Greg Hiller
BRS Moderator
The November BRS meeting will be held Saturday Nov. 17th at the Bridgewater Veterans Club, 85 Cottage St, Bridgewater, MA.
We will have Mike Paletta as a guest speaker, his topic:
Propagation and Coloration in Sps Corals
Mike's bio is below.
One of our local BRS forum sponsors, Coral Reef Aquarium (CRA) out of Seekonk, MA, will have a table at the meeting and will be offering clean up crew critters, a limited selection of dry goods, and some other selected livestock. Visit CRA's subforum (http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=30) to ask questions or to make special requests.
We will also have a novice reefkeepers lecture on a topic to be determined. We plan to make this a regular feature of most future meetings.
Tentative schedule for the meeting (this schedule may change, check back to this thread for updates as we get closer to the day of the meeting):
11:00 - 12:00 Noon - Meet and greet
Presentation set up time - new members registration - folks milling about chatting about their tanks - time to purchase BRS coffee mugs, hats, polo shirts - library book signout and return - turn samples in for water testing - more about these club benefits can be read here:
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49878
11:30 PM - 12:00 Noon - Novice Reefkeepers lecture and question and answer session - topic will be algae control
12:00 Noon - 12:30 PM - Announcements - raffle items descriptions - introductions of new members
12:30 - 1:30 PM - Guest Speaker - Mike Paletta - Propagation and Coloration in Sps Corals
1:30 PM - Pizza arrives
2:00 PM - Raffle Drawing
2:15 - 3:30 PM - Frag swap mayhem and general member to member reef chat. Clean up
Reminder: we try our best to keep the meeting on time, but there are a lot of things that are out of our control, so the times are subject to change, do not take these times as gospel please. Check back to this thread for updates as we get closer to the day of the meeting.
So, again the details:
Where: Bridgewater Veterans Club, 85 Cottage St, Bridgewater, MA
When: Saturday, November 17th, 11 - 3:30 PM
Mike's Bio:
Michael Paletta has been keeping marine tanks since 1980 and reef tanks since 1985. During the past 20 years he has written over 160 articles on marine fish and invertebrates in both the US and Europe. His first book “The Modern Marine Aquarium” is an attempt to simplify marine fish keeping for the beginning hobbyist while at the same time incorporating advances that have been made due to reef keeping. This book has sold over 110,000 copies. His second book “Ultimate Marine Aquariums” illustrates how far the hobby has come in the past 15 years. In this book are examples of just about every type of reef tank using different methodologies and technology. Michael has enjoyed speaking at over 100 marine societies and national conferences in North America, Canada and Europe. Michael has appeared on both local and national radio shows to discuss the hobby and to help new hobbyists become successful. Currently Michael has 1,200 and 40- gallon reef tanks set up in his home. He has helped in the set up of over 140 tanks throughout the U.S, including several tanks over 4,000 gallons in capacity. Michael also acted as a consultant with the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the Pittsburgh Zoo Aquarium. Michael has B.S. from Dickinson College and a Master's degree from Yale University. Michael has also been a technical consultant for several equipment manufacturers and online companies. Michael is currently employed in sales in the biotechnology field.
We will have Mike Paletta as a guest speaker, his topic:
Propagation and Coloration in Sps Corals
Mike's bio is below.
One of our local BRS forum sponsors, Coral Reef Aquarium (CRA) out of Seekonk, MA, will have a table at the meeting and will be offering clean up crew critters, a limited selection of dry goods, and some other selected livestock. Visit CRA's subforum (http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=30) to ask questions or to make special requests.
We will also have a novice reefkeepers lecture on a topic to be determined. We plan to make this a regular feature of most future meetings.
Tentative schedule for the meeting (this schedule may change, check back to this thread for updates as we get closer to the day of the meeting):
11:00 - 12:00 Noon - Meet and greet
Presentation set up time - new members registration - folks milling about chatting about their tanks - time to purchase BRS coffee mugs, hats, polo shirts - library book signout and return - turn samples in for water testing - more about these club benefits can be read here:
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49878
11:30 PM - 12:00 Noon - Novice Reefkeepers lecture and question and answer session - topic will be algae control
12:00 Noon - 12:30 PM - Announcements - raffle items descriptions - introductions of new members
12:30 - 1:30 PM - Guest Speaker - Mike Paletta - Propagation and Coloration in Sps Corals
1:30 PM - Pizza arrives
2:00 PM - Raffle Drawing
2:15 - 3:30 PM - Frag swap mayhem and general member to member reef chat. Clean up
Reminder: we try our best to keep the meeting on time, but there are a lot of things that are out of our control, so the times are subject to change, do not take these times as gospel please. Check back to this thread for updates as we get closer to the day of the meeting.
So, again the details:
Where: Bridgewater Veterans Club, 85 Cottage St, Bridgewater, MA
When: Saturday, November 17th, 11 - 3:30 PM
Mike's Bio:
Michael Paletta has been keeping marine tanks since 1980 and reef tanks since 1985. During the past 20 years he has written over 160 articles on marine fish and invertebrates in both the US and Europe. His first book “The Modern Marine Aquarium” is an attempt to simplify marine fish keeping for the beginning hobbyist while at the same time incorporating advances that have been made due to reef keeping. This book has sold over 110,000 copies. His second book “Ultimate Marine Aquariums” illustrates how far the hobby has come in the past 15 years. In this book are examples of just about every type of reef tank using different methodologies and technology. Michael has enjoyed speaking at over 100 marine societies and national conferences in North America, Canada and Europe. Michael has appeared on both local and national radio shows to discuss the hobby and to help new hobbyists become successful. Currently Michael has 1,200 and 40- gallon reef tanks set up in his home. He has helped in the set up of over 140 tanks throughout the U.S, including several tanks over 4,000 gallons in capacity. Michael also acted as a consultant with the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the Pittsburgh Zoo Aquarium. Michael has B.S. from Dickinson College and a Master's degree from Yale University. Michael has also been a technical consultant for several equipment manufacturers and online companies. Michael is currently employed in sales in the biotechnology field.
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