Club Ideas

[reewik]

Does anyone have any ideas that will help to enhance anything that we are currently doing in the club. If so please send me some PM's to advise of things you would like to see. Any ideas are good ideas.

[foggy54]

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[ol'salty]

I follow the club's forum constantly, and have found a great interest in the club. I really would like to be a member, but my work schedule would only guarentee a 50/50 shot of being able to participate in any club functions. Us firefighters up here are working 24 hours on, 24 hours off. If not being able to make all the clubs meetings is not an issue with MTRC, then may have some membership info? Not sure who to ask. Thanks..Dave

[gflat65]

Dave

You can find a membership app at mtrc.org. It is absoilutely not an issue if you can't make all of the functions. It's more a 'come if you can and we'll be glad to see' you type deal. We'd be glad to have you. We try to meet at members houses to allow everyone to see the different system setups, but also to meet in different locations around Nashville to give more people a chance to hit one locally. Our next meeting is down in Smyrna. We'd be glad to see you if you can make it.

gflat

[lucent1123]

I was over at Emerald Bay yesterday, and an owner from on of the two larger LFS which carry corals in Knoxville was stopping by at the time. He was mentioning how many people he sees in the club there.

It might be neat to try and arrange a time when we could get a group and bring some frags to trade with them. Would have to work out the logistics, but would help to introduce new specimens for all of us at a reasonable cost. Maybe even just one or two goes, and we bring some there, and bring some back.

Just a thought anyway, but I can get the name and number of the guy easily enough to try and set something up.


Howard

[fishdoc11]

I actually tried to arrange a regional trade one time before but no one seemed interested on this end so I drove up there by myself. I think the possibilities are much better now. I have talked to people from N. Alabama that would be interested and I think there might be interest in N. Georgia too. It has been suggested that meeting in Chattanooga might be a possibility and I think that could work. What does everyone else think? One thing that would be very important would be planning it well ahead of time to allow people to frag corals and get them ready and also to allow people to schedule for it.
thanks, Chris

[gflat65]

Sounds great. I agree with the 'well ahead of time' idea. If enough people respond, we should be able to go from there(?).

[boofer]

Sounds good to me, let the ball start rolling :)

[lucent1123]

The other cool part of Chattanooga is that Knoxville is a very short drive away as well, so we could potentially get N Alabama, Knoxville, N Georgia, etc. I will get the guys number this evening, and look over the forum to see what I can find....

I am all in for this one.


Howard

[rcmike]

Sounds good to me also.

[reewik]

Wow, looks like we are getting a real thing going here. Lets schedule this thing pretty far in advance though.. I would say at least a couple months..

[Jason Williamson]

just let me know!and i'am there.

[fishdoc11]

Just to let ya'll know. Jason has some REALLY cool stuff. Check out his gallery:-)
Chris

[picture the reef]

I second that. Jason does have some really cool stuff and a really great guy to deal with.:D

[awcurl]

I'm interested as well!

[lucent1123]

The guy I meet at Emerald Bay runs the Reed Coral in Knoxville, near papermill Road. I will see if I can reach him tomorrow. Maybe the mid of Jan would work, that would give us all time from the holidays, etc. How do we check with other parts of this site to get the members from local areas?

Howard

[gflat65]

I just posted a thread over in East Tn. with a link to this thread.

[TN_sledge]

I'm in also!

[cee]

I'd be interested, but really have no more room for more corals.

Dave in ETRC

[fishdoc11]

Dave,
I plan on going with the notion that I can sell frags as well as trade for a couple of frags that will maybe eventually replace pieces I have now. I am in your boat as well but I think it will be fun and you never know what might turn up:-)
Chris

[Neowind]

I would definatly be in I got some frags I could trade and buy some.

[SexiShrimp]

I'll be interested too!!! Let me know how I can help get this thing going!
:)

[EvilMel]

Yeah, I'm up for it too. I have some softies, SPS, and LPS that I could frag with enough notice. Chattanooga sound great to me. That's pretty much equidistant between us isn't it?

