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Thanks for your interest
in the Idaho Marine Aquarium Society! We exist to promote and grow the marine
aquarium hobby in the Treasure Valley. It is organized as a loose fraternal
association of the people that help each other with the hobby. Activities
include monthly educational meetings, newsletters and tank tours. We are
also proud to announce our affiliation with MASNA!
For more information on MASNA or to find
out more about the yearly conference MACNA
XIX please follow the perspective links
October meeting presentation: Reef
Pests
September
meeting presentation: Hands-On acrylics workshop
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Past Meeting Presentations (PDF
Documents)
February Meeting
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Date:
Friday, February 5, 2010
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Time:
7:00 pm |
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Location:
Fuddruckers, 1666 S Entertainment Ave, Boise(Next to Edward 24 Cinemas) |
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Topics:
Coral Propagation |
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IMAS members
will be demonstrating different methods for fragging your Soft,
SPS and LPS corals. There will be demonstrations and a chance for
hands on practice. Sonia (sleatham) has volunteered to provide corals
;-). Some of the corals fragged with be in the April meeting Frag Fest...
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March Meeting
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Date:
Friday, March 5, 2010
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Time:
7:00 pm |
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Location:
Fuddruckers, 1666 S Entertainment Ave, Boise(Next to Edward 24 Cinemas) |
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Topics:
Inexpensive lighting for your coral farm |
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Geothermal
Aquaculture Research Foundation director Leroy Headlee will be giving
a presentation on inexpensive lighting for your coral farm. LeRoy
was one of the original coral farmers in America. He has traveled
all over North America and south east asia visiting reefs, coral
and clam farms. IMAS is very excited to have our local expert speak
at the club.
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April Meeting (FRAG
Fest!!!)
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Date:
Friday, April 2, 2010
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Time:
7:00 pm |
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Location:
Fuddruckers, 1666 S Entertainment Ave, Boise(Next to Edward 24 Cinemas) |
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Topics:
Frag Fest 2010 |
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IMAS will
be holding one of its Frag Fest trading meetings. There will be
a frag raffle and frag trading galore!!! REveryone is welcome. There
will be a small fee for the club for any corals sold during the
meeting. More details to come...
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June Meeting (Adam Blundell)
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Date:
Friday, June 4, 2010
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Time:
7:00 pm |
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Location:
Fuddruckers, 1666 S Entertainment Ave, Boise(Next to Edward 24 Cinemas) |
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Topics:
Coral fluorescence: what it is & how it works |
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IMAS once
again welcomes Adam Blundell. Adam will be sharing his work on coral
fluorescence...
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August Meeting
(Scott Michael)
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Date:
Friday, August 6, 2010
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Time:
7:00 pm |
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Location:
Fuddruckers, 1666 S Entertainment Ave, Boise(Next to Edward 24 Cinemas) |
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Topic:
Marine and Reef Fish!!! |
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IMAS welcomes
Scott Michael.
Scott is into
animals (especially those that live in marine environs, grizzly
bears and dogs) and has been blessed to be able to make a living
sharing that love with others. He has written 11 books on sharks,
rays, coral reef fishes and marine invertebrates and have had thousands
of photos published worldwide in books, magazines and on the internet.
Scott is currently writing for a number of aquarium publications
and is co-editor of the magazine REEF LIFE. Scott is also co-producer
of www.coralrealm.com...
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IMAS Sand Exchange:
The "Sand
Exchange" is an awesome way to increase the bio diversity of
your Reef and/or Marine aquarium. The way is works is, each participant
brings an 8 oz cup of live sand to the IMAS meeting. At the meeting, all
the sand will be gently mixed together. Once mixed, the sand is divided
back up and you take home a cup of sand that has a little of each in it.
This is an awesome way to increase the bio diversity in you sand bed.
Currently just plan on bringing sugar sized sand like is used in shallow
and deep sand beds. If there is enough interest, we can start a coarse
sand exchange. If you are interested in participating in the sand exchange,
just bring a cup to the November meeting.
IMAS Membership
Membership
fees are an annual donation of $24 ($2 per month) to help promote the growth
of the club, distribute newsletters, and provide benefits such as local
aquarium store discounts, and bringing in expert speakers. The club will
not officially endorse nor promote any local aquarium store, but each member
may feel free to express their opinions on this or any related matter.
IMAS has gone through
some surprising growth in the past few years, and we are excited to meet
the needs of all of those folks interested in our club. Like the club, the
hobby as a whole has been changing very rapidly. Whether we're talking about
pending legislation or trends in marine husbandry, we all need to keep abreast
of these changes so that we may become better informed and a more successful
hobbyist.
To
get in touch with club members join
our Forums!

Visit our sister club to the south...

The following company is a IMAS sponsor.

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