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All, I'll be sharing my chemistry tipsfor cost savings. Plus I will share how I keep the pH of a 400 gallon system within 0.05 SU of 8.3. I hope to see everyone there.

Luis (Gonzo620) ready to win the badminton competition again?

Starting this up finally to track progress for myself. Finally somewhat picture worthy after getting some stuff organized and not just thrown around the sand bed. Still some work to go.

I plan to attend

Reeftrader is now up for 2022!

Thank you both for your hospitality your tanks were absolutely gorgeous. I learned a lot from your presentation.

This one might be my favorite so far!

Please note (Mr. Duffy) No Mermaids allowed!😁

New member here, I will be attending, +1

Keep em comin! Gotta figure out how many lbs of pork products i'll need # ; ) Dreading shoveling my deck so I can get to the smoker though # : ) Remember, everyone that shows up must take a kenya tree home! HA!

This was from a club meeting in 2016 at Tryfin's (bill's house) I believe it was one of the retro frag swaps

Well the break is over. Bought a tank this week, I’m thinking of doing a build thread if anyone would be interested.

Thanks to everyone that attended. A pleasure hosting everyone. Hope everyone took advantage of the pay it forward. Can’t wait to see everyone again for the holiday get together.

Latest and greatest in the fish room!

Got tired of seeing a corded rats nets under the tank. Check out the new video on how I built a simple controller board!

Thanks everyone for coming. I'll get the emailed presentations out to you today.

Thank you for the warm hospitality and great ideas! I certainly enjoyed seeing the way you run your system and the excellent results.

See everyone tomorrow. Safe travels!

I cannot make this meeting, My grandkids are in town from GA. Alan has great money saving hacks on additives. I bought 40 Lbs. of Magnesium Chloride as road runner pet friendly ice melt. I was only nervous the 1st time I dumped it in the tank, it works great. I probably saved over 80% by not using Pet store brands. have fun everyone.

I’ll be there (Jason) and I’m bringing Keegan, a prospective member. Looking forward to it!

Looking forward to seeing your display tank, system, and of course learning your tricks on maintaining a stable sustainable reef!

What a great time! (Even in spite of the short rain delay) All the pitch in food was great, and the company even better! Thank you all for coming... so far everything is on track to make it until 1:30 this afternoon so I think the host and hostess will make it 😏.

Thank you Craig & Connie for hosting our June meeting. The food was great and all the company was exceptional! See you all again at Puff Dragons in July..

Craig, thanks for the great time. The food was delicious everyone. Craig your tank looked good, very beautiful fish selection.

I plan on being there and will likely bring my wife, Kylee. Looking forward to my first meet up!

Hollyhock chicken on order, peach-mango sorbet made (Connie added Proseco for fun), stocking up on beverages later today!

Not the most exciting video but hopefully relatable!

A lot of changes recently. New video up now!

Save $$$ and build the stand yourself! New video out now. Happy Friday!

INDMAS is pleased to announce that the 2022 Frag Swap will be Saturday April 2nd at the Hendricks County Fairgrounds 1900 East Main Street, Danville IN from 12-4. Over the past year the club has been hard at work to bring you one of the top swaps in the Midwest. There are multiple threads in this forum that should answer a lot of your questions. If you do not find it please ask. Returning again as our Platinum Event Sponsor The Reef Gold Level Sponsor and sponsor of the young hobbyist tank give away is Premium Aquatics Gold Sponsor Modern Aquatix Some of the vendors coming to the show---- The Reef, Premium Aquatics, Modern Aquatix, Coral Savers, Coral Reef Connection, Goat Corals, Ricks Coral and Aquatics, Coral Addicts, Motor City Corals, Reef Donkey Corals, Two Crafty Clowns with more confirmations coming in. Free frag supplied by the club for new members for the first 50 new members Free admission for club member otherwise a low $10 for admittance. Membership is just $21 a year Our Guest Speaker this year will be Shawn Garner. Shawn Garner is a Marine Biologist and will be giving a presentation on Coral Spawning Food Truck from Greiners will be available Oh wait almost forgot to mention fabulous raffle prizes with the Grand Prize being a Neptune Systems Trident donated by the Reef Schedule of Events on Saturday April 2nd 11:00 to 11:45 - Speaker Shawn Garner Noon to 4pm - Frag Swap open and Food Truck 2pm to 4pm - Raffle drawings (must be present to win) 4pm - Show closes Hope to see everyone there

We're going to try to make this one provides the generator connection setup goes according to plan.

