Any WI - fox valley area members?

atraperegrinus · 07/12/2015, 11:52 PM

The reef club forum for my area has been dead for what seems ~ 2 years, does anyone know of any groups in my area by chance?

edit: i know wireefsociety but that's Milwaukee and southern Wisconsin. That's a much further drive then i wish to take regularly.

gone fishin · 07/13/2015, 07:57 AM

There is the Madison area reef society (MARS), but that is hit or miss IMO.

mmittlesteadt · 07/13/2015, 08:49 AM

We have one started at our LFS (pet department at Ace hardware). Pretty big pet department and saltwater section. We have people that have joined it from all over. It's located in Weston (next to Wausau, WI). It's not really a part of the LFS, it just got started by a couple of guys that run the saltwater department and it's just easier to have meetings there.

It was just started up, but eventually want to have meetings, frag swaps and such. If you are interested you can join it on FB here...

Ace Weston Saltwater Club

atraperegrinus · 07/13/2015, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mmittlesteadt

We have one started at our LFS (pet department at Ace hardware). Pretty big pet department and saltwater section. We have people that have joined it from all over. It's located in Weston (next to Wausau, WI). It's not really a part of the LFS, it just got started by a couple of guys that run the saltwater department and it's just easier to have meetings there.

It was just started up, but eventually want to have meetings, frag swaps and such. If you are interested you can join it on FB here...

Ace Weston Saltwater Club

applied to join the group, closer at least.

I'll also look into the madison one, but thats pretty far away aswell.

It's weird there's not more activity in the appleton area, there's a few nice stores here so there is at least a good size handful of people in the hobby in my general area.

atraperegrinus · 07/13/2015, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by mmittlesteadt

We have one started at our LFS (pet department at Ace hardware). Pretty big pet department and saltwater section. We have people that have joined it from all over. It's located in Weston (next to Wausau, WI). It's not really a part of the LFS, it just got started by a couple of guys that run the saltwater department and it's just easier to have meetings there.

It was just started up, but eventually want to have meetings, frag swaps and such. If you are interested you can join it on FB here...

Ace Weston Saltwater Club

Are you the guy with the twin spot? Ive been watching you're thread if you are, i thought your SN looked familiar. Didnt realize you were a wisconsinite

mmittlesteadt · 07/13/2015, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by atraperegrinus

Are you the guy with the twin spot? Ive been watching you're thread if you are, i thought your SN looked familiar. Didnt realize you were a wisconsinite

LOL...yeah I'm the Twin Spot guy. He's doing great.

ChuckNasty · 07/13/2015, 11:25 AM

I am from Spooner, Way up about hour and a half north of Eau Claire. I am also interested in this.

atraperegrinus · 07/15/2015, 11:53 PM

keeping this alive to hopefully find some more locals!

gone fishin · 07/16/2015, 08:04 AM

If all else fails hopefully you will find enough locals to start your own group.

atraperegrinus · 07/17/2015, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by gone fishin

If all else fails hopefully you will find enough locals to start your own group.

yeah that was my goal, but I have yet to find someone within a 30 mile radius of me yet. If i could find a small group i'd def make a facebook group or something.

gone fishin · 07/17/2015, 05:44 PM

There is the Wisconsin aquarium group on facebook. It is a mix of fresh and salt, mostly fresh. It has folks from all over the state.

Tspors58 · 07/18/2015, 01:17 PM

Here is new Web Site

http://www.newmas.org/forum/Homepage

Tspors58 · 07/18/2015, 01:18 PM

Where are you?

atraperegrinus · 07/18/2015, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tspors58

Where are you?

I'm in New London, just a short drive from appleton

Tspors58 · 07/18/2015, 01:43 PM

Very North End Appleton
Fox Valley Reef Club dropped the old site.

atraperegrinus · 07/18/2015, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tspors58

Very North End Appleton
Fox Valley Reef Club dropped the old site.

Ah, that makes sense, so the new link u posted is where everyone is now?

awesome, I'll check it out tonight after work.

Tspors58 · 07/18/2015, 07:00 PM

Correct.

atraperegrinus · 07/21/2015, 07:24 PM

joined and been reading, glad to finally have found some locals!

Rubasu · 07/22/2015, 06:39 AM

I'm down in Germantown. Might look into those as well.

atraperegrinus · 07/22/2015, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Rubasu

I'm down in Germantown. Might look into those as well.

beautiful area, i lived down that way for awhile, are you a member of wireefsociety already? they are right in your neighborhood.

if it wasnt such a long drive i'd try to make all of their meetings.

atraperegrinus · 07/24/2015, 07:58 PM

LFS here just upgraded, their little baby double frag tank, now they have what was roughly 8'x8' x18" maybe? they are waiting on the sump yet, but its gonna be pretty nuts, next time i go ill take a picture, i dont know how i forgot to take a picture while i was there.

tspors, i see youre in appleton, do you know of any other places than justpets and aquamarine imports?

or is that about it? besides obviously petco and petsmart, but i only go to petco for snails/crabs.

