WAMAS Spring Meeting - May 4, 2024 - Colin Foord

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Event: WAMAS Spring 2024 Meeting (In-person, not streamed)

Saturday, May 4, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM (Speaker starts at 2:30 PM)
Where: North Bethesda Middle School, 8935 Bradmoor Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817
WAMAS members get in free. Guests are $5 each (paid at the door).
Join WAMAS at this link.

Agenda:
1:00 Sign-in / socialize / frag sales
2:20 Club business
2:30 Speaker - Colin Foord
3:30 Break
4:00 Raffle!

Directions to North Bethesda Middle School:
- NOTE: The school is just inside the north edge of the beltway near Old Georgetown Road.

Here's a map from Google Maps:
https://goo.gl/maps/bKz79Y9HmQF2

Colin Foord - Marine biologist of Coral Morphologic

Raffle Prizes:

• $50 Gift Certificate for Reef Nutrition products (with $40 bump-up for shipping). (2 chances to win!)
• $100 Gift Certificate for Reef Nutrition products (with $40 bump-up for shipping)
• Air Water Ice TDS meter (3 chances to win!)
• Two issue trial subscription to Coral Magazine ($20 value) from Aquatic Media Press (4 chances to win)
• More posted soon

Sponsors On Site, Selling
Supreme Reefs: @Supreme Reefs

Vendors On Site, Selling
Jason Fox Signature Corals: jasonfoxsignaturecorals.com

Members On Site, Selling
@gws3

Special thanks to theses sponsors. Please support them & say thanks next time you shop with them. You can find their website address by visiting their forum or the sponsor page on the WAMAS website.

WAMAS Platinum Sponsors
- Air, Water & Ice
- AquaHaus
- Avast Marine
- Blue Ribbon Koi
- Capital Aquarium
- Capital Exotic Fish
- ChemiPure (Boyd Enterprises)
- Coral Magazine
- Exotic Reef Creations
- FishnReef.com
- Frank's Tanks
- ICP Analysis
- Premium Aquatics
- Puddle Aquatics
- Reed Mariculture (Reef Nutrition)
- Reef eScape
- Reef Nerd Aquatics
- SaltwaterAquarium.com
- Supreme Reefs

WAMAS Banner-Only Sponsors
- Cobalt Aquatics
- Jellyfish Art
- MASNA
- Two Little Fishies

 

[Gatortailale]

Talk: Colin will take us through the multimedia art-science hybrid project Coral Morphologic he co-founded in Miami in 2007. He will talk about growing corals in the Coral Morphologic Lab, the Coral City Camera livestreaming project, the future of coral restoration, and how hobbyists can get involved.

Bio: Colin Foord is a marine biologist, coral aquaculturist, artist, and filmmaker educated at the University of Miami and James Cook University in Australia. He is co-founder of marine biological art duo Coral Morphologic, through which he developed the world's first multimedia coral aquaculture studio located in the heart of Miami. It is Colin’s mission to bridge the gap between art and science by exploring corals in a relatable fashion, such that people of all ages can relate with the mystery and importance of conserving the world's tropical reefs.

Beyond Miami, Colin has dived the reefs of Indonesia, Jamaica, Australia, Fiji, Cook Islands, Bahamas, Hawaii, Arabian Gulf, Colombia, Dominican Republic, and the Solomon Islands. His work has been featured by the BBC, Nat Geo Channel, AP, The New Yorker, the Miami Herald, Vice Magazine, NPR, The New York Times, and CBS Morning News.

 

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Special thanks to theses sponsors. Please support them & say thanks next time you shop with them. You can find their website address by visiting their forum or the sponsor page on the WAMAS website.

Raffle Prizes:

• $50 Gift Certificate for Reef Nutrition products (with $40 bump-up for shipping). (2 chances to win!)
• $100 Gift Certificate for Reef Nutrition products (with $40 bump-up for shipping)
• The Plank Autofeeder from Avast Marine. $209 value. 1 chance to win!
• Bulk Reef Supply - 4 stage Value Plus RODI System. 1 chance to win!
• Aqua Illuminations Nero 5 powerhead. 1 chance to win!
• Supreme Reefs - coral frags.
• Seaside Aquatics coral viewer. 1 chance to win!
• Polyp Labs coral view lens V2. 2 chances to win!
• Sicce XStream SDC pump. 1 chance to win!
• Air Water Ice TDS meter (3 chances to win!)
• Two issue trial subscription to Coral Magazine ($20 value) from Aquatic Media Press (4 chances to win)
• Frank's Tanks - F-Aiptasia Killer. 5 chances to win!
• Aquaforest AF Perfect Water 5g jug. 1 chance to win!
• ESV - Nitrate 32oz. 1 chance to win!

Sponsors On Site, Selling
Capital Exotic Fish
Supreme Reefs
Vendors On Site, Selling
Jason Fox Signature Corals
Members On Site, Selling
gws3
Mr. Chalice

 

[Fish Styx]

Bumping since you guys beat me to posting

Edit: whoops, thought this was in Reef Chat. Need more coffee...