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I got to be a guest on Reef Threads! Check out Reef Threads Podcast #282 to listen to me talk about my experience in the hobby, my aquarium, and diving the kelp forests of California! Thanks so much to Gary Parr and Christine Williams for having me on to chat with them! It was a ton of fun to...

Hi everyone, If you're going to be going to one of the local fish stores, you should keep your eye out for the new issue of Reef Hobbyist magazine. They're free to take! One of my photos of my tank/lionfish made the cover and I have a feature article in the issue about my predator reef...

Hi everyone! I wanted to share a video that Erin (@Kensington Reefer) took of an urchin spawning in one his client's tanks. Pretty awesome!

Marine Depot Feature Video! Mentioned in Reef Threads Podcast #281! FTS 3/12/16 Fu Manchu Lionfish (Dendrochirus biocellatus) - Mushu Dwarf Zebra Lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra) - Draco Antennata Lionfish (Pterois antennata) - Seraphina Snowflake Eel (Echidna nebulosa) - Falkor...

Hi everyone! Can you please let me know if you see the $1/gallon sale going on at Petco? I'm looking to get a 40 breeder tank. I'll give whoever finds me a $40, 40 breeder a free frag of zoanthids :)

Blue Life released their new media reactor at MACNA and immediately sold out of all the units they'd brought to the show. Brandie, Denzil, and I all decided to place orders and try it out. Since I purchased mine after they sold out of the units at the show, they shipped mine from the warehouse...

UPDATE (09/10): Grand prize for this Sat. Grand Opening. Innovative Marine Fusion 40 with Stand and 30 lbs of Real Reef Gen 4 rocks! Value over $1,000! There also at least 10 other raffle prizes to be raffle off trough out the day! UPDATE (09/08): Hello everybody in the wonderful world of...

Hi everyone, Do you want to get more involved with BAR? Want to help out with the events and even plan additional tours and events? Great! The BOD would like to recruit some committed and passionate volunteers to help us out with the running of the club. The small group of the BOD can't do...

I was just curious if anyone else from the club besides me, Denzil, and Brandie were planning to go. I just booked my flight! :)

Hi everyone, Matt Wandell at the Steinhart Aquarium has graciously agreed to give the BAR members another behind the scenes tour of their amazing aquarium! You'll get to see how a large scale public aquarium functions. I'm sure it will be a great time! Due to the limited space in some areas...

Hi everyone, The board of directors will be meeting this Friday at the Panera in Hayward. This meeting is open to the membership, so feel free to join us if you would like to help contribute to the club!

Yep, it's that time again! The 2014 BAR Regional Frag Swap and we need your support to make it happen. This is a great opportunity to get to know other club members and enhance your swap experience by interacting with people. You can help people and they can help you, plus many hands make for...

We are pleased to announce the return of the BAR regional frag swap! The swap is open to everyone, not just BAR members. This event is intended to encourage the propagation, sharing, and 'backing up' of corals throughout the reefing community. The frag swap is a great way to promote the spirit...

Hi everyone, Neptune Systems is doing a huge cross-country promotion this summer kicking off this coming Saturday (6/21) at Reef Raft Norcal. They will be there with a motorhome full of goodies, and Terence will be giving Apex Fusion how-to seminars all day and taking questions. There will be...

Thank you everyone for your feedback! It seems like there is a decent amount of interest, so we're officially on for the potluck and make your own frozen food party! Please make sure to RSVP using the feature at the beginning of this post. I need to be able to get a head count for buying...

I went diving in Maui back in February and I just got done processing all the photos, so I figured I'd share some of them :) Scuba Mala Pier This was the first dive we did and was in the Lanai harbor along an old shipping pier that had collapsed and now is the home to a nice reef. View of the...

Our counterparts in NVR are holding their 4th frag swap! If you're itching for another frag swap, you should definitely go check it out. Looks like it will be a lot of fun! There's a discount for members of other local clubs, but we don't have cards. If you're a supporting BAR member who...

This is the information from a handout I made for the New Hobbyist Workshop on 4/12/14.

Hi everyone! It seems that we are having a lag in membership renewals this year. I know its been confusing with the transition to the new website. We also realize it isn't very clear right now how you go about paying for membership on the new website. I'm sure this has been addressed...

We are lucky to have one of the leading aquarium LED manufacturers right here in the Bay Area and they are kind enough to let our club tour their facility! Jess Viscovich of Kessil and Diablo Corals is kind enough to organize this tour for us. The tour last year was a lot of fun and very...