has come
in the past 15 years. Michael has enjoyed speaking at
over 75 marine societies and national conferences in
North America, Canada, and Europe.
Currently Michael has 480, 180, and 40-gallon reef tanks
set up in his home as well as a 300-gallon propagation
tank. He has helped in the set up of over 120 tanks
throughout the U.S, including several tanks over 2,000
gallons in capacity. Michael also acted as a consultant
with the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the
Pittsburgh Zoo Aquarium.
http://www.theimac.org/photo_richardharker.jpg
Richard Harker
Topic of discussion: His 2,000 gallon stony coral dominant aquarium
Richard Harker has been a reef hobbyist for 14 years.
In 1999, Harker built a 2000 gallon tank that features
nearly 100 square feet of stony corals. The reef tank
has been the subject of an article in the 2000 Marine
Fish and Reef Annual and the German reef keeping
magazine, Koralle.
Harker has published hobbyist oriented articles in
several magazines over the past five years. In addition,
he is the Product Review columnist for Advanced Aquarist.
He has spoken at numerous hobbyist meetings including
MACNA and the Western Marine Conference.
In addition to maintaining a large reef tank, Harker has
explored natural coral reefs around the world. He has
studied and photographed coral reefs on Australia’s
Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New
Guinea, The Philippines, Palau, Micronesia, as well as
Florida and throughout the Caribbean.
PLUS...A HUGE RAFFLE!
Deltec FR 509 Fluidized Reactor (Shown on left. Valued over $200)
http://www.deltecaquariumsolutions.com/images/FR.gif
Ice Cap 660 Ballast (Valued at $160)
http://www.icecapinc.com/images/660l.jpg
Aqua C Remora Pro (Shown on right. Valued at close to $200)
http://www.proteinskimmer.com/i/RemoraPair%20copy.jpg
AquaFX Dual Inline TDS meter (Valued over $60)
http://www.aquariumwaterfilters.com/ImagesHanna/TDSInLine.gif
AND MORE!
Door prizes from gift certificates to free frags!
Everyone who attends is entered into our door prize drawing!
And don't forget...free lunch for all attendees!
http://www.clipsahoy.com/clipart/as0259.gif
(Picture above may not resemble your slice of pizza)
Admission:
FREE for SV-SEA members
$10 for non-members
Become a SV-SEA member ($35/year) and receive a $10 gift certificate to reefandtails.com, a free frag of your choice from the demonstration, plus free admission to the meeting (as well as all other SV-SEA events)! (A $30 value)
To register, logon to www.sv-sea.org/signup.html
For directions, logon to www.sv-sea.org/directions.html
Registration is limited to the first 100 people. Sign up today to secure your seat!
Below is a copy of our flyer. If anyone is interested in distributing them to your local petstore, please let me know and I will email a hi-rez version.
I hope to see all of you there! It will be a great time! If you have any other questions, feel free to post them on this thread or PM me.
Thank you,
Bill Paterno
SV-SEA
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/billpa/OctFlyer.jpg
10AM - 3PM-ish
Phoenixville, PA
The Schuylkill Valley Saltwater Enthusiasts Association is pleased to present:
Guest speakers Mike Paletta & Richard Harker
http://a1272.g.akamai.net/7/1272/1121/20030715163420/www.peteducation.com/images/authors/au_MichaelPaletta.jpg
Michael Paletta
Topic of discussion: Coral Propagation
Mike will be demonstrating on live coral...LOTS OF FRAGS WILL BE GIVEN AWAY
Corals provided by Northeast Aquatics
Frag plugs and discs couresty of Boston Aquafarms
Michael Paletta has been keeping marine aquariums
since 1980. During the past 18 years he has written over
130 articles on marine fish and invertebrates in both the
US and Europe. His first book, "The Modern Marine
Aquarium", is an attempt to simplify marine fish keeping
for the beginning hobbyist. This book has sold over
70,000 copies and has been the best selling marine
aquarium book the last two years. His second book,
"Ultimate Reefs", illustrates how far the hobby has come
in the past 15 years. Michael has enjoyed speaking at
over 75 marine societies and national conferences in
North America, Canada, and Europe.
Currently Michael has 480, 180, and 40-gallon reef tanks
set up in his home as well as a 300-gallon propagation
tank. He has helped in the set up of over 120 tanks
throughout the U.S, including several tanks over 2,000
gallons in capacity. Michael also acted as a consultant
with the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the
Pittsburgh Zoo Aquarium.
http://www.theimac.org/photo_richardharker.jpg
Richard Harker
Topic of discussion: His 2,000 gallon stony coral dominant aquarium
Richard Harker has been a reef hobbyist for 14 years.
In 1999, Harker built a 2000 gallon tank that features
nearly 100 square feet of stony corals. The reef tank
has been the subject of an article in the 2000 Marine
Fish and Reef Annual and the German reef keeping
magazine, Koralle.
Harker has published hobbyist oriented articles in
several magazines over the past five years. In addition,
he is the Product Review columnist for Advanced Aquarist.
He has spoken at numerous hobbyist meetings including
MACNA and the Western Marine Conference.
In addition to maintaining a large reef tank, Harker has
explored natural coral reefs around the world. He has
studied and photographed coral reefs on Australia’s
Great Barrier Reef, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Papua New
Guinea, The Philippines, Palau, Micronesia, as well as
Florida and throughout the Caribbean.
PLUS...A HUGE RAFFLE!
Deltec FR 509 Fluidized Reactor (Shown on left. Valued over $200)
http://www.deltecaquariumsolutions.com/images/FR.gif
Ice Cap 660 Ballast (Valued at $160)
http://www.icecapinc.com/images/660l.jpg
Aqua C Remora Pro (Shown on right. Valued at close to $200)
http://www.proteinskimmer.com/i/RemoraPair%20copy.jpg
AquaFX Dual Inline TDS meter (Valued over $60)
http://www.aquariumwaterfilters.com/ImagesHanna/TDSInLine.gif
AND MORE!
Door prizes from gift certificates to free frags!
Everyone who attends is entered into our door prize drawing!
And don't forget...free lunch for all attendees!
http://www.clipsahoy.com/clipart/as0259.gif
(Picture above may not resemble your slice of pizza)
Admission:
FREE for SV-SEA members
$10 for non-members
Become a SV-SEA member ($35/year) and receive a $10 gift certificate to reefandtails.com, a free frag of your choice from the demonstration, plus free admission to the meeting (as well as all other SV-SEA events)! (A $30 value)
To register, logon to www.sv-sea.org/signup.html
For directions, logon to www.sv-sea.org/directions.html
Registration is limited to the first 100 people. Sign up today to secure your seat!
Below is a copy of our flyer. If anyone is interested in distributing them to your local petstore, please let me know and I will email a hi-rez version.
I hope to see all of you there! It will be a great time! If you have any other questions, feel free to post them on this thread or PM me.
Thank you,
Bill Paterno
SV-SEA
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/billpa/OctFlyer.jpg