We would like to thank all of our sponsors, including:
We would like to thank all of our sponsors, including:
President - Charles (aka cwolfus)
With over 10 years reefing and 15 with SW fish tanks, Charles has seen his fair share of beauty and creation as well as death and destruction. His goal is to help others make fewer mistakes than he has while learning a thing or two from you. Charles is also very focused on the "frag early, frag often" motto as the best way to increase the survivability of corals in our tanks. Current setup is a 70g custom TruVu with 20G sump mixed reef with SPS, LPS, softies, zoas, and even a clam.
VicePresident - Jeremy (aka tuberider)
As a professional hobbyist both in the aquarium hobby and a musician he lives a dream. Having been in the hobby approaching 30 years he has gained a wide variety of experience in the aquarium hobby, Jeremy has done everything from breeding tetras, cichlids, gouramis, etc. along with collecting marine fish for his own tank. Jeremy discovered reefing during the “mini reef” craze of the late ‘80s with a tank full of Florida liverock, and a variety of more common Palys, shrooms, and star polyps. Jeremy is an advocate for responsible care of livestock, because of that he joined BAR to help make a difference and to educate those that want to do the right thing when it comes to having a reef tank, along with enjoying the company of the reefing community. His current tank is a 42.1g SPS tank that has way too many corals in it that seem to play nice with each other, along with a few service accounts. His other interests include surfing, surfboard shaping and glassing, playing the bass, food/drink, and making people laugh.
Treasurer - Bryan (aka seminolecpa)
Bryan started in salt water in his native Florida when he got his first tank (a raffle prize at a Florida Marine Aquarium show) at age 10. He graduated to reef tanks some 15 years later after college first starting with LPS and softies. The SPS bug hit him while in Dallas (about 4 years ago) and he has been afflicted with it ever since. He currently has a 72 bowfront with a 58 Oceanic burried somewhere in his garage perhaps to relive again. Bryan, a graduate from Florida State University and a CPA by trade (hence seminolecpa), worked 10 years for a big 4 public accounting firm in taxation and now works as the Director of Tax for a local private equity firm. Currently residing in Burlingame his other hobbies include renovating his house and 37 year old Porsche, football, softball, and occasionally rugby.
Sponsorship - Ian (aka iani)
Ian started keeping reef tanks about 2 years ago. He blames fellow BAR members fishnfst (Doug) and Boun (boun11) for getting him interested in this money trap of a hobby. He vows to some day get them back. Before keeping reef tanks he kept freshwater planted tanks for 2+ years. Ian is a dentist by occupation and puts his dental skills to good use when fragging his coral.
Secretary - Steve (aka patchin)
Graduated from Davis in Plant Science many moons ago. I've worked in landscape maintenance for 30 years. I've had a sw tank for about 10 years, but have gotten more serious about it in the last 6 months. My wife, Theresa, and I are very active in the Alzheimers Association and have participated in the Memory Walk on Treasure Island for the last two years. We went from 2 to 41 team members in a year. I enjoy fly fishing (not often enough) and sports.
Webmistress - Erin (aka pixelpixi)
Erin writes animation software for a living and is an unabashed geek. She's been playing around with computers and electronics since childhood and shows no signs of stopping any time soon. She has a passion for combining science and art, which she has done through independent projects and by working as a technical artist on a number of animated films. For her, keeping a reef aquarium is the perfect hobby - it blends science, engineering, aesthetics, and nature in a way that's compelling and engaging.
Continuity - Normal (aka Mr. Ugly)
Bio guy by education, techie guy by profession, reef geek by choice.
Membership - Richard (aka Yardartist)
Keeping corals is an ethical quandary. There is no perfect way. We all do our best by learning from others. The push to live light on the earth has him building LED for his tank, and yet it is technically beyond him. Its all about getting there together. Likes to garden otherwise quite a drag.
Special Events - Eric (aka Ibn )
