March 2008 Meeting Recap and Pics

March 6th, 2008
Attendance- 48 people when we started playing Bingo

 

Tank of the Month- Jim Brimley (WingNut)

Jim has a 210 gal aquarium (72x24x29)
He uses 250 watt reeflux halides, a standard sump and large ASM skimmer.

Jim has 20 species of very diverse fishes, tons of corals, but also many invertebrates.  The three things I found most interesting were 1) he has a Garibaldi damselfish that he brought home from Mexico 2) he does a 40 gallon water change every week 3) while he has fishes and coral like everyone else, he also has a very large collection of shrimp and crabs.
A great looking tank, near the Sugarhouse area (by our club meeting location).  To learn more about Jim's tank please click on Tank of the Month on the left <---- or contact him to see it in person anytime.

 

Tonight we played a version of Reef Bingo.  This meeting was led by Debbie Morril and Eva Rushton.  The two of them did an absolute fabulous job of running the show.  They made a bunch of bingo cards with all sorts of reef words and phrases. 
Each paid membership was worth two Bingo cards.  Additional cards sold for $5 each, or 3 for $10. 
A powerpoint slide show presented questions and the first person to raise their hand with the correct answer (this was a little more chaotic than expected) earned a small prize.  After playing for 40 minutes we had several Bingos in the crowd.  Each time someone got Bingo they were given a ticket for the final raffle. 
The final raffle included many prizes by some wonderful sponsors and donors.  To see a list of our club sponsors please visit our sponsors page (Ahhemmm, Jake- the sponsors page?).

 

Congrats to all the winners, thanks to the many club members who came to play, and a HUGE THANK YOU to Debbie and Eva for putting together one of the most fun and entertaining meetings we've had.

 

Next Month's Meeting- Calcium Reactors

Please join us as club member and calcium reactor guru Corey Price leads the way.  Corey will be explaining everything you need to know about building calcium reactors, and he'll even build one in front of us.  We'll also have a nice raffle during that meeting, guess what the prize will be....

 

Tables Set Up

 

Prizes to win

 

Bingo Cards

 

 

People Playing Bingo

 

Some of the goodies

 

 

Our Item of the Month For Sale

 

Check out the new nametags!

 

 

Adam

Adam

 

Mike

 

Yes.  I laughed when I read this because the other day Jeff said the exact same thing.  He had looked everywhere including on the back of the WMAS card for the abbreviation TOTM. 

 

Deb

 

Mike

 

Mike

 

Mike

 

Mike