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In addition to the meatballs we will be making pulled pork sandwiches.

Hello this is Maxwell I'm a new member and I wanted to let you know that me and my dad will be attending. Hope to see all of you guys for the first time!

Looking forward to talking some more at the next meeting at Petes folly!

2024 April Meeting New Member Meet and Greet When: Saturday, April 13th 4:00PM-6:00PM Where: Bob (Petesfolly) and Marcia's Home 11375 Whitewater Way Fishers, IN Come see Bob's 220 gallon main display and frag tank setup. This months meeting is always a great time! A fantastic opportunity for new members that signed up at the swap or have never been to a meeting to checkout what the club is all about! This is normally hosted as a potluck, so please let everyone know what you would like to bring so we do not have duplicates. We hope to see everyone there! Please let us know if you will be in attendance by posting below. RSVPs allow the hosts to plan for the number joining to make sure there is plenty of beverages and snacks!

I will be there! Looking forward to seeing everyone!

I will be there plus 1. Will bring a dessert

I will be there. I’ll bring some kind of dessert.

I'm bringing hash brown casserole

Thank you for the help!

Maxwell, welcome to the club. This is a potluck style meeting that you can bring food or drink, if you’d like. But it isn’t required to bring anything except yourselves.

We’ll bring the Mac n cheese.

Betsy and I will be there and will bring a dessert.

If Greg is going I guess I have to be there

I’ll be there looking forward to meeting the new members.

Cheryl and I plan on coming, we will bring a pasta salad. Hopefully get to meet several new members!

Looking forward to meeting you!

will be there

So just spit balling here but looking for everyone’s opinions, advice and input. I have been thinking about reducing my number of tanks down to 1, plus my qt systems of course. I love my butterflies and angels, you know, the ones that would eat my corals, so I have to keep them. I have been brain storming about a tank within a tank. Don’t know how exactly this would look. Or how much it would cost. Tank is 84” x 30” x 25” Option 1 - maybe something down the middle of the tank , somehow hanging from the center braces. Would the center braces be able to handle the weight? Would probably have to be acrylic so is lighter in weight Would i need slits on all sides for flow? This might be a nightmare for keeping all the slots, hole clean. Would I also need a power head inside this tank? I’m thinking this acrylic tank would be 72” x 8” or 10” wide and deep. Option 2 - something across the back wall of the tank. This could be acrylic or glass and siliconed in place. This would probably have to be 2, one on each side of the overflow. I think if it’s glass, only way to get flow would have to be ph in each one. Would it get enough light on the back wall? Would be same size as above one. Would be very hard for me to reach to clean the glass. (I’m only 5’ tall) Was thinking either one would be just slightly under the water level so fish can’t get in and still allow for some water flow. Ideas, thoughts and opinions. Is this doable and still look good? Any issues or problems I’m not thinking of?

Maybe using a HOB type refugium with clear glass or acrylic inside the tank instead hanging on the back of the tank? That way you would have flow and custom lighting over it for the corals. I guess that would be the same is your idea with an acrylic or glass walled off area in the back. Just copy the water flow and lighting concept of an HOB to go along with it.

Wow! Great idea! However, I am sure it will have a lot of challenges to figure out flow, lighting, maintenance, etc. I think one of your biggest maintenance issues will be keeping the partition (glass and acrylic) clean since algae will definitely grow on it with the lighting you will need for the corals. You have most likely already have done this...looking to see if anyone else has built a tank like this.

Thank you everyone that helped make this event possible because it gave me a chance to experience new corals I was never exposed too. A special thanks to vendors such as modern aquatix and Fish nerds corals for having phenomenal coral selection. Also thank you to everyone that was welcoming to questions and being so helpful. I thank all of you for this wonderful day that I have had. Looking forward to seeing all of you in April.

CoralBeauty28 and reefaddict12 will be there!

I haven’t been able to attend much or participate the past few years, but plan to attend this meeting. 2 will attend. I will bring a veggie tray with dip.