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01-08-2007, 11:11 PM
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id love a frag swap but none of my corals are big enough to frag, and trading for money just isnt as satisfying. i think i would rather have new corals then 15$, but thats just me, i suspect im not the only one tho... so its hard to ask someone to frag for cash i think.. UNLESS SOME ONES OFFERING
 anyone :P Richard 
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01-09-2007, 03:43 AM
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 I sold all my sps colonys off a few years ago and just recently felt like doin it again. They were just too demanding at the time, they were all in great shape and huge, but i figured sell them or give them away before I let them go. I gave most of them to a friend who subsequently dissapeared, no one has seen him for years now.
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01-09-2007, 05:14 AM
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so there are definitely people in the Calgary area who want to do a reef meet or even a tank tour so what does everyone feel like doing??
personally i think a tank tour would be cool, i like the idea of getting to see several other peoples tanks, and the way they have their equipment setup. Richard
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01-09-2007, 05:44 AM
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I live to far out of calgary or mine would be up for viewing, although my dog would not approve, in fact I doubt anyone would get near him. The only problem with a tank tour in the winter is the mess, everyone coming and going, though I suppose the weather isn't that bad (ie slush etc). I wish it were summer we could do a Barbecue. Sometimes I wish calgary were like one of the bigger centres in the states where you pay membership fee and they have regular meetings, not all the time do I feel this way though. Maybe start a poll with a list of things that might be available to do. Maybe if someone is willing to use their space for a meet they could poll to see what we could do? Last edited by Chaotic Cricket; 01-09-2007 at 05:51 AM.
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01-09-2007, 02:51 PM
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that last post confused me... people in the states pay a fee to be a member of a reef meeting group? what do you get out of the membership, like free coral raffels at the meet?
Richard
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01-09-2007, 04:39 PM
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You can have an aquarium society up here too where you can pay fees. In fact Calgary has one, the Calgary Aquarium Society, but my understanding is they are primarily a FW and FO focus. We tried to set up a reef one a few years ago but we didn't have the #'s to make it viable. It's something I want to revisit in the future though.
The reason you pay is that if you are going to bring in guest speakers, you have to find a way to fund their travel expenses. So you need to have a treasury, an executive and so on.
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-- Tony My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
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01-09-2007, 04:54 PM
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that sounds interesting but i think i would have to hear alot more about something like this before i jumped on board. And then again i suppose it all depends on how much a membership fee would be.
I think what i would enjoy more then a guest speaker is seeing other peoples tanks in person. I dont know about you guys but for me the most exciting aspect of this hoby is the diversity of creatures, i love seeing the less then typical fish in peoples tanks, clown fish dont do it for me anymore. i think we should have a tank tour in Calgary, it doesnt have to be a burden if we arrainged for say 30 minute stops at each tank. then its not like you have the inconvienece of 30 people hanging out in your house all night. Richard
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