The Living Reef - August 2009

The Living Reef
August 2009
Next meeting: Wednesday 26th August @ 7:30pm
Hi guys & girls,
This month’s meeting will be at another of our sponsor’s Darren Williams of Fish Doctor. Darren has also
promise us that there will be a huge amount of wonderful livestock to purchase, so don’t miss this
opportunity. See you there!
All members please remember to bring your membership card as all door prize will be drawn via your
membership card. If you didn’t bring that to the meeting, you will not be eligible for the draw! Welcome to all
our new members. Hope to see you at this month’s meeting, or at one of our other upcoming events.
Ronald Tan
Inside this Issue....
MASWA Calendar
Upcoming Meeting Information
MASWA Contact Information
Fishy Links & News
Classifieds
Feature Article
MASWA Message Board
MASWA Sponsors
Last Months Meeting Rundown
Eye Candy
RTAW Reefpedia
This wiki has been established as
an encyclopaedia of reef keeping by the
Marine Aquarium Societies of Australia (MASA).
The Marine Aquarists Society of WA is a name that we, as a group of friends with like interests have applied to ourselves for the purpose of information exchange. No one person,
nor the group as a whole, can be held responsible for liabilities, injuries or other that may result either directly or indirectly as a result of our gatherings or the information exchange
therein. The same applies to the information contained in this newsletter.
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MASWA Calendar....
7:30pm, Wednesday 26th August
Host: Darren “Fish Doctor” Williams, 30 Edgeworth Circuit, Tapping
Wednesday 30th September
Host: ???
Wednesday 28th October
Host: Botanica Pub, Innaloo???
MASWA Contact Information....
COMMITTEE – 2008
Web Editor – Web Page Enquiries
Andrew Jabs – 0400 373 789
info@minefield.com.au
WEB ADDRESS
www.masa.asn.au/masa/maswa
EMAIL
maswa@masa.asn.au
Social Coordinator – meeting venues, advertising
enquiries, raffle donations, even ”just to be sociable”
Chris Stevens – 0419 915 116
cstevens@bigpond.net.au
President – General Enquiries
Shona Whaite – 0428 746 620
me@shona.org
Frag Fest Co-ordinator
Vacant
Vice President – General Enquiries
Vacant
Treasurer – Treasury/Payment Enquiries
Alasdair Whyte - 0400 016 238
alasdair.whyte@gmail.com
General Committee
Lou Athanasiou – 0418 358 092
macfixit3@bigpond.com
Secretary – Membership Enquiries
Chris Sutton – 0419 858 108
chris@aussiereef.com.au
David Sarre – 0417 942 773
david@sarreibs.com.au
Newsletter Editor – Newsletter Submissions
Ronald Tan – 0414 725 322
hydrocarbon@iprimus.com.au
MEMBERSHIP PAYMENTS
Cheque/money order: Please make payable to MASWA
Postal Address:
EFT: BSB 086-136, A/C 8724 73681
A/C name: MASWA Inc.
(please include your name on all EFT transfers!)
MASWA
c/o Alasdair Whyte
GPO Box R1253
Perth WA 6844
Cash: Make cash payment in person only.
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nor the group as a whole, can be held responsible for liabilities, injuries or other that may result either directly or indirectly as a result of our gatherings or the information exchange
therein. The same applies to the information contained in this newsletter.
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Classifieds
Contact: Stuart Borlase – 9409
9764 or 0419 902 157
Aquatica Aquajet 700 Skimmer $300.
Suitable for up to 700 litres system.
Contact: Ronald Tan - 0414725322 or email
hydrocarbon@iprimus.com.au
Your stuff for sale here!
Clownfish Breeding Gear $10,000
Please try to keep it aquarium
related (equipment, fish, corals,
etc)
Full clownfish breeding setup including tanks
(23 no), skimmers, heaters, pumps, etc.
Email a committee member to get your ad shown!
Click on the following link for details: Clownfish
MASWA Message Board....
MASWA MARKETPLACE
MASWA TEST KITS
Free water testing
Do you know that we now have a new Forum
called MASWA Marketplace? This is similar to
how RTAW members used to sell their stuff
before the classified was brought in.
MASWA members are able to bring along water
samples to any meeting and test their water.
This is handy to verify your own test kits, or to try
a kit you don’t have at home.
If you have anything for sale or trade or you wish
to look at what is available, even from our
commercial members, then this is the place to go.
The kits are mainly Salifert
tests and include
pH, Calcium, Carbonate
Hardness/ Alkalinity,
Nitrate and Silicate.
