Gatortailale October 10, 2010 Share October 10, 2010 Matt spoke at MACNA 2010 this year. We have him booked him for January 22, 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatortailale November 18, 2010 Author Share November 18, 2010 WAMAS WINTER MEETING - Thomas S. Wootton High School, Rockville, MD - January 22, 2011 (Saturday) The Winter Meeting of The Washington Area Marine Aquarist Society (WAMAS) will be on Saturday, January 22, 2011 from 1:30-5:00 p.m. at Thomas Wootton High School, 2100 Wootton Pkwy., Rockville, MD 20850. Special Guest and Highlights: - Speaker: Matt Pedersen - "Captive Breeding 101" with an additional presentation on "Rethinking the Harlequin Filefish." Along with lots of frag swapping and a great raffle, this is sure to be a meeting NOT to miss! For further information on the WAMAS Winter Meeting, visit our web site http://www.wamas.org/ Who: WAMAS (Washington D.C. Area Marine Aquarist Society) When: January 22, 2011 (Saturday) Time: 1:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (EST) Where: Thomas Wootton High School 2100 Wootton Pkwy., Rockville, MD 20850 Cost: Members - FREE Non-members - $5.00 [WAMAS Annual Membership = $20 - Individual; $35 - Family; $10 - Educators; Free - Students] Agenda 1:15 - 1:45 Sign-in / socialize 1:45 - 2:00 Club Updates & Elections 2:00 - 3:00 Matt Pedersen - "Captive Breeding 101" 3:00 - 3:30 Break / socialize 3:30 - 4:30 Matt Pedersen - "Rethinking the Harlequin Filefish." 4:30 Raffle! Miscellaneous - food & drinks provided - Raffle prizes * Fantastic Frags - Gift Cards * Petland - 150W HQI MH Lighting Pendant * Dr. Mac - Tridacna maxima clam * Marine Scene - Gift Cards * Blue Ribbon Koi - Special BRK-WAMAS Clean Up Crew Packages (in store pickup) and Chalice Colony * AWI - Mighty Mite RO Unit * F&F - Gift Cards and Instant Ocean Salt Boxes * Mr. Coral - Gift Cards * www.fishnreef.com - Glue Pack * www.rockncoral.com - 150 gallon box of CrystalSea salt and a 3 gallon Pico-C aquarium by CPR Aquatic * Avast Marine Works - Medium Davey Jones Skimmate Locker Bio: Matt Pedersen is an interactive software developer and part-time fly fishing guide originally from Chicago, IL and current living in Duluth, MN, USA. Additionally, Matt has experience as a professional orchid breeder and certified fly rod builder. Matt has been a marine aquarist for 23 years, and an aquarist for 28+. After spending time on every side of the aquarium industry (retail, commercial and private maintenance & installation, wholesale, hatchery), he currently considers himself a "professional hobbyist". Most recently, Matt has currently spawned 21 species of marine fish, successfully raising 6 of them including one worldwide first (the Harlequin Filefish, Oxymonacanthus longirostris), as well as attempted another 6 invertebrate species to date. Most all of this was accomplished with less than 100 gallons of total working capacity, and all in closed culture. In 2010, Matt Pedersen was selected as the breeder of choice to work with the now famous "PNG Lightning Maroon Clownfish" from the SEASMART program, and chronicles the efforts to propagate this one-of-a-kind fish online at The Lightning Project. Matt Pedersen is credited with starting MOFIB (Marine Ornamental Fish & Invertebrate Breeder's Association) and writing for multiple publications including Coral, Koralle, Practical Fishkeeping, Reef Hobbyist Magazine and Reefbuilders. Matt has spoken at numerous aquarium clubs and events from coast to coast. He currently sits on the MBI (Marine Breeding Initiative) Council, a project dedicated to bringing the concept of a unified Marine Breeder's Award Program to hobbyist organizations across the country and around the globe. In 2009, Matt was awarded "Aquarist of the Year" honors by both IMAC West and MASNA in recognition of his accomplishments and contributions to the marine aquarium hobby. Last updated October, 2010. Directions: Here's a map from Mapquest Map Link Special thanks to our sponsors. Please support them & say thanks next time you shop with them. You can find their website address by visiting their forum or the sponsor page on the WAMAS website - Air, Water & Ice - Avast Marine - Blue Ribbon Koi - Dr. Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture - Fantastic Frags - Fins & Feathers - LiveWire Aquatics - The Marine Scene - Mr. Coral - Petland - Reef eScape - www.FishNReef.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatortailale January 5, 2011 Author Share January 5, 2011 NOTE - updates to schedule. Matt is going to give two, hour long talks. We will update soon with schedule on which talk is first. Agenda 1:15 - 1:45 Sign-in / socialize 1:45 - 2:00 Club Updates & Elections 2:00 - 3:00 Matt Pedersen - "Captive Breeding 101" 3:00 - 3:30 Break / socialize 3:30 - 4:30 Matt Pedersen - "Rethinking the Harlequin Filefish" 4:30 Raffle! Raffle prizes posted soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami January 12, 2011 Share January 12, 2011 Raffle prizes for this meeting include: 3 gift certificates ($200 total) from our WAMAS' newest sponsor: Fantastic Frags! 1 Aqualight Metal Halide HQI retractable pendant (150W, 10KK) light from the kind folks over at Petland (Fairfax)! VP Dave Lin has a bunch of other raffle prizes to post, and will be doing so soon. If you happen to win one of these prizes, please be sure to post up and don't forget to thank our great sponsors both in word and with your business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 January 12, 2011 Share January 12, 2011 Added raffle items from Fins & Feathers, Blue Ribbon Koi, Marine Scene, Dr. Mac, and Air Water Ice! Look for more in the next few days, too! Lots of prizes and don't forget to support our sponsors with the receipts for raffles program! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 January 13, 2011 Share January 13, 2011 Added Mr. Coral to the raffle prizes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 January 18, 2011 Share January 18, 2011 Added www.fishnreef.com to the raffle items! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Origami January 21, 2011 Share January 21, 2011 Bump. Added 1 box of CrystalSea MarineMix salt (150 gallons) and 1 3-gallon picoaquarium setup by CPR, courtesy of meeting sponsor (and WAMAS vendor) www.rockncoral.com. I know you've probably not heard much of www.rockncoral.com, but this is his way of beginning to introduce himself to our community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 January 21, 2011 Share January 21, 2011 Added a donation from the boys over at Avast! Ye land lubbers will like this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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