April Meeting?

Tank tours are a very useful activity.   Its a way to get hobbyist from the club into your home and check out your tank, filtration.  If you having issues with your tank or just want other ideas to improve your setup.  Its a great way to bounce ideas around with other hobbyist. For newbies in the hobby its a lot of visual ideas they can turn around and use in their own setup, they also have time to ask questions. Why you did this or why you did that?   Its also a time where some of the more successful hobbyist have to show off what they have achieved. 
I think the DIY food meeting should be put in the schedule for May.  Its a subject that keeps coming up year after year, and we should make it an annual meeting.   I was involved with one years ago and it was some of the best fish/coral food that I have ever used.  May is scheduled for a plumbing meeting which could be moved to another month. And we could do a DIY food then.
This is the recipe that we used
JJ's
http://www.greateriowareefsociety.org/Resources/GIRSWiki/tabid/163/Default.aspx?topic=JJs+Food+Recipie
I am really looking forward to the CR tank tour, I just hope that we get some new volunteers so we can see some new tanks.

 

When is the tour in April? Depending upon the day I would volunteer my place as a stop. I am in Hiawatha though. Currently working on moving from my 135 to a 210 so not 100% sure if the switch will be done in time but I'll try.

 

GEEZE you guys are getting way ahead of me! I'll get a list going here pretty soon. Yah we will do DIY food in may I suppose. we'll push some other things around. I can do a great seminar on foods and nutrition.

 

tank tours definately are useful, and we will carpool together to save on gas

 

If you dont mind the drive Money Mike you could go to the Des Moines group meeting and join in on the DIY food project they are having. I was thinking about going and if I do I'd be willing to car pool and split the cost of gas.

 

+1 tank tours definately are useful

 

Let me know. Tank tours are still great learning experiences. I went to the one last year and won some snails but the biggest thing I won was a new respect for people in the community. One for letting us into their homes and all crowd around their tank. People take their tanks as a trophy. Mine was no where near that last year, still doesn't compare to those tanks that I have seen but I am still a newb in my book. So I'll be attending this tour and I plan to be a stop if I can this year that way I can have liek 20 people all in my basement telling me what will make my tank better and then those same people try and pon off stuff they have laying around which I CANT WAIT FOR since I am getting a 210 setup hopefully in the next week or 2 so I can get things moved over before the tour.

and Yes I agree we do need to cover some other topics such as DIY food. I missed the DIY LED meeting and that makes me mad! I plan to play host to a meeting later in the year as well Just want to get the wedding out of the way and then get all of the wedding crap moved out so I can have room to get my tank going like I want it.

Everything will play out in the end. Their are things that you want and things that others want. All wants will be granted just in due time.

 

Tank tours are really useful. You see what someone else is doing right and what they're doing wrong /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/smile.gif I love seeing others people's tank to see different species of fish and coral and hear first hand what they're like to care for, etc., a fish store won't always tell you or they don't know sometimes, depending on the store. I like to see what equipment people are using and how they have plumbing hooked up etc. With the LED craze going on, it's great to see all the different LED fixtures popping up and discuss how they're working out on their tank. You also get to meet people in the club and talk about their set-ups. Great way to get a lot of info and ideas.......

 

Mike too bad you cant be apart of that tour. There are a lot of experienced members in your area and can lend a hand in help troubleshoot the small issues your tank has been having. Plus you didnt spend $XXXXX on a Display tank not to display it. Whats the point of a guard dog if he cant be told friend from foe haha. I understand your situation there, My staffordshire terrier is the opposite though. He gets incredibly excited and hyper around new people. But his instincts are spot on when it comes to suspicious people.