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Welcome to GIRS..great pictures also!

 

Welcome to the forums. The pics are nice!

--AJ

 

Hey man, welcome to the club. I also do some hobby level photography, it would be great to have a side kick/bac k up for photographic club events. Whatta you shooting with? I hope you're planning on attending MACNA, it's a huge event it's going to include lectures and seminars from many oceanographers, researchers, aquarists, freelancers, and the like from the world of reef aquaria. GIRS is hosting it this year in Des Moines, which is huge, since this annual event has been for the most part relegated to the coastal areas for the last 23 years (with a few exceptions). Likely the next major event won't be till spring 2012, although there is some talk about fall fest 2011.

Bob, AJ, and I host a monthly meet to do some DIY projects, discuss and have mini lectures about issues facing practical applications to keeping reef aquariums, although I'd like to explore some more discussions on conservation and ecologically minded aspects of reef keeping as a hobby because I feel it's an important part of what we do. Let us know what you'd like to hear about, andy why don't you think about getting something bigger than the 29! lol I'm dreaming of a 265!!!

What class are you TA-ing for? I'm almost finished with my second bachelors degree and may be looking to go for post grad sooner or later. Cya round

-ANdy

 

Oh i see your cam specs now, 100mm macro gives you a lot of working distance, I wish my macro lens was more than 60mil sometimes, but other times I'm really glad it's not. I've got that lens, a 18-105mm f/2.8, a 70-300mm f/3.5, and a 60mm f/1.8. I really want a 200-500mm next now that I'm getting into bird watching!

 

Awesome pics man! and welcome to the club.

 

HAHA yeah, I've been looking into building a light box lately too! Very cool LED set up by the way they look like a lot of fun to put together, and exceptionally nice and economical to use, I may go that way in the future but I'm still rockin my old radium 250's.

Is human genetics different from the course fundamental genetics? I took fundamental and molecular genetics a while back. I graduated with a BS in Environmental Hydrosci and working on a BS in Evolutionary Biology. I wonder if I've seen you around. I've always dreamed of professor life, taking 2 year sabatocals, having 3 months off from teaching every year to pursue my own experiments. Problem is, there's not much money going around for my research in my discrete field of interest, I'll end up doing most of my work from home as a hobby.

Look forward to chatting with you soon. BTW I failed to mention the best parts of MACNA, over 50k worth of raffle prizes and more than 200 vendors with all their best products, the banquet and alcohol! It's going to be a glorious time, hope your pockets are deep! lol

Very nice work, I'll have to share more of my stuff with you once, I renew my Flickr account, I also haven't had much time for photography lately, but I'm getting back to it the past couple of weeks.

Cya,
Andy

 

No doubt! haha, I'm blessed to be independently wealthy, although I have a tendency to pinch a penny pretty good! The one place I never skimp is on my reef tank though, because I feel like I have a responsibility to provide for these animals, many of them wild caught. I've been talking myself out of a new car for the last 4 years! Once I graduate and get some cash flow I'll probably break down and go for it!

My wife and I are making MACNA our summer "vacation," we usually go to new england to see her parents, uncles, grandparents etc. We get free lodging while we're out there but we still like to buy a place on Nantucket or Marthas Vinyard, or Block Island for a few nights, and ferry out to different islands, tours, museums, aquariums, memorials. I'm absolutely in love with new england! In any case, a few hundred bucks at MACNA is nothing compared to 2 weeks in new england, we're going to get by pretty cheap this summer!

 

How many hermits and snails do you have in there? I also have a 29 gal bio cube and feel like maybe I don't have enough. I have a few small snails which came in the tank. But I need to go buy some. I have 14 hermits that is if they are all still alive.

 

I just have my two clowns and a peppermint shirmp along with my hermits and a few little snails. I would love to get a fire shrimp too but they are much more costly then my little peppermint shirmp was!

 

www.macna2011.com
There's a hell of a line up, and this website has all the specifics. There is a club price for MACNA too if you solidify your membership. Hope you can make it to the BBQ and tank tour June 11th!