You can find all the information at the following
link. Maswa Marketplace
Chris also brings along his
Phosphate Light Meter and
MASWA now has a Refractometer to test the
salinity of your water.
This is a great free resource so be sure to take
advantage of it.
If you are unsure of how to test your water, bring
along about 100ml and ask for help (also free!)
DID YOU KNOW?
That the Oarfish Regalecus glesne is the longest bony fish in the world?
Read more about this at the Sea and Sky web site.
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nor the group as a whole, can be held responsible for liabilities, injuries or other that may result either directly or indirectly as a result of our gatherings or the information exchange
therein. The same applies to the information contained in this newsletter.
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Last Months Meeting Rundown...
Last month’s meeting was at Chris Kolzan’s place in Ballajura. Chris has a beautiful 600 liters six sided tank
with quite a few gadgets that he builds, including those Luminac look alike reflectors.
Chris is very much into hard SPS and you would never catch him with one of those soft coral, which he
called ‘flubber’ in his tank! Those who attended are amazed by Chris’s setup. ☺
Congratulations to all prizewinners!
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nor the group as a whole, can be held responsible for liabilities, injuries or other that may result either directly or indirectly as a result of our gatherings or the information exchange
therein. The same applies to the information contained in this newsletter.
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Upcoming Meeting Information..…
August’s meeting will be at Darren William aka Fish Doctor’s place in Tapping.
Darren's own tank is a nano, which has been running for 15 months. Lit by a 150W metal halide, HOB (hang
on back) skimmer, no sump, livestock includes a pair of percula clowns, flame hawkfish, lawnmower blenny,
coral banded shrimp & a mixture of soft and hard corals.
Darren owns and operates Fish Doctor from his home so there will be stock available to purchase on the
night. He quotes: "My sales tank will be rather full as I'm expecting some nice stock thru from Exmouth
including clams, coral margin butterflies, BTA's, Zoanthids. Plenty of other stock from Queensland and
Karratha including morphs, large colony of catalaphylia, red cynarina's, fluro green brains, hammer corals,
daisy corals. Fish arriving before the meeting include blue tangs, powder blue tang, flame angel, lineatus
tang, sailfin tang, foxface, Naso tang, bangaii cardinals."
The meeting starts at 7:30pm and the address is 30 Edgeworth Circuit, Tapping.
Hope to see you all there!
Formalities to the meeting will be:
President address
Introduce new members
Host’s Talk on His Tank
Door Prize
General Discussion
Raffle Drawn
Wind-up
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nor the group as a whole, can be held responsible for liabilities, injuries or other that may result either directly or indirectly as a result of our gatherings or the information exchange
therein. The same applies to the information contained in this newsletter.
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Fishy Links And News
From ‘Reefing the Australian Way’ Forum …
Sump Overflow for Power Outage?
For those who doesn’t want wet soggy carpets….
Refugium lighting. 24/7, 14hours reverse
cycle???
For people who want to know how others run their
refugium lighting and whether there are any
benefits…
Vortech's Who hasn't had any problems?
They are expensive; they are neat but are they
reliable?
Goniopora ?
The difficult Goniopora again! If you are starting
out, you should stay away from this…
Your rarest fish?
Some interesting fish that people keeps …
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nor the group as a whole, can be held responsible for liabilities, injuries or other that may result either directly or indirectly as a result of our gatherings or the information exchange
therein. The same applies to the information contained in this newsletter.
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Feature Articles
Top Ten Reasons You Should Not Have Picked Up This Hobby...
10) Because every time I walk into a local fish store, I seem to lose $100.
9) Because student loans are for books, food and rent... not for protein skimmers, two-part solution
and frags.
8) Because your boss isn't always receptive to, "I will be in at noon tomorrow because I have a coral
being delivered that I have to inspect and acclimate before the "'Arrive Alive" guarantee is voided."
And even less receptive when you call him at noon and tell him that FedEx didn't deliver it on time
and you have taken the whole day off. And don't forget the fact that the coral cost as much as the
workday you just wasted.
1) Because now I’m single…
Read them all here: http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/8-reefkeepingstop-ten.
The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Newbies
As a corollary and companion to WaterKeeper’s Bogus Information article from last issue’s column,
the intent of this article is to reinforce habits that are important for newbies to adopt. Certainly,
nothing contained in this article is new or revolutionary. On the contrary, this article focuses on the
well-established behaviours and practices that experienced reefkeepers often take for granted, but
which may not always be obvious to newcomers. In addition to staying with mainstream concepts, I
am purposely avoiding recommendations about specific equipment or practices – rather than argue
why one water change schedule is better than another, I aim to give newbies a set of guidelines
they can use to make decisions on their own. So, I present seven habits that will help you, as a
newbie, become highly successful.
