Steven Pro - Sunday August 14th

[TippyToeX]

LVVR August meeting updated:

On August 14th Las Vegas Valley Reefers will be proud to have Steven Pro as a guest speaker! The topic will be, 'Selecting Healthy and Appropriate Marine Fishes'

Our meeting will be held at the Mandalay Bay’s Shark Reef, in their class room facility. Many thanks to Jack Jewel the general curator of the Shark Reef, for giving us this room and the equipment needed for Steven’s presentation.

Sunday August 14th at 2pm. Mandalay Bay’s Shark Reef

We are currently working on some great raffle prizes, that will be updated as we go along.

For those who do not know Steven, you can learn more about him at his website Linky. As well as ready some of his articles found online in Reef Centrals, Reef Keeping linked below:

Marine Ich/Cryptocaryon irritans Discussion if this Parasite and the Treatment Options Available. Part 1

Marine Ich/Cryptocaryon irritans Discussion if this Parasite and the Treatment Options Available, Part II

An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: A quarantine Tank for Everything

Mycobacterium marinum: The Fish Disease You Could Catch

Marine Velvet/Amyloodinium ocellatum: A Discussion of this Disease and its Available Treatment Options

Marine Head & Lateral Line Erosion: A Description of the Syndrome and a Review of its Speculated Causes

Unusual Stony Coral Propagation Techniques Part 1


We hope to see you all there!

[LVfishguy]

that is really cool Amy. I am unfortunately going to be in Seattle all that week. Bummer I hope it's a good one for everyone!

[TippyToeX]

Aww Bummer Chris! We'll miss you that's for sure. Have a good time in Seattle! I'd love to go there one day.

[dallast]

sounds great, amy! great job pulling all this together! you and jeff are really doing well. i think i will be there. shark reef is always a great time....maybe we can even talk jack into a quick behind-the-scenes tour as well.....awesome equipment supporting the 1.5 million gallons!

hey, when are you stopping by to visit? ;-)

[TippyToeX]

Hey Dallas! I'm coming by soon I think. I just got a new client up in your area, so I should have more chances to get up there.

I talked to Jack about a behind the scenes tour while Steven is in town. He will be under-staffed that weekend unfortunately and will not have enough people to host the tour. He did welcome the idea for our October meeting, and I am going to see if he will talk to us about how he and his staff care for the Shark Reef.

[dallast]

i'm looking forward to it all!
jack is extremely knowledgeable! he knows every single animal in the whole place! Steven Pro just tops it all off.

let me know when you are coming by...fridays, saturdays and sundays are always easier.

[Steven Pro]

I am starting to get pretty excited about this trip! Iif there is anything in particular you would like me to cover, let me know.

[TippyToeX]

Really looking forward to it too Steven!

Raffle items are slowly coming to be. I hope to update sometime this coming week with all of the items we have (along with a few pics)!

[EvilInSin]

I wish we could be there! Sounds like a great time. Unfortunatly John works and I dont think I could do it alone with the baby. Hope its a great meeting tho.

[TippyToeX]

Good to hear from you Dusty! No worries, you and the baby take care. I hope we can see you at the next meeting!

[menelaus22]

Does anyone want to bring some frags to trade? I've got a ton of zoanthids that are going to need a new home soon. I also have a huuuuge green bubble that i'm going to frag this weekend.

[dallast]

i think any and all frags willing to be donated will be greatly appreciated!!!!

bring whatever you have. might be good to also let jeff or amy know what you would like to donate.

see you at the meeting!

[TippyToeX]

Thanks Dallas! We would love donations for the raffle if at all possible.

We will have eight FL Rics, all different colors for the raffle as well.

[opihi]

Amy, since it seems like we all need to meet in front of the SR in order to gain access to the classroom, should we say that we'll meet in front of the main entrance at 2pm? or should we meet a little earlier?

also, do we need some type of entry plan for people who are or need to arrive late?

[TippyToeX]

Jeff - I am hoping to hear from Jack today with the details on how we can get people back. I'll be sure to make sure any late arrives have a way to get back too. I hope to send an email to everyone with all of the details later this evening.

I think we should meet up at 1:30pm. Then we all have time to settle in and make sure all is ready for Steven. Then we can get underway at 2. Sound good?

[opihi]

sure

[TippyToeX]

I wanted to update everyone here before I send out an email notice.

We will be meeting in front of the main entrance of the Shark Reef at 1:30 - 1:45 pm on Sunday. We will be escorted back by Ryan Dunn to the class room.

We would like to get under way by 2pm. If you are late and we have already been taken back to the room all you need to do is go to the box office. Let them know to radio Ryan Dunn, that you are with Las Vegas Valley Reefers who are meeting in their class room. He will be the person to and late arrivals back.

Thanks and see you Sunday!

[mike bracken]

Jen and I will be coming. Hopefully with some friends, too.

[tropoasis]

I will be in town and will try to attend

Anyone need any Interceptor? LMK

[the Undone guy]

i have bubble algae to trade; anyone? =)

[TippyToeX]

I have red bubble algae Bobby. Want to swap color for color?

[TippyToeX]

A big thank you to Steven for a wonderful meeting this afternoon! It was great to see everyone again and to meet some new people.

Steve if you read this we appreciate your taking the time to come speak to our club. I know we all learned a lot. I also hope you and your wife are enjoying your time here in Vegas!

Another thank you to Jack Jewell for giving us the class room to meet in. I'll be sure to point Jack to this thread so he can see how thankful we are for that.

One last thank you to Mike and Jen for offering up those frags for the raffle.

[menelaus22]

Thanks for putting together a great meeting. I went out and bought a couple bamboo sharks for my 20g yesterday evening! They're doing great!

just kidding.

[opihi]

Amy: thanks for putting together this great meeting. Yvonne & I really enjoyed ourselves.

I was very happy to see all the new faces yesterday, I'm sorry i didn't get a chance to meet all of you. I hope to see you October 16th, back at the Shark Reef for our Behind the Scenes tour.

Jeff

[Steven Pro]

I had a wonderful time, both at the meeting speaking and chatting with your membership and visiting Las Vegas in general. Thanks for having me!