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Those of you who live in Utah and/or So. Idaho may be interested to know that the WMAS is holding it's 9th annual Reef Tour. Details can be found at: http://www.utahreefs.com

Anyone who can should check out the WMAS 2003 Utah Reef Tour. Looks like quite a few tanks on the tour this year. The tour will be this coming Saturday, September 13th. More information can be found at the club webpage, including maps and directions. www.utahreefs.com Hope we have a good...

Aquarium Friends: Just a reminder that our July/August meeting will be held on Thursday, July 17th!!! We will be hosting a great speaker named Todd Gardiner from the Atlantis Aquarium. Todd will be discussing with us the current status, and future of breeding marine fishes and invertebrates...

Attention Utah reefers! Yes it is that time again. Next week MARCH 6th, 7:00pm…. CORAL CUTTING!!!! This time will be even better than the last. If you want some great and cheap frags you better be there. Cuttings are $5 for members, $7.50 for non-members. You won’t want to miss this...

http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/ I believe that they are currently out of stock on most of the smaller sizes.

As a professional scientist I would have been skeptical (and told the prof so) if I would have been there. It is not possible to get more out of a system than you put into it without great depletion of resources from the system. Soooo, how do the oysters do so without starving themselves? No...

Just a reminder that we will be holding our December meeting this Thursday Night! We will meet at Salt Lake Community College, 6:30 for social time, and the meeting starts at 7:00pm. This month we will have two presentations by Jim Perry. Jim will be discussing Lighting needs for an aquarium...

The Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society will be having a coral propagation seminar/meeting on Thursday, October 3, 2002 at 7:00pm. This meeting will be held in the Living Planet Facility at Salt Lake Community College. The cuttings made will be sold at $5/each as a club fund raiser. Go to...

Here is a copy of the Deseret News article in Sunday’s paper about the tour. It isn’t nearly as nice as seeing the large color photos in the actual paper but it is still worth seeing. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,405028995,00.html For more information about the Reef...

UTAH REEFERS: The Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society (WMAS) will be holding its 7th Annual Reef Tour on Saturday, September 14, 2002. This is a chance to see several reefs of club members showcased and on display. The tour is self guilded and you can pick an choose which tanks you wish to see...

Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society Members and Friends, World renowned author Julian Sprung will be giving a FREE public presentation on reef keeping. Julian is very knowledgeable on reef keeping and will provide information for beginners to experts. This is a great opportunity for everyone to...

To All Utah Reefers: The Wasatch Marine Aquarium Society is meeting this Friday (june 7th) at 7:00pm for a special presentation by Eric Borneman. (co-authored two books on coral) The Meeting will Be held at the Salt Lake Community College in the Technology Building. We may park in any of the...

Jim Perry has a nice 650 gallon built in tank. You can get to his page by going to: http://www.utahreefs.com/ Go to the gallery and follow the link to his page. He has sections on construction and equipment that are interesting. -Jim

A friend in Idaho Falls, Idaho ordered a small palet of Southdown directly, and with shipping he was in $0.50/pound. Was convenient for me since I was able to pick some up from him last summer. Otherwise, oolitic sand will do the trick. When I lived in Bend, Oregon I ordered some Carib Sea...

I live in the Cache Valley/Logan area. You can also find me on the WMAS club membership list. That will give you lots of names of people in the club and addresses. To our new Vernal friend, next time I'm out in Duchesne to visit relatives, I'll have to stop by and see your tank. More...