Tspors58 · 07/24/2015, 08:14 PM

Appleton I deal with Pepe at Aquamarine.
Jim at Aquarium pets Oshkosh.
There are 3 in Green Bay I have visited.

atraperegrinus · 07/24/2015, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Tspors58

Appleton I deal with Pepe at Aquamarine.
Jim at Aquarium pets Oshkosh.
There are 3 in Green Bay I have visited.

okay, yeah.

I havn't been able to get to pepe in weeks due to the darned road construction. Its like a 20 minute detour to get to him now.

thankfully, they have string line up to start paving shortly, so hopefully within the month at least half the road will be back. ( i used to work in concrete )

do you have an opinion on justpets? they have a decent saltwater selection, but ive noticed aiptasia in their frag tanks. Not a big deal, but everyone has always been pretty nice when ive been there at least.

I'll have to check out the oshkosh one, thanks.

Tspors58 · 07/24/2015, 09:26 PM

Don't buy livestock from just pets.

atraperegrinus · 07/24/2015, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Tspors58

Don't buy livestock from just pets.

I figured, I've seen some iffy stuff, I've only gotten hermits, xenia and gsp from them.

thanks for the heads up.

07/12/2015, 11:52 PM	#1
atraperegrinus Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 456	Any WI - fox valley area members? The reef club forum for my area has been dead for what seems ~ 2 years, does anyone know of any groups in my area by chance? edit: i know wireefsociety but that's Milwaukee and southern Wisconsin. That's a much further drive then i wish to take regularly. __________________ -Shannon Current Tank Info: Mixed Reef - 110g Display Tank - C2C Overflow /w Bean Animal \| 125g Sump/Fuge \| Vertex Omega 150 \| Waveline DC12000 \| Apex Neptune Controller \| Gyre 250's x2 \| Ocean Revive LED's \| SpectraPure LM3 AWC \| Tunze 3155 ATO /w LM3 pump \|

07/13/2015, 07:57 AM	#2
gone fishin Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wyocena Wi Posts: 6,936	There is the Madison area reef society (MARS), but that is hit or miss IMO. __________________ Tony Current Tank Info: 180gal DT, BM NAC77 skimmer,3 Maxspect razors, Maxspect Gyre 150, 30g QT

07/13/2015, 08:49 AM	#3
mmittlesteadt Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Rothschild, WI Posts: 1,209	We have one started at our LFS (pet department at Ace hardware). Pretty big pet department and saltwater section. We have people that have joined it from all over. It's located in Weston (next to Wausau, WI). It's not really a part of the LFS, it just got started by a couple of guys that run the saltwater department and it's just easier to have meetings there. It was just started up, but eventually want to have meetings, frag swaps and such. If you are interested you can join it on FB here... Ace Weston Saltwater Club __________________ Every life on this planet deserve respect, no matter how small or insignificant it may appear at first glance. 40 Gallon Build Thread - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2486801 Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder, Eshopps PSK-100, Kessil A160WE, 70 lbs. rock, 65 gallon sump, 27 gallon refugium

07/13/2015, 11:25 AM	#7
ChuckNasty Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Spooner, WI. Posts: 105	I am from Spooner, Way up about hour and a half north of Eau Claire. I am also interested in this. __________________ \|\| 24 Gallon / 1.026 Salinity / 80 Deg. / mixed reef \|\| \|\| There's an old saying... "White water in the morning." \|\|

07/15/2015, 11:53 PM	#8
atraperegrinus Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 456	keeping this alive to hopefully find some more locals! __________________ -Shannon Current Tank Info: Mixed Reef - 110g Display Tank - C2C Overflow /w Bean Animal \| 125g Sump/Fuge \| Vertex Omega 150 \| Waveline DC12000 \| Apex Neptune Controller \| Gyre 250's x2 \| Ocean Revive LED's \| SpectraPure LM3 AWC \| Tunze 3155 ATO /w LM3 pump \|

07/16/2015, 08:04 AM	#9
gone fishin Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wyocena Wi Posts: 6,936	If all else fails hopefully you will find enough locals to start your own group. __________________ Tony Current Tank Info: 180gal DT, BM NAC77 skimmer,3 Maxspect razors, Maxspect Gyre 150, 30g QT