Tom, looking forward to meeting you at Bob's on Saturday. Welcome to INDMAS!

Had a great time at the meeting. Thanks everyone for being so welcoming. Ross awesome tank and thanks again for the frag, will make a great addition to the tank!

lower right in 2017.. Boy Ryan aged from 2016 to 2017

So the next step was aquascaping. Before even deciding on equipment, I take the time to create my scape. Originally I was looking at using the Marco rock like in my previous tank. I am very glad I did not. I went with the new Tropic Eden Morroca dry rock. It has made a massive difference in the early time of the tank. Normally I would be fine with the year of tan dry rock, but you no longer need to. So I got 15 pounds of the rock and went to work trying various layouts. Don’t be scared if the price per pound, if this is a tank you are staring from scratch, this stuff light, easy to stack, has tons of caves for fish, and gorgeous in person. My brand new tank looks like it’s been up for years just because of this rock. I finally landed on a layout and grabbed a bag of dry CaribSea Special grade. You will notice a theme “Dry” everything for the tank. I was trying a new cycling technique which I will cover in the next post

So the early bird gets the nicest pick, but the last bird gets the discounts lol

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Club!

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, whatever it is you celebrate I hope you make it the best!

Thank you again Luis and Chanel for hosting it was a great time as always. Beautiful setup!

Chanel said she would start with the Achilles. Lol. Happy wife happy life.

This is a great lesson for all of us with significant others.................. https://www.newsweek.com/video-woman-cooking-husbands-pet-fish-teach-him-lesson-viewed-7m-times-1639103

Wow, what a nice system! Too bad more did not attend it was a fun meeting... well except for that nomination thing!

After the board elections this year the following were the results: Elections: New Staff and Board Members 2022 Secretary - Craig Martin (CMRun) Treasurer - Ben Commerce - Co-chairs: Ryan (ryansweet) and Luis (Gonzo620) Education - Co-chairs: Doug Duerloo (dduerloo) and Mike Duffy ((Mike762) Membership - Hector DelaFuente III (HDIII) President is not up for election this year. As you will notice we ran co-chairs for commerce and Education this year. For Commerce as both the chairs are new it will be great for the club for contact with existing vendors and sponsors and for the frag swap. As past commerce chairs can tell you this position can be overwhelming especially around the time of the swap. For Education chair having two chairs to coordinate both in person and remote education topics will do nothing but help the club members learn the science and art of reef keeping Welcome both new and returning Board members and staff. I would like to personally thank the Board members and chairs whose terms will be ending: Mikayla - Commerce Kyle - Membership Brian - Education Bob - Secretary The club would not be what it is today without their contributions and hours of volunteering. Look for more news and updates and as always if you have an idea or something that would help the club be better for all members please do not hesitate to reach out Mike Miller (TankNovice) 317 730 7049

Doug and Cheryl Thank You both for hosting I stand corrected the best fishroom in the state not just the club!

bump... stars (and starfish) aligned! see many of you this afternoon.

Hello everyone, Im Jace! From "Jace Exotics" Marine Fish & more. I'm a Hoosier native, opening a new exotic fish in the heart of Broad Ripple. I fell in love with saltwater while living in Southern California. Surfing & snorkeling with the Garibaldi sold me on everything salt water. After moving back to indy at the beginning of covid and spending most of my time with my tank, I decided to turn a hobby I am passionate about into a something I can share with my fellow aquarist & the Indy Community. Mission: Your destination for well priced unique corals and marine life. Grand opening: September 4, 2021 6528 Cornell Ave (Use Rene's Bakery in your gps if you get lost) Everyone is welcomed to come check the place out! What to expect? 15% off for all INDMAS members An unique array of exotic saltwater fish Much more inventory to come in the following weeks

Unfortunately I am not going to make it had to go to Florida to clean out my MIL HOUSE as she passed away

FYI for people coming next Saturday. Pending good weather, I have a nice outside area that is directly off my family room/Fish room. I have places for everyone to spread out and kids to play on the playset! I look forward to seeing everyone!