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Welcome to the club. Don't forget to enter the raffle for some excellent prizes!

Welcome to the club, this should a fun event for you. Plan on taking your time looking around, asking questions and enjoying the group!

Vender will supply a small bag, deli cup or specimen container

So guessing this means you’re actually new the the hobby all together?. Well there will be lots and lots and lots of coral available to purchase. You’ll have a hobbiest section. Pretty much guys in the club growing stuff in their tanks looking to make some cash to put right back into the their tanks. 🙋🏽‍♂️ Like me! Then you have vendors. They’re the tables that have turned all this into a business. Places like Aquarium World, Modern Aquatix, The Reef, Premium Aquatics, Salt Critters, and some out of town place that do some traveling. This year the building is a large one with a

Thanks to ReefNewby82, TankNovice and Mike762 for arranging and setting up a Zoom call to help me experience the meeting today. For those of you that don't know I have a rare muscle disease called Inclusion Body Myositis. For the sake of an easy explanation I have heard it described as like ALS but very slowly progressing. At this point I rely on a power wheelchair to get around (it weighs about 500lbs without me in it) and it is starting to limit the use of my hands. It currently affects my left hand more than my right. Because of this you may not see me at very many meetings however I will b

Dry rock and live rock both have advantages and disadvantages. There are a couple companies that put dry (mined on land) rock in the ocean and let it sit for a year or two then harvest it as live rock. This is legal to do. Just can no longer take rock off a reef anymore. And you can take some steps to process this rock to get rid of some of the bad hitchhikers that won't kill the good bacteria on the live rock (the reason for buying live rock). You can also do things to the dry rock to help get rid of the nitrates and phosphates bound up in it. This does take longer to do though. I think KP Aq

In addition to Mike's comments, we will have a TV monitor with a power point running that will be updated with the winner and ticket#. So if you miss a drawing, you will be able to check the monitor to see if you won anything.

There have been a lot of questions about the raffle this year. Due to social distancing, safety and health requirements ie. we cannot have a lot of people gathering around the raffle tables putting tickets in individual buckets the following is this years raffle procedures 202ONE INDMAS Frag Swap Raffle Each Raffle Ticket is $20.00 you can buy as many tickets as you want Tickets only available for in person purchase A ticket gets you into every drawing example you win a prize that is notated and ticket goes back in for next drawing. That is over 90 different

Name:Derrick Lambert Gender: Male Age or Age Range: 39 Twitter/Instagram: Where are you from? Lafayette IN Type of Tank(s): reefs and 1 small freshwater How long have you been in the hobby? Just got back into the hobby about 2 months ago after a 10-12 year hiatus! What do you like most about the hobby? The chance to always be learning something new! Other pets: 3 great danes Other hobbies: wife and I love to do out doorsy stuff like fish and hunt or go camping! Work: heavy repair at Subaru here in Lafayette Favorite food: I’ve always

45 frags for new members Thank You everyone Please make sure to bring them with you Saturday morning

No early entry this year due to covid restrictions

I joined in 2020 so I didn’t get to experience anything. What can I expect from the frag swap in may?

Awesome thank you guys!

1.5ish years in the hobby now so still pretty new but just this year got into corals. Do I need to provide my own container or do people have bags to put them in?

I use to be a member of the bird club years ago. I am not a fan of Bird Fever. We got our grey from a breeder in Danville, IN. I think she has retired now. 20 some years ago I use to raise some birds also. I raised several finches, canaries, parakeets, hand feed cockatiels and Indian Ring Necks.

His name is Misty. Thought it was a female when we named him. Later got a dna test and confirmed he is a male. 🙂 He is 19 years old now. Had him since he was 4 weeks old.

Culture your own pods and phyto add them to the tank.

My little one would have it no other way. She grew up watching Octonauts and between that and my love of the ocean she was stuck. 🤣 We have decide to go with the Red Sea Max e-170. Starting out without the sump refuge option, but hopefully adding later. My daughter is a real rule follower and always looking to make peace out of any situation and I think I am going to carry that theme into the tank with a couple of examples of symbiotic relationships and just an overall peaceful tank. Which means I will probably also stay away from corals that have a tendency to take over the tank. We'll see, s

Yeah RO filter Used rock...pukani is banned wild. Everything is man made now or you buy someone else's tank rock. I can get you pukani live but it's out of state. Tons of it though 😂 Red sea is always a good way to go for sure!

RO filter if you don’t already have one.

Welcome back!! Nice to see you pass the hobby down to your children. A nice softy tank could be a nice low maintenance endeavor.

I have a spare 55g drum and a 30g runnermaid for this purpose u could use. Located in rushville. Txt me 317 408 8655

I can do 5 frags as well.

Name: Ben Meyaard Gender: male Age or Age Range: 39 Twitter/Instagram: i don’t actively participate in twitter, but you can dig up all my terribly former thoughts at bmeyaard and BenMeyaard and there was a local news troll account at one point ... Where are you from? Flat Rock, Indiana. I’ve lived in 10-counties but never out of state. Type of Tank(s): 40 breeder Photo(s) of you: Full Tank Shot(s): Favorite tank pic(s): How long have you been in the hobby? Since 2011 when a friend moved out of state and left me a 5g, 3-rock, 1fish, I pump