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Welcome to BAR! :)

All you have to do is RSVP to lock in your spot. :)

Welcome and it's great that you started a tank journal! Look forward to meeting you on Saturday. :)

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Everything looks great so far! How'd you manage to silicone the baffles that are really close to each other? It looks like it was a pain to do, hehe.

I have always disliked skimmers that are water level dependent. I'll have to remember that if/when I start the bigger build.

Hrm, well, at least that's problem solved. :)

So in December Rich Ross, Senior Aquatic Biologist at the Steinhart Aquarium will be coming to us to give a talk! I've heard time and time again he is a prolific and entertaining speaker. We will be having a potluck right before the talk so bring your most exquisite dishes. Every year tons of...

Information Posted on 10/24/2015 Introduction Wahoo BAR is going to the Steinhart to do a Behind-the-Scenes Tour! We will be escorted below ground to see how the aquariums within the Steinhart Aquarium operate. You'll see how a professional aquarium maintains the tanks behind the front glass...

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We're excited to announce BAR's biggest event of the year, the annual Regional Frag Swap. This frag swap is open to everyone, in fact we will be encouraging people from throughout California to come swap frags. This is going to be a good one you guys! What are you bringing to the frag swap...

Information BAR will be hosting a workshop/open forum by one of the best in the aquarium controller industry, Terence Fugazzi from Neptune Systems. Imagine this. You're going on a 3 day vacation in August and that last day turns out to be a heat wave. Your house is 100° F. Your reef tank...

Information: BAR will be doing a day tour to visit the Local Fish Stores that sponsor the club. You can do the full tour or just part of it. We will raffle off multiple giftcards at each store. Saturday, June 13, 2015 "I love doing a store run and visiting all the LFS's to see what new...

Information BAR will be hosting a presentation by a reef nutrition expert covering techniques and principals of culturing pods used at a commercial reef nutrition production facility. The guest speaker will be Chad Clayton, the Live Feeds Supervisor for Reed Mariculture. As you may know, Reed...

*** Please note that event details may change at any time so please check back often *** We're excited to announce BAR's Annual (Supporting) Members only frag swap in March. This event is intended to encourage the propagation, sharing, and 'backing up' of corals throughout the reefing...

Yeah, you can definitely sell stuff as well. It'll just be hard to compete if some folks are simply giving their equipment away. ;)

You've had two weeks and only 35 miles between you and him? I think that's plenty of time and not nearly that far at all to drive. Please remember that DBTC is a pay-it-forward program and does not entitle you to anyone's corals. Also, many of us are adults here so please conduct yourself...

Good point about redundancy... I just thought I could get away from check valves altogether, haha.

Happy New Year, everyone! We will be holding our first event of 2015 with a fragging workshop for those new to the hobby or just want to learn how others frag their corals. In addition, we're also having a gear swap as well. This is an opportunity to swap some of your aquarium equipment with...