Meeting Topics?

[WAVESHAUN]

I would like to cover some topics of interest at the meeting. Anyone have one you would like covered??

[sanblas]

conflict management and interpersonal communication

[Piero]

- cyclop-eeze vs. phyto?
- Live rock vs. dry rock when setting up a reef
- How to grow out frags for anyone who hasn't already
- dsb VS. BB
- minimizing nutrient import/ maximizing export
- advantages of fluidized reactors
- sources of phosphates: carbon, food, etc
- New lighting trends: 400w DE, T5's, etc.

[WAVESHAUN]

Originally Posted by sanblas

conflict management and interpersonal communication

Have already tried countless times - sorry, I give up on this one.

[Piero]

yeah..he's tried so hard. I'm hopelessly evil!

[Krux]

One thing that I would really like to discuss is the movement of corals from collection sites, to the importers, and then to the lfs. I have always been curious exactly how specific shop owners can be in asking for what they want. Do any wholesalers offer pics of their livestock to choose from? What are some problems that owners have run into in the past with importers/wholesalers/transhippers?

Additionally, as the shop is new, I would be interested in hearing about any hurdles that came up, both planned and unplanned, and how you went about overcoming them. I know a lot of people would love to some day become a person employed in their hobby, and I think that hearing about the good and the bad of reopening a business would be of interest to a lot of folks.

[AC]

Love to learn about
1. How to work with acrylic
2. DYI projects
3. tank crash & recovery -> what signs to look for

[Ryan Mackey]

Quote from Krux " I know a lot of people would love to someday become a person employed in their hobby " I think Shaun would join with me in offering those poor misguided souls these three little words," Truck Driving School". R2

[Stang69]

How to restore a 1950 Norton?

How to give said Norton to a Buddy In Bremerton.





Jeff

[Krux]

yeah, i woul dhave some words to disuade any future chef hopefulls myself r2

[Piero]

- color correction for underwater images with Photoshop?

That might be informative. Shaun just got a copy of Photoshop and I'm sure he's lookin for some advice from some of the experienced users, and I know many people are interested in how to work with digital images effectively. It's a much more delicate skill than people realize.

People also should not think of PS as a negative thing in and of itself. It's a valuable tool for any digital image professional, but it's how its used that makes all the difference. Don't blame the software, blame the skills of the user.

[fattoni]

Yeah thats not to bad of an idea...Photoshop is sooo hard to use. Im so confused with all the buttons and stuff. Macromedia Firewroks/Flash/Dreamweaver are much more my style. Im sure photoshop is a great program too, but i need to get some tutorials or something before i use it anymore. good idea...

Kris

[WAVESHAUN]

Originally Posted by Stang69

How to restore a 1950 Norton?

How to give said Norton to a Buddy In Bremerton.





Jeff

^^ LOL! Thats a good one, Jeff.

[Lowman]

Whut's rong wid truc drivors???

[WAVESHAUN]

Originally Posted by Krux

One thing that I would really like to discuss is the movement of corals from collection sites, to the importers, and then to the lfs...

I would be glad to discuss this^^.

I also like the idea of discussing DSB vs BB and varations of both impacting captive systems.

I could go over some basic photoshop elements too, but it would be very crowded in my office and hard to see the computer screen.

Thanks for the ideas. Any more??

coral topic?
water quality/chemistry topic?
featured equipment?

I think no more than (4) topics assuming time permits.

Can we get a consensis before Friday to give me time to prepare?

Thanks