[awcurl]

So should we post pics of our available frags or just put them in our gallery?

[cee]

Chris:
I'll definately make it, and will sell frags to those interested at very reasonable prices. Instead of bringing a bunch of frags, though, I'd prefer (like Art) if there were a place to post pictures and then have people request specific frags. I probably have about 50 species of coral right now in my tank, and fragging and not having anyone interested would be coral homicide in my case. BTW, I'd have a coronary if what I'm looking for were to show up!

Dave

[rcmike]

What are you looking for?

[cee]

A. lordhowensis

Dave

[rcmike]

Yep, don't see many of those around here.

[reewik]

I agree for the sake of the corals we should set it all up ahead of time. That is why setting this up well in advance would be preferred... This is going to be one big pile of reef geeks.

[fishdoc11]

I also agree it is a good idea to get requests. I guess I need to try to learn to post pics again:-(

Dave,
Didn't he fight for the British in the American Revolution:-)
I agree that finding those rare acros will be unlikely but you never know. I have gotten several from local trades that I haven't seen before...anywhere. I will probably mainly be looking for zoos and ricordea for my 55 and to get a little extra maintenance fundage.
thanks, Chris

[cee]

Lord Howe was indeed part of the American Revolution on the Brits' side, but the coral is actually named after Lord Howe Island between Australia and New Zealand where it was first discovered. It is very difficult to find in this country, but seems to be easier to obtain in Australia and Japan.

Dave

[easttn]

I would also be an SPS geek that would like to attend. I'll start putting together a list of frags i will bring and what I'm looking for. Anyone in Knoxville up for a carpool? Also, there is a very large LFS North of Atlanta that has some cool stuff, Cappichino Bay (or something like that), maybe they could bring a few goodies???

[EvilMel]

I could totally carpool. I have a Cherokee and could take all four of us who have expressed interest (I think it's four: Me, Art, Charles, and Dave) with room for coolers in the back.

[rcmike]

Dave, I thought you were talking about Acanthastria lordhowensis. I didn't know there was an Acropora lordhowensis. Don't know what one of those looks like.

[cee]

I was talking about Acanthastrea; guess I didn't catch "acro" in Chris' post. You've got a better eye than I...

Dave

[rcmike]

OK, I was searching all of my books and googling Acropora lordhowensis and couldn't find anything! The Acans are very cool. I have a small coral that may be some sort of Acanthastrea although it isn't all that much to look at right now. I can't remember where I got it but it was not doing too well and I got it for almost nothing. It was labled as a candy-cane but I knew it didn't look quite like one. It fell behind some rocks and I forgot about it. I found it a couple of weeks ago and it is looking sorta like some sort of an Acanthastria though I am not sure.

[cee]

Yeah, I got a couple of Acanthastrea echinata frags which also aren't much to look at. I'm really not so good at IDing them, but there are some characteristics which make them distinctive. Send me a picture and I can do some "guessing" as to it's ID.

Dave

[easttn]

Coolers in the back WooHoo! Ehhh, sorry I guess that be for critters not hops and barley extracts.

[EvilMel]

There is probably not enough room for coolers with those types of things in them! But when we get back from Chattanooga! Well, not for you I guess because you'll still have a bit of a drive to go.

Does the carpool thing sound good?

[reewik]

We could also do the same here in Nashville.. A car pool sounds great to me. Now all I have is 4 seats and a trunk in my Mazda Millenia. But they are very comfortable seats.

[gflat65]

I'm sure I could talk the wife out of her car and have a few extra seats (and a trunk:)).

[rcmike]

If I am able to come we have an Avalanche with 4 seats and a bed.

[easttn]

Mike,

Have you contacted any of the Atlanta reef clubs? There is a gal in the coral selling thread right now that has some sweet SPS, she lives near ATL (I think). Maybe we could get some of those folks interested.
Charles

[fishdoc11]

Shotgun!

[gflat65]

I just posted a thread in the Atlanta forum directing them to this thread for comments.

