Meeting June 2nd! Special Guest Star Tony Vargas!

Join us with renowned fish enthusiast and author Tony Vargas as he presents: The World's Best Aquariums!!!

See amazing photographs and learn detailed information on how the best aquariums around the world were created!

Expert aquarist and renowned author Tony Vargas will be joining us for a special one night event. Tony will be showcasing a lot of what is in his new groundbreaking book as well as incorporating local aquariums with flare.

About Tony:

Tony Vargas started his aquatic adventures at the age of seven, with Guppies in a pickle jar. Shortly thereafter, he was breeding a large host of fresh water tropicals. In the early eighties he took a giant leap forward and assembled his very first salt water aquarium (fish only). The biological system of choice back than were under gravel filters. Moving on to more challenging waters, in the late 1980's he took another leap forward and experimented with marine invertebrates and corals. At that point in time a sump loaded with Bio-balls was the biological filter of choice. Moving forward in the late eighties a handful of aquarist and Tony were among the first in United States to successfully keep and maintain Acropora alive in captivity, long term. He started to share this experiences and knowledge with others through the many articles written on the subject. These articles were written in a column called "Feature Coral" for FAMA. One of the Acropora articles in FAMA was acknowledge in Carden Wallace text book on Acropora "Staghorn Corals of the World". Today, Tony SCUBA dives around the world taking underwater photos and observing many of these creatures in their natural environment. With his writings he has effectively communicated his experiences and observations. Tony has traveled the States and Europe giving lectures and consultations on corals and reef fish husbandry. He has recently finished a book called "The Coral Reef Aquarium". This book focuses on the basics of reef keeping, how to properly assemble a coral reef aquarium (five great examples), and the long term care of these critters in a captive environment.

A review of his new book:

http://reefbuilders.com/2010/09/08/coral-reef-aquarium-tony-vargas-great-book-reefing/

Please join us for this special evening.
Thursday June 2nd, 2011
7:00pm


Rose Garden Building
1602 East 2100 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84106

Don't forget that the meeting is THIS THURSDAY! That's TWO DAYS people! We also are going to have an AWESOME raffle that you do NOT want to miss!

TONIGHT AT 7 PM!

I really enjoyed it as well :).  Lots of great info. I will be buying his book for sure..

 Pam

This was a great meeting! Thanks to Tony for making the trip out here and giving such an awesome presentation!

You were AWESOME Tony ! Thank you for the great presentation.
 Pam

For soft corals he was saying to use the standard Fabricius & Alderslade "Soft Corals and Sea Fans." These books were clearanced out a couple years ago fro free so you shouldn't have trouble getting them cheap. The taxonomic info in it has since been corrected, but overall a great book for soft corals.

Adam

I looked on our food as well and the Spectrum has it as well. All the foods I looked on that I got from Brine Shrimp Direct did not :).

 Pam

You can get it for free!
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The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) is giving away the remaining copies of the book "Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea" by Katharina Fabricius & Phil Alderslade, colour throughout, 264 pp. (2001). The book will be free of charge, but postage must be paid before delivery of the books (see instructions below). We still have a few hundred copies left to find a good new home. No second edition is planned, so please pass on this message to people who may be interested. The offer is valid until 30 June 2010.

Regards
Katharina Fabricius

SOFT CORALS AND SEA FANS
Fabricius KE & Alderslade P (2001) Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville. 264 pp. ISBN: 0 642 322104

Free of charge but postage must be paid before delivery of books. Offer valid until 30 June 2010.

Postage:
Zone     1          AUD$10.50               Australia and New Zealand
Zone     2          AUD$13.50               Asia - Pacific
Zone     3          AUD$18.00               Rest of the World

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Account Details                  BSB No   064-817
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                                Account Name: Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Dr. Katharina Fabricius
Principal Research Scientist
Australian Institute of Marine Science
PMB 3, Townsville MC
Queensland 4810
Australia

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