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Fall Frag Swap
PACE University - Student Union
Spruce Street Entrance (not the main entrance)
Sunday December 6th 2009
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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| Schedule of Events | | Schedule
8:00A-10:00 - Vendor Setup
10:00 - 11:00 - Doors Open
10:30-11:00 - Fragging Demo
11:00 - 12:00 - Guest Speaker - ????
12:00 - 12:30 - MR Livestock Auction
12:45 - 2:00 - Lunch Served
1:30 - 2:00 - Fragging Demonstration
2:00 - 3:00 - Guest Speaker - ????
4:00 - 5:00 - Raffle
6:00 - 8:00 - Cleanup |
Fragging Demonstration |
Presented by: Slamajamajama
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Guest Speakers | ![]() Christine Williams
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"When Aquariums Attack! Bites, Stings, Infections and Other Unfortunate Events; and What to Do." - Christine Williams started keeping fish while she was still a fetus.
While the aqueous environment did lend itself to the hobby, it limited
her to freshwater species, and so she decided to be born several weeks
early. Through sign language she demanded that her parents convert her
crib into a reef aquarium and thus started her illustrious career in
marine ornamentals. After completing her studies in biochemistry and
molecular microbiology she went to work at “Animal ER” where
unfortunately she was not filmed for the Animal Planet channel (though
her feet did make a cameo during a rescue segment). Currently she is
the head of the Industrial Marine Microbiology team for her division
of a “very large international chemical company,” where she spends her
days mixing chemicals, microorganisms and plankton together and seeing
if they will A) explode, B) glow in the dark, or C) make a good salsa.
In order to further her skills she is also a graduate student at Stony
Brook University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
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Guest Speakers |  Leslie Harris "Life Styles of the Wet and Spineless" is chock full of fun facts about marine worms, molluscs, echinoderms and other invertebrates---- stuff like who eats who, symbiotic relationships, & of course invert sex!!! You'd be surprised what might be going on in the comfy confines of your own aquaria!
I am a certifiable worm obsessive, invert addict and photographer. My day job is as collections manager of the AHF Polychaete Collection at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. At nights I'm either doing consulting work (polychaete taxonomy & ecology for a variety of studies), catching up on past studies or editing photos. I also travel a lot to weird and wonderful places in search of small strange inverts to photograph, study and marvel at. I can't get enough information & pictures of live animals. I started out as moderator of critter id sections on www.wetpixel.com and www.digitaldiver.net & other UW boards. Then I went to a few reef boards & realized that observant reefers were seeing invert behavior & feeding that was unknown to academics. That did it! I can't keep my mouth shut when it comes to identification. and thus I was asked to become part of Team RC, on Reef Central. I don't own an aquarium, but very much like that fact that all of you do.
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And as usual, admission includes:
Manhattan Reefs Frag Auction
Free Raffle Tickets
Reef Pest Inspection Station
Equipment manufacturers
Livestock vendors
Several group buys
Food, snacks, soft drinks
Baggies, rubber bands, warmed saltwater
Vendor Tables are still available, if you are interested, please send an email to admin@manhattanreefs.com.
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