[jimbeau]

I didn't see a date? I and several othersI know would probably be interested,,,
Jim

[easttn]

I need new frags! I put together some pics of the stuff I'll be clipping in my gallery, lmk. No Bugs please.

Charles

PS - Jan?

[rcmike]

I would love a piece of that blue humilis!

[fishdoc11]

easttn,
I would love a humilis, tort and an enchinata if you are fragging those. I have several things I can trade inc. some nice ORA stuff:-)
thanks, Chris

[easttn]

Michael,

Do you have any Pics of the stuff you can trade?

Chris,
Do you have any pics? The tort is the one we spoke about last winter, its just gotten too big to be traded as a frag. I will clip a piece for you, so that will do it for the tort (this year). Do you still have that blue tip I traded with you at Mels, mine faded to a light blue for some reason.

[picture the reef]

Picked up a couple of pieces from Chris last weekend. Really nice stuff.:D Highly reccomend!

[lucent1123]

How many areas has this thread been directed to? Do we have a target date yet? Heck for that matter, a target time? I will be happy to try and reach some people on other threads.

I might even check into getting a meeting room reserved for a few hours at one of the hotels if we get enough interest. Probably want something indoors for sure in January :-)


Howard

[fishdoc11]

easttn,
I have ORA green seriatopora, chips acro and indo stag among other things. I have another blue tip that's a little nicer but the one I traded to you last time bit the dust when I had problems this summer. Pm me your email and I can send pics. I'm also going to try to post some in a few days.


lucent 1123,
I don't think we have a target date other than the middle of Jan. in Chattanooga. We could always reserve a large area/table at a restaurant. Anyone that knows Chattanooga have any ideas about a place to meet?

thanks, Chris

[reewik]

What about at the Aquarium. i can call to see if they will allow us to meet there. It is worth a shot. One thing I also wanted to ask the Aquarium about is what they plan to do for their reef tank... I suggest we all donate frags if they will accept?

I am looking for Pink or Red Millipora if anyone has any.....

[lucent1123]

Hey Eric,

Is the Flame a happy camper? Sorry to hear about the Trigger, but I did not want to have to "flush" another one in my house if I could avoid it....



Talk to you soon

Howard

[cee]

I have a red millepora. You can see it at:

http://photobucket.com/albums/v468/commiphora/tank/

[reewik]

lucent1123:

Flame seems to be doing very well. Man they just have so much personality... No crab attacks at all... Feeding time soon so lets see how he eats. I fed him some blood worms this am which he loved.... Thanks a ton... The other one was destined that way....

commiphora:

You got my attention.......

[fishdoc11]

Nice pics commophora!

[dsp78213]

I live in Chattanooga and would be happy to help in any way you guys need.

I am very new to the hobby and would love to meet some more experienced reefers.

LMK

Jim

[easttn]

I also have Cheato, and if you let me know a week or two ahead of time I will bring "green water" for those who want it.

[reewik]

I sent the Chattanooga Aquarium an email to see what they ay ...... I will let you all know.

[SexiShrimp]

my husband had some good ideas about naming our multi club meeting:
:)
Here they are:

Reefapalooza
Southern reef clubs summit
Association of Southern reef clubs
Reefanooga summit

He also suggested making T-Shirts! Just some fun ideas!!


:) SS

[SexiShrimp]

Oh, another name:

Reefer Madness '05

[cee]

Just updated my photobucket page with some more eye candy for the SPS junkies out there. I could probably have frags of most of these available by January, although some in very limited quantities (like 1). Some are already in Nashville (how's the gomezi doing, Chris?). I don't want to start taking requests until we get a little closer, though. If you guys need any help setting this up, I'm volunteering to do whatever is needed!

