Official Meeting Wrap-up 4/19/10

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Yet again another fantastic turn-out. I swear if we ever start advertising these meetings anywhere other then this site we’re going to need a valet service.

I still don’t know if it’s the great presentations, the DIY talks, or the food. But whatever it is…it’s working.

This months theme was Chinese food. It wasn’t quite ready when the meeting started but in just 10 minutes …

After dinner we were treated to a virtual tank tour from Marchinbandjs - it was nice to see a tank photographed under natural room lighting for a change instead of those pesky MH and T5 lights we’re so used to.

As always the audience was captivated

It really was a nice presentation, and the level of detail – simply amazing - I never knew there so much to know about “the purple thing” (between you and I…I think John drowned Barney just to have something else in his tank :P)

Next came the blueprint drawings for the DRC ATO. This is going to be nice. It will be even nicer when we can talk the officers in to raffling these puppies off PoM

I’m hoping they will be willing to donate a custom unit to have a full end-user review written up and published as promotional material to someone who contributes regularly to the boards, has a knack for writing, is too cheap to upgrade from the “8 year old with a bucket ATO” he uses now - - oh and has the ability to post really bad pictures of our president

The final presentation of the night was courtesy of The Fish Bowl www.thefishbowldover.com a great local fish store in Dover. They were gracious enough to send BJ up to talk to us about the history of the store, some details about their set-ups, filtration, electric bills, etc.

The stories were priceless and the audience was absolutely captivated with his insightfulness.

Seriously though, it was nice a great talk and BJ was gracious enough to share way more information then his mother would have liked him to slap-stick - but I think we all feel just a little bit closer to the store now. I’m looking forward to my next trip down to Dover to stop in (especially since they apparently price their Flame Angels low enough that they can’t even keep them in the store). PoM

The night wrapped up with another great raffle. Some very nice frags went to some needy homes, and a wide assortment of Seachem products for the little dosers in all of us as the Golden Ticket item

I don’t have the list as to who won what - but I know who didn’t:

T’was a great meeting, looking forward to our next 2 events. May 1st at East Coast Aquatics and May 8th at The Fish Bowl.

See ya’ll there!!!
YahoO YahoO YahoO YahoO YahoO

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thanks, craig, wait until you get to be ancient and your face resembles cottage cheese, but at least i’m not labeled as the monkey-ape-primate. great pics as usual. and hilarious commentary, here and at the meet.

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Great wrap up Crag.

Thanks to John for sharing his tank with us and BJ for giving us the inside scoop on The Fish Bowl.

Shawn I’m excited to see what the ATO will look like. If I had the $ I would have preordered last night, but just didn’t. We have an estimated release date? Next regular meeting maybe?

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ahhh man, u guys r great! i lmao reading that craig. ive really been mulling on your question last night about how the business affects the hobby in me…

ever give an alchoholic a job at a liquor store??

great questions from those who asked, and thanks a million for the hospitality and having me at the meeting. it was awesome. (and to chris for giving me some insight myself on rearing some clownfish babies. we’ll see if she can do it!)

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talk the officers in to raffling these puppies off
wont take much effort since i plan to do this very thing at next years meetings. with all the excitement and talk about the rimless nano tank i would say its very likely to see these as raffle items at our regular meetings next year. here is what im thinking. tricked out rimless cube with black vinyl background, drilled with durso overflows and locline return, custom black acyrlic overflow, and a drc ATO included? watcha think?
We have an estimated release date? Next regular meeting maybe?
thats my hope. worse case scenario is i will only have a handful and the float holders might not be ready but i should be able to throw a quick DIY holder together that can be replaced when they are ready.
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[quote=“logans_daddy, post:5, topic:2863”]
here is what im thinking. tricked out rimless cube with black vinyl background, drilled with durso overflows and locline return, custom black acyrlic overflow, and a drc ATO included? watcha think? [/quote]

umm yes i want this…think i can trade in my seachem golden ticket for this one. PBJ!

just kidding the seachem stuff has already been put to good use. did my first dose last night right away hahaha

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Another great meeting. :BEER