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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

CRPD K9 Benefit at Pet's Playhouse - Sat, May 22
By apjohnson @ 4:01 PM :: 379 Views :: 2 Comments ::

:: Saltwater/Reef, Freshwater, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Area, Local Fish Shops, Off Topic

This weekend, Pet's Playhouse is putting on their annual Cedar Rapids Police Department K9 Benefit event from 10 AM to 5 PM. The event will have demonstrations of the K9 dogs (i.e. attack, drug sniffing, etc), raffle for some great prizes including two excellent reef ranks, a live band, food, photo ops with animals and much more. Also, Aqueon (All-Glass) and Oceanic will be on site offering significantly discounted tanks, sold right off the truck. All kinds of pet related merchandise has been donated and will be sold at significantly discounted prices with 100% of the purchase price going back to the CRPD K9 fund. 100% of all event proceeds go to buy new K9 units for the CRPD. These dogs are at least $10,000 each and last year, this event was able to provide two new K9 units for the CRPD. This is a great event that Pet's Playhouse puts on to support the community, so let's do our part and support the event. See you there!

Monday, August 24, 2009

Don't forget these upcoming events!
By apjohnson @ 12:04 PM :: 309 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Club Events (Non-GIRS), GIRS Events, Freshwater, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Area

Hey everyone! Hope you're enjoying the last bit of summer...Fall will be here before you know it. Don't forget about these upcoming events:

CR / IC Regional Monthly Social - Thursday. August 27th

Iowa Aquatics Swap Meet - Sunday, August 30th

More details about each of these events can be found below. Hope to see you there!

Monday, August 10, 2009

GIRS at the Iowa Aquaria Swap Meet
By apjohnson @ 10:01 AM :: 344 Views :: 0 Comments ::

:: Club Events (Non-GIRS), Freshwater, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Area, Club News (Non-GIRS), Frag Auction, Frag Swap

Hello everyone! We have been approached by the Iowa Aquaria club to join them at their upcoming swap meet on the 30th. Click this link for a full flyer on the event. They have graciously extended IAA member pricing to all GIRS members. This includes everything; entrance fee, table fee and raffle. Now to be clear, this is a freshwater aquaria club event, but most/many of us have our roots in freshwater stuff and some still have freshwater tanks. Also, a couple of the GIRS Board members will be there handing out info on our club and answering questions about saltwater fish and corals. Please contact me with any questions about this event. Also, if you're interested in selling or would like to help out, contact me for that too. We will be creating a photo book for the GIRS table that will include pictures of some of the incredible tanks owned by our members. If you would like to have your tank or corals featured in that photo book, let me know. Here's the details for the event:

EVENT:
Iowa Aquatics Swap Meet

DATE:
Sunday, August 30th, 2009

LOCATION:
Country Inn and Suites
2571 Heartland Place
Coralville, Iowa

TIME:
11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

A big thank you to the Iowa Aquaria club for inviting us to participate in this event!

Thursday, May 07, 2009

GIRS Member to speak at May EIAA Meeting
By admin @ 9:22 AM :: 299 Views :: 2 Comments ::

:: GIRS News, Club Events (Non-GIRS), Saltwater/Reef, Freshwater, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Area, Club News (Non-GIRS)

Jason Brunken will be giving a presentation on "The Basics of a Sucessful Reef Tank" at this months meeting of the Eastern Iowa Aquarium Association (EIAA). Jason lives in Marion and currently has a well established 200+ gallon reef system.

The meeting will be held Tuesday May 12th at 7pm.

Location: Central Park / Echo Hill Presbyterian Church, 1700 B. Ave.,NE, Cedar Rapids, IA (View Map)

For more information about the EIAA, please visit their website: http://www.finflap.com/