One of the things we've discussed here at ETRC in the past is bringing in a "professional speaker". We'd have to charge a small admission to cover the speaker's costs, though. This might be a good opportunity to combine this with the frag swap. Any interest at your end? I've not tried contacting anyone yet, but if there's enough interest, I'll get the ball rollin'

Dave

[fishdoc11]

The Gomezi is doing great. It's still a little small and has been spending most of it's energy encrusting. The coralites are an aqua color with a blue ring around the encrusting part. What level of light do you keep yours under. Mine is under medium. The MP blue looks great!
Chris

[cee]

'bout 8" from an XM20k 400W. It loves the light! Can't wait to see what Zeovit does to it! Once it starts branching, it should take off for you. Lots faster than the echinata, but not as fast as the ORA blue tort.

Dave

[RobinsonFam1]

hey hey!

i caught the post on the smas thread for Atlanta. this is sounding like it would be a complete blast! im sure that with us talking to some people around here that things could get off to a great start for us to meet up. i agree that this function (party) should be setup way in advance so that we can get some things lined up too!

looking forward to taggin this thread!
if some final decisions are meade then please post with us as well!

Thanks!
BR

[gflat65]

Hey all. We are getting some serious interest in this. I have posted over in the Atlanta forum and have gotten several interested parties over there. We probably ought to discuss a time frame to keep this thing hot. This is really shaping into something big:).

[reewik]

I am still in the process of contacting the Chatt aquarium... It does not look like they are going to help us so far without payment... We may want to take a different path....

Looks like the time frame is the Middle of January. We can try to hash out a definate date with all parties.... It would be obvious that we cannot make everyone happy but We can do our best. Throw some dates out there.... I should be good for any time in the middle of January.

[easttn]

Please be mindful of college bowls, NFL playoffs and SB. Sorry, but it is the best month of the year for me.

[fishdoc11]

Amen easttn! The weekend of the 15th and 16th would work great for me. That would miss the bowls and will be before the super bowl. I think that will be the second round of the NFL playoffs though. If your going to miss a day in January one of the days that weekend would probably be one of the best to miss.

dsp78213,
Do you have any suggestions for meeting places in Chattanooga?

thanks, Chris

[reewik]

I am tyring another lead in Chattanooga... I have a friends who's father is a coach at one of the high schools. We will see if we can get space in the gym or something.

[gflat65]

Man. The weekend of the 15 and 16 WOULD be awesome. My birthday is the 14th. I would have a viable excuse to buy more corals;).

[rcmike]

I am pretty sure Annette is off that weekend also so it would be good for us also.

[easttn]

Sorry if I'm forgetting a post, but if most of the traders so far are in NE TN why are we driving to Chatt?

[dsp78213]

How much space would we need. I work at UTC and our Student Center has some very nice space.

Let me know how much space we would need and I'll get on it.

Jim

Originally posted by fishdoc11
Amen easttn! The weekend of the 15th and 16th would work great for me. That would miss the bowls and will be before the super bowl. I think that will be the second round of the NFL playoffs though. If your going to miss a day in January one of the days that weekend would probably be one of the best to miss.

dsp78213,
Do you have any suggestions for meeting places in Chattanooga?

thanks, Chris

[fishdoc11]

easttn,
If I'm not mistaken there are about equal amounts of traders/attendees from mid and east TN along with at least one from AL that has a large selection of corals. The thinking behind meeting in Chatt was that it would enable a larger amount of people from the widest area to attend and thus the best selection of corals. I don't know if that's what will actually happen but IMO Chatt is a good central location where no one has to drive too far:-)
Chris

dsb78213,
That works for me. We'll see what others think.

thanks, Chris

[reewik]

That sounds fantastic... I would say a minimum of 20 people to as much as 40 at the very outrages maximum... Beer with me as my math may be wrong...hickup....LOL

[awcurl]

Why don't you start a poll to see how many will attend. You could have several categories such as defiantly, maybe, and so on.

I will defiantly attend!

[gflat65]

We have several people who have shown interest in the Atlanta area. Most have responded to the thread in their forum, so I have been watching it.

[Jason Williamson]

can some body post this thread in the alabama forum.this frag swap is sounding like alot of fun.
thanks, jason

[fishdoc11]

There you go!

[KwajRocks]

Count me in for January, Chattanooga is only a short drive from here in N. ALA.

