October 2015 Frag Swap

We are pleased to announce our October Speaker and Member Frag Swap Event!!

When: October 10th, 2015 12:00-5:00PM

Where: Manasquan NJ Elks Club 17 Stockton Lake Boulevard Manasquan, NJ 08736

Whom: Legendary Reef Chemist Dr. Craig Bingman Scientist at University of Wisconsin will headline the event.

How It Works: Bring three frags and take three frags swap. Please no green star polyps, Xenia or Kenya tree.

Topic: "Water Testing, 1, 2, 3.What we care about, why we care and how we measure it."

Bio: As with many of us, Craig became interested in aquariums at a young age.His first aquarium, at age nine, was a 10 gallon metaframe freshwater tank, with an improbable mix of neon tetras and swordfish. Foreshadowing his future career and hobby interests, he was he found pH test kits and bottles of pH up and pH down to be nearly as interesting as the fish.Subsequently, he kept a variety of freshwater planted and marine systems.

Many years later, when he really should have been concentrating on his dissertation, he became very interested in the chemistry of reef aquariums, in particular, with calcification.While working at Columbia University, he met Terry Siegel and started writing for Aquarium Frontiers.Through an arc of dozens of articles, he explored calcification support, trace elements, autofluorescent pigments in marine organisms, and interactions between chemistry and aquarium light.Although his professional work as a biochemist and X-ray crystallographer keeps him quite busy, he maintains a keen interest in the chemistry of semi-closed aquarium systems.

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Event includes a catered meal. $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

Number of Attendees

1 Person $10.00 USD 2 People $20.00 USD 3 People $30.00 USD 4 People $40.00 USD 5 People $50.00 USD 6 People $60.00 USD