Read the full article at http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/9reefkeeping-101-
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nor the group as a whole, can be held responsible for liabilities, injuries or other that may result either directly or indirectly as a result of our gatherings or the information exchange
therein. The same applies to the information contained in this newsletter.
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MASWA Sponsors....
MASWA now has eleven commercial sponsors! MASWA sponsors receive an advertisement (for monthly
specials, etc) and a banner in the newsletter each month. Depending upon what has been agreed with the
sponsor they may offer MASWA such things as member discounts, donations of goods, gift vouchers or
special offers.
Advertisements in The Living Reef do not necessarily reflect MASWA endorsement of any product, service
or advice offered by the advertised business. If you are interested in becoming a MASWA Sponsor, please
contact Chris Sutton on 0419 858 108 or email: maswa@masa.asn.au
Veba’s generously donates prizes for the MASWA raffles
A Cnr Carrington & Forsyth St, O'Connor WA 6163
W www.vebas.com.au Ph (08) 9314 7630
Fremantle Ocean Farm generously donate one free water
change to all new members who join MASWA, and 2 free water
changes vouchers for the raffles
E vebas@vebas.com.au
Open 7 Days 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM (Thurs 8:00 AM - 8:30 PM)
E info@rockyreefmarine.com.au
Rocky Reef Marine has generously donated gift vouchers
and products for the MASWA raffles. Come and see Martin and
Marc and show your MASWA member card for a 10% discount.
Suppliers of quality net caught fish from Vanuatu and the
Islands. Also a Large selection of corals and inverts.
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as a whole, can be held responsible for liabilities, injuries or other that may result either directly or indirectly as a result of our gatherings or the information exchange therein. The same applies
to the information contained in this newsletter.
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PH: (08) 9409 3039
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday
9am to 5pm
Saturday – Sunday 10am to 4pm
Unit 7, 51 Buckingham Drive Wangara WA 6065
Perth’s leading suppliers of
marine aquarium stock
Huge selection of fish, corals,
AQUARIUMS and dry goods
Come in for all your aquarium needs and expert advice
Present your MASWA membership and we’ll be really nice and smile lots
AND MANY MORE TOP BRANDS
Pet Magic Cannington
Aquarium Artists Australia
(08) 9458 1970
Shop 8 / 1500 Albany Hwy, CANNINGTON, W.A
6107
www.petmagic.com.au
Monday - Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
8.30am - 6:00pm
Thursday
8.30am - 9:00pm
Sunday and Public Holidays
10:00am - 5:00pm
(08) 9490 9900
Shop 2 / 712 Ranford Rd, Southern River WA
6110
www.aquariumartists.com.au
Aquarium Artists offer a 10% discount for
MASWA members.
Pet Magic Cannington donate vouchers for
raffles. MASWA members also receive a 10%
discount.(marine related stock).
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nor the group as a whole, can be held responsible for liabilities, injuries or other that may result either directly or indirectly as a result of our gatherings or the information exchange
therein. The same applies to the information contained in this newsletter.
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The Fish Vet - 0421 822 383 - www.thefishvet.com.au
Avid Aquaria
The Fish Vet offers a 10% discount on his
hourly rate for MASWA members.
(08) 9495 4900
Shop 2 / 213 Railway Ave, Kelmscott WA 6111
www.avidaquaria.com.au
Avid Aquaria gives a 10% discount for MASWA
members.
Pet Warehouse / Totally Tanked
(08) 9452 2088
Unit 5, 1808 Albany Hwy, Kenwick WA 6107
www.petwarehouse.com.au
Pet Warehouse / Totally
vouchers for our raffles.
Tanked
donate
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nor the group as a whole, can be held responsible for liabilities, injuries or other that may result either directly or indirectly as a result of our gatherings or the information exchange
therein. The same applies to the information contained in this newsletter.
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Eye Candy....
MASA July Tank of the Month…
Check out http://www.masa.asn.au/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=205519 for the full write up and more pics.
The Marine Aquarists Society of WA is a name that we, as a group of friends with like interests have applied to ourselves for the purpose of information exchange. No one person,
nor the group as a whole, can be held responsible for liabilities, injuries or other that may result either directly or indirectly as a result of our gatherings or the information exchange
therein. The same applies to the information contained in this newsletter.
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