[gflat65]

So, unofficially, are we looking at soemtime near the weekend of January 15th in Chattanooga? What does everything about that?

[fishdoc11]

That's what I am thinking gflat:-)
Chris

[reewik]

Sounds great..... Looks like we have almost nailed down a date now all we need is the location.... I am still waiting to hear what I can work out unless dsp78213 can work it out..... If we could start to get a count now... If each of the clubs could post their numbers.....

[coralreefing]

Do we want to call this the January club meeting or should we have a local meeting also?

[coralreefing]

Please answer attendance poll so we can get a sense of scale for the swap meet & decide if we should contact a speaker.
Thanks

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=470811

[dsp78213]

I am working on it.

Just need some specifics.

I assume the date is Saturday, January 15, 2005. I will reserve a room for the entire day.

What set up do we need?
Would we need any A.V. stuff?
What would be the "agenda" for the meeting?

coralreefing: who should take the lead. If you would PM me and I can get you my contact info and we could talk.

I will make the arrangements if you guys need me to.

Here is a layout of the main floor of our Universtiy Center. I have asked about the Chattanooga Room and it is available. If you choose to have a speaker, then our auditorium is very nice and can hold 300 people. So, we could have a speaker there and the swap meet in the Chattanooga Room.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/55871ucmain.jpg

Willing to help,

dsp

[Fishtails]

Hey dsp,

If I can help in anyway, let me know.

Alex

[fishdoc11]

dsp,
That meeting place looks ideal IMO! This just might turn out to be something:-)
Chris

[dsp78213]

Hey Alex -

Are you a student at UTC?? IF so, my office is on the upper floor of the University Center. Stop by and we can talk about this event.

dsp

Originally posted by Fishtails
Hey dsp,

If I can help in anyway, let me know.

Alex

[kevlouie]

Count me in (unless I go skiing that weekend)

[Fishtails]

Dsp,

Not a student at UTC. Still in HS. : ) My brother's good friend is a student there. He cheers for UTC. I'd be intrested in stoping by and talking some possibly sometime next week if that's fine.

Alex

[Ray1214]

I definatly want to go. We at the ARC had planned one for spring. But I should have my frag tank up and running by then.
Plenty of beginner corals like leathers and xenia.


Ray

[coralreefing]

dsp
You're my new best friend :)
You have taken this a huge step closer to success. Having someone on site to coordinate the location is ideal & what a great location at that.

reewic (Eric) has been the major planner of this event & will continue to take the lead. I will be secondary & helping with the details. I'll PM you our contact info.

The agenda of the meeting is foremost a frag swap but if there is sufficient interest shown on the poll I'll do my best to secure a speaker & then we may need some A.V. equipment. So far an open room & parking is all we require.
Thanks
Chris

[easttn]

I did vote. Thanks Jim, Chris, and to the folks that are grabbing the ball a running.

[goodfortune]

I just wanted to bump this post, and to follow along with how the final details will work out. I can't wait to meet everyone and pick up some really cool frags!

- Michael

[reewik]

Ok we have the location thanks to DSB......The time will be at 1pm eastern time... Sat the 15th. We also decided to have a raffle with some coral frags. We will be asking for a small donation to the meeting if you would like to contribute. We really hope this will be a great trade / meeting event!

[fussoverthis]

I would love to attend if I can get the day off. I've heard several folks here in Atlanta that plan to attend.

Will there be some folks selling frags? I'm fairly new in the hobby and would be interested in purchasing as my collection is fairly small currently.

Melissa

[gflat65]

There will be a number of people with extra frags. Hunt down fishdoc, for one. He will have a good number, I think. Some have posted pictures of what they have for sale/trade earlier in this thread. If you see something you want, PM them and let them know. Some already have everything spoken for. We hope to make this a somewhat regular thing (semi-annual?). Hope to see you there.

[gflat65]

fussoverthis

Sorry. Here is the thread where we have been discussing the trade more extensively.

Frag Trade (http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=471278)