Marine Breeding Initiative Workshop Coming in July, Ticket Prices Increase Soon
If you’re a fan of captive bred marine ornamentals, then the Marine Breeding Initiative (MBI) has the event for you. The breeding centric club is hosting its fourth annual Marine Breeder’s Workshop on July 13, 2013 at the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The Saturday event will feature guest speakers Matthew Carberry [...]
Big Updates Coming to the AquaNerd Forums
We just wanted to pop in and let everyone know that we’ve been working tirelessly into the long hours of the night to significantly upgrade the AquaNerd Forums. In the past, we unsuccessfully used free forum platforms that ultimately did not function as we wanted and they eventually became overrun with spam bots. So, we [...]
Manhattan Reefs Spring Frag Swap Takes Place This Sunday
If you’re in New York City or the surrounding area this weekend, Manhattan Reefs is hosting their annual Spring Frag Swap this Sunday, May 20th. And from what we can tell, it’s going to be a great event. Besides being loaded down with an impressive list of vendors that includes Two Little Fishies, Cherry Corals, [...]
MASNA Helps Bring Guest Speakers to Your Club
Does your local aquarium club want to host a guest speaker at its next club meeting, but airplane tickets and other travel expenses just cut too deep into the budget? Well, if you’re club is a member of the Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA), then you’re in luck. Through the MASNA Speaks program, [...]
Marine Aquatic Conference of Illinois Happening This Weekend
We love aquarium related events. Not only do they present a good opportunity for hobbyists to intermingle and share war stories, but they also serve serve as an avenue for education with various guest speakers doling out their best kept secrets to being successful in their hobby to eager minded aquarium keepers. The latest event that [...]
Matt Pedersen Speaking to MARSHreef This Weekend
Here’s a bit of news for the local crowd. For their first event of 2012, the Marine Aquarium and Reef Society of Houston (or MARSH) is inviting a very special guest to give a two-part discussion involving marine ornamental breeding and a detailed look into fish rooms. This guest is none other than 2009 Aquarist [...]
Speaking at the Next MARSHreef Meeting
Writing aquarium-related articles and talking to aquarium clubs is something I love to do, so I’m obviously excited to announce that I’ll be giving a short talk at the next club meeting for the Marine Aquarium and Reef Society of Houston, otherwise known as MARSHreef. The meeting will be hosted at Fish Gallery, a local [...]
Elite Reef Fest 2011 in Colorado Next Month
Elite Reef, an aquarium store located in Colorado, has officially announced the date for their Elite Reef Fest event. The event will take place on July 23rd during normal store hours at the Elite Reef storefront (store address located on the company’s home page) and will feature a charity raffle to the benefit the Cameroon [...]
Nominate the MASNA Aquarist of the Year
The Marine Aquarium Societies of North America, aka MASNA, is asking for you to send in your nominations for the coveted Aquarist of the Year. All paid MASNA members can nominate up to three individuals who they think made a significant contribution to the hobby over the past two years. The nominations will be sorted [...]
BAYMAC This Weekend in Cali
The fourth annual Bay Area Marine Aquarium Conference, otherwise known as BAYMAC, takes place this Saturday, May 14th at Chabot College in Hayward, California. The single day event, which is free to the public, opens its doors at 11am and will be full of great coral vendors, aquarium equipment wholesaler and manufacturers, a few guest [...]