07/17/2015, 05:44 PM	#11
gone fishin Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Wyocena Wi Posts: 6,936	There is the Wisconsin aquarium group on facebook. It is a mix of fresh and salt, mostly fresh. It has folks from all over the state. __________________ Tony Current Tank Info: 180gal DT, BM NAC77 skimmer,3 Maxspect razors, Maxspect Gyre 150, 30g QT

07/18/2015, 01:17 PM	#12
Tspors58 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Appleton, WI. Posts: 145	Here is new Web Site http://www.newmas.org/forum/Homepage __________________ Keep it simple. Take it slow. Long Term Hobby. Current Tank Info: 210g w/Eshopps RS-200 sump, Reef Octopus Classic 150 SSS, Inline Ocean Clear Filter, 2 Kessel 360W, Jebao DC-8000, & 2 Jebao WP40 Wavemakers

07/18/2015, 01:18 PM	#13
Tspors58 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Appleton, WI. Posts: 145	Where are you? __________________ Keep it simple. Take it slow. Long Term Hobby. Current Tank Info: 210g w/Eshopps RS-200 sump, Reef Octopus Classic 150 SSS, Inline Ocean Clear Filter, 2 Kessel 360W, Jebao DC-8000, & 2 Jebao WP40 Wavemakers

07/18/2015, 01:43 PM	#15
Tspors58 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Appleton, WI. Posts: 145	Very North End Appleton Fox Valley Reef Club dropped the old site. __________________ Keep it simple. Take it slow. Long Term Hobby. Current Tank Info: 210g w/Eshopps RS-200 sump, Reef Octopus Classic 150 SSS, Inline Ocean Clear Filter, 2 Kessel 360W, Jebao DC-8000, & 2 Jebao WP40 Wavemakers

07/18/2015, 07:00 PM	#17
Tspors58 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Appleton, WI. Posts: 145	Correct. __________________ Keep it simple. Take it slow. Long Term Hobby. Current Tank Info: 210g w/Eshopps RS-200 sump, Reef Octopus Classic 150 SSS, Inline Ocean Clear Filter, 2 Kessel 360W, Jebao DC-8000, & 2 Jebao WP40 Wavemakers

07/21/2015, 07:24 PM	#18
atraperegrinus Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 456	joined and been reading, glad to finally have found some locals! __________________ -Shannon Current Tank Info: Mixed Reef - 110g Display Tank - C2C Overflow /w Bean Animal \| 125g Sump/Fuge \| Vertex Omega 150 \| Waveline DC12000 \| Apex Neptune Controller \| Gyre 250's x2 \| Ocean Revive LED's \| SpectraPure LM3 AWC \| Tunze 3155 ATO /w LM3 pump \|

07/22/2015, 06:39 AM	#19
Rubasu Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 230	I'm down in Germantown. Might look into those as well. __________________ 40 Breeder / 20L Sump: Ocellaris Clown - Green Star Polyps, Kenya Tree, Brown Palys, Blue Mushrooms...and the clean up crew.

07/24/2015, 07:58 PM	#21
atraperegrinus Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 456	LFS here just upgraded, their little baby double frag tank, now they have what was roughly 8'x8' x18" maybe? they are waiting on the sump yet, but its gonna be pretty nuts, next time i go ill take a picture, i dont know how i forgot to take a picture while i was there. tspors, i see youre in appleton, do you know of any other places than justpets and aquamarine imports? or is that about it? besides obviously petco and petsmart, but i only go to petco for snails/crabs. __________________ -Shannon Current Tank Info: Mixed Reef - 110g Display Tank - C2C Overflow /w Bean Animal \| 125g Sump/Fuge \| Vertex Omega 150 \| Waveline DC12000 \| Apex Neptune Controller \| Gyre 250's x2 \| Ocean Revive LED's \| SpectraPure LM3 AWC \| Tunze 3155 ATO /w LM3 pump \|

07/24/2015, 08:14 PM	#22
Tspors58 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Appleton, WI. Posts: 145	Appleton I deal with Pepe at Aquamarine. Jim at Aquarium pets Oshkosh. There are 3 in Green Bay I have visited. __________________ Keep it simple. Take it slow. Long Term Hobby. Current Tank Info: 210g w/Eshopps RS-200 sump, Reef Octopus Classic 150 SSS, Inline Ocean Clear Filter, 2 Kessel 360W, Jebao DC-8000, & 2 Jebao WP40 Wavemakers

07/24/2015, 09:26 PM	#24
Tspors58 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Appleton, WI. Posts: 145	Don't buy livestock from just pets. __________________ Keep it simple. Take it slow. Long Term Hobby. Current Tank Info: 210g w/Eshopps RS-200 sump, Reef Octopus Classic 150 SSS, Inline Ocean Clear Filter, 2 Kessel 360W, Jebao DC-8000, & 2 Jebao WP40 Wavemakers