When: Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 7:00 p.m.

Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

Guest Speaker: Dr. Timothy Hovanec

 Dr. Timothy Hovanec
 will be speaking on water testing. DR. Tim discovered the correct two species of nitrifying bacteria used in aquariums to break down ammonia in nitrite and then nitrite into nitrate and the invention of the BIOWheel® filter device.
He is the inventor of BioSpira (now called SafeStart) and the BIOWheel®, when employed by the Aquaria Group of companies, including Marineland Labs, and later went on to develop One and Only, a bacteria seeding bottle.

Topic: "Water Testing" - what you should be testing for.

We will have our usually live goods for the raffle in addtion, Tom at So.Cal Tropical Fish has donated a Bubble Magus Skimmer (NAC8) and a Media Reactor for the June SCMAS raffle.

SCMAS meetings are open to all non-members as well! We would love to have you there.

Hope to see you all there.

When: Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.

Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

Guest Speaker: Scott Fellman

My name is Scott Fellman, and I'm the consummate reef geek! I bleed saltwater! Much of my life centers around tweaking my protein skimmer, scraping algae, cleaning spills, or figuring out how to unglue my fingers. I've been keeping saltwater aquariums since I was 12 years old. I love this hobby and the people in it! 

I've mentored fellow hobbyists since 2002 on Bob Fenner's WetWebMedia.com site, and I was Co-Editor of WWM's Conscientious Aquarist online magazine. I've written several articles for Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine, C Journal, and other online venues.

In addition to speaking at clubs throughout the country, I am a past President of my local club, the Marine Aquarium Society of Los Angeles County, spoke at MACNA XIX in Pittsburgh, and will be presenting at IMAC 2008 in Chicago, and at MACNA XX in Atlanta. I have spoken at many clubs throughout the nation. I'm really trying to complete a book on marine biotope aquaria and aquascaping before this century is over!

When I'm not trying to replicate the ocean in my aquarium, I'm usually surfing at my local beach-my other obsession. I reside in the Los Angeles area, where I've overcome smog, traffic and the fact that I'm the only person here without a movie deal in the works! 

Topic: "Time for Change" - new ideas for cool systems

SCMAS meetings are open to all non-members as well! We would love to have you there.

Hope to see you all there.

Meeting: July 16, 2010

When: Friday, July, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.

Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

Guest Speaker: Jake Adams of Reef Builders

Jake Adams is a professional marine aquarist from Colorado. He has a Bachelor's degree in Marine Science and he has worked with spawning corals in Puerto Rico. Jake is the founder of Coralidea.com, and he is the senior editor of the popular reef aquarium blog, reefbuilders.com.
He has consulted on the design and installation of large reef tanks, retail stores and research tanks and when he isn't speaking to reef clubs or writing for marine aquarium publications, Jake also likes to work with freshwater planted aquaria.

Topic: The future of the Hobby (Interzoo 2010 review)

Jake is coming to town fresh off his trip to Germany for Interzoo, the worlds largest pet trade show. Companies bring out all the stops to impress at this show and I'm sure you won't want to miss this presentation.

SCMAS meetings are open to all non-members as well! We would love to have you there.

Hope to see you all there.

Raffle: Supplements from Brightwell Aquatics and Seachem. Bulbs from Marine Depot and more!!

Meeting: May 21, 2010

When: Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.

Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

Guest Speaker: Ret Talbot

Ret Talbot is an award-winning freelance writer and photographer who frequently reports on the marine aquarium industry. Most often addressing topics at the intersection of the hobby, science and conservation, Talbot is a strong advocate for a robust and sustainable marine aquarium trade where aquarists serve a critical role on the front line of reef conservation. As a marketing consultant and editor, he has worked with many leading marine aquarium companies to promote that vision. When he isn't writing about saltwater aquaria (or tending to one of his five tanks), Ret is often fly fishing in either salt- or freshwater and writing about conservation issues related to angling and healthy fisheries.

Trained as a writer, Ret holds degrees in writing from both Wheaton College (Massachusetts) and the University of St. Andrews (Scotland). He has traveled the world as a mountaineering and fishing guide, as well as a writer seeking out stories in some of the most remote and inaccessible regions on the face of the Earth. His aquarium-related books include The Complete Idiot's Guide to Saltwater Aquariums (September 2009) and Coral (spring 2011), while his aquarium articles can be found in print publications such as CORAL Magazine, Tropical Fish Hobbyist and Aquarium Fish International or online at Suite101.com, where he is the saltwater aquarium feature writer. Ret and his wife Karen, an artist known for her fish paintings, split their time between Laguna Beach, California and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.



Topic: The Sustainable Reef of Papua New Guinea

Ret Talbot will talk about Papua New Guinea as a new collection area for a sustainable and robust marine aquarium industry. This includes his recent trip to one of the last near-pristine reef ecosystems in the world and why wild-collection should have a place in the hobby alongside captive breeding. The complete story of how a fish moves from reef to reef tank.

SCMAS meetings are open to all non-members as well! We would love to have you there.
ATTN: Don't forget, SCMAS members can bring your water samples in for phosphate testing.

Hope to see you all there.

Raffle: Supplements from Brightwell Aquatics and Seachem. Bulbs from Marine Depot and more!!

Meeting: April 16, 2010

When: Friday, April 16, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.

Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

Guest Speaker: Joe Yaiullo

As a kid, Joe Yaiullo spent much of his childhood maintaining home aquariums and exploring the marine life surrounding Long Island, New York. Now he gets paid to basically do what he did as a kid and has been keeping reef tanks for over 20 years.

Joe Yaiullo has a B.S. in Marine Science from LIU Southampton College's marine science program, and worked for 8 years at the NY Aquarium in Brooklyn, New York as Senior Aquarist. In 1992, he began to shape his plan for a world-class aquarium on Long Island's East End and in 2000, after toiling for eight long years, his plans and vision became a reality with the opening of Atlantis Marine World Aquarium in Riverhead, NY.

In 2003, Joe was awarded The Distinguished Alumni Award from Southampton College and is currently president of the Long Island Reef Association, LIRA. (www.longislandreef.org) Joe, an admitted “Coralaholic”, currently feeds his ever increasing addiction with a 20,000 gallon live coral reef display, which is acclaimed as the pinnacle of reef keeping to date. As in true coralaholic fashion, a much larger display is in the planning stages.

Joe has been featured in many reef keeping magazines and books, and has presented lectures throughout the USA including several MACNA’s and in Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, England, Monaco, France and The Netherlands. The best recent addition to his reef tank though is a water proof iPod case so Joe can rock out while diving in his tank. Atlantis Marine World has doubled in size since it opened, with many future exhibits in the works. So even though it’s on a larger scale, Curator and Cofounder Joe Yaiullo still considers it all his “DIY” project.

www.atlantismarineworld.com
www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/2/aaeditorial
www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/2/aquarium
www.wetwebmedia.com/ca/volume_3/cav3i5/Dutchman_in_NY/Dutchman_at_atlantis.htm

SCMAS meetings are open to all non-members as well! We would love to have you there.

We will also be announcing a IceCap and Marine Depot sale. Click here for more information.

ATTN: Don't forget, SCMAS members can bring your water samples in for phosphate testing.

Hope to see you all there.

Raffle: Supplements from Brightwell Aquatics and Seachem

Meeting: February 19, 2010

When: Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m.

Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

To learn more about SCMAS: www.scmas.org

Guest Speaker: Clay Wendel of CADLights.com

CADLights has recently relocated to Southern California and is looking to bake a big impact in the local aquarium sceen. CADLights offers a host of products that are of the highest quality as well as very reasonably priced.

SCMAS meetings are open to all non-members as well! We would love to have you there.

ATTN: Don't forget, SCMAS members can bring your water samples in for phosphate testing.

Hope to see you all there.

Raffle: CADLights.com will also be donating a 39 gallon Signature Series full turn-key aquarium to the raffle.

Cad Lights

Meeting: January 15, 2010

When: Friday January 15, 2010 @ 7:00pm

Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

SCMAS Annual Frag & Equipment Swap / Membership Drive Friday January 15th

You are all invited to SCMAS's Annual Frag Swap and Membership Drive. Feel free to bring your frags or used equipment to sell or trade. If you don't have frags, just come to check out the corals and equipment, buy, or just hang out with other friendly hobbyist. Once again we are looking forward to a great year bringing more speakers, more activities, and more fun! We hope to see you all there and hopefully you will be enticed into joining SCMAS. This will also be a great time to join SCMAS to be eligible to attend all of SCMAS's special events!

Meeting: November 20, 2009

When: Friday November 20th, 2009 @ 7:00pm

Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

To learn more about SCMAS: www.scmas.org

This Month's Topic: The Future of SCMAS

We will be discussing the future of SCMAS. Where we have been, where we are, and where we are going. We will also discuss some other special upcoming events including a couple of special members only field trips, December Holiday Party, and the annual January frag swap.

All SCMAS meetings are open to all non-members as well! We would love to have you there.
ATTN: Don't forget SCMAS members can bring you water samples in for phosphate testing. Hope to see you all there.

Meeting: September 18, 2009

When: Friday September 18, 2009 @ 7:00pm
Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546
This Month's Topic: Clownfish
Guest Speaker: Morgan Itzel aka Morgman

Morgan Itzel has been keeping marine aquariums for 25 years. His first aquarium was a small ten gallon aquarium that housed a pair of pregnant seahorses, ordered from Boy’s Life Magazine. From that first seahorse tank, Morgan’s passion for learning about marine aquariums & marine fish breeding has continued to grow. Today he maintains over 100 aquariums run on five separate systems.

Morgan currently runs Bluewater Aquaculture a company that specializes in the breeding and rearing of marine fish, mostly clownfish. He has successfully spawned and raised nine species of clownfish and a two varieties of Neon gobies.

Morgan started breeding clownfish in 2000, when his only pair of ocellaris clownfish surprised him and began spawning in his 120 gallon reef tank. In 2003 he increased his marine breeding operation from one breeding pair of clownfish to several dozen. Morgan specializes in raising a few species of clownfish that are in demand by the market.

Morgan continues to work hard at breeding and raising marine fish because he feels that there is nothing more satisfying then to watch a minuscule marine fish grow up before ones eyes. He hopes that his contributions will help protect the oceans just a little bit more.

SCMAS meetings are open to all non-members as well! We would love to have you there.

Hope to see you all there.

Meeting: August 21, 2009