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October 14th BAR Meeting - Coral Farming as a Business

Mr. Ugly

Mr. Ugly

Past President
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Coral Farming as a Business - October 14, 2006 1pm
Owning and operating a long term coral farming business

Bay Area Reefers is honored to host the one and only Steve Tyree in a presentation of his latest work on captive farming and distribution of stony corals.

Researcher, author, coral farmer, and reefkeeping pioneer of over 20 years experience, Steve Tyree has performed extensive research in the propagation of reef building stony corals in captivity, resulting in many leading edge discoveries that are applicable to all captive maintained corals. Some of these discoveries are expected to yield information crucial to coral survival in the wild as well.

Steve's current general interests include captive scleractinian stony coral research, natural filtration methods, environmental gradients within tropical reef platforms, sponge research, ascidian research, bivalve research, zonal filtration research, copepod plankton research and propagating captive grown corals, sponges and ascidians via fragmentation, budding or sexual reproduction.

After giving numerous talks, including a total of 4 presentations to various Macna Conferences over the years, Steve has decided to focus more of his attention on coral farming activities, and will be doing only a very limited number of lectures each year. We are most fortunate to have him as our guest for our October meeting!

Don't miss this opportunity to attend an educational presentation by one of reefkeeping's greats!

Our October meeting is sponsored with raffle donations from our friends and
supporters at:

- http://www.reefnutrition.com
- http://www.reefready.net
- http://www.aquariumconceptsinc.com
- http://amazonaquarium.com
- and others - check back for more raffle/sponsor updates! :)

This event is open to the general public and will be held at Aquatic Specialties and Pets in Hayward, a state of the art, ethical, aquatic wholesaler. Please follow this link for directions:

http://www.bareefers.org/public/ASAP Directions.aspx


More about Steve Tyree:

Steve has given presentations to:
- Macna VII
- Macna X
- Macna XIV
- WMC 1999

Steve's articles and photographs have appeared in:
- Aquarium Frontiers
- Das Aquarium
- Koralle
- Sea Scope
- The Reef Aquarium Volume 1
- The Modern Coral Reef Aquarium Volume 1,2,3
- Aquarium Corals
- Steinkorallen Im Aquarium Band 1

He has lectured on the topics of:
- Introduction to Reef Building Stony Corals (SPS Corals)
- Current Trends in Keeping Reef Building Stony Corals in Captivity
- The Biological Light Requirement of Photosynthetic Coral
- Farming Stony Corals in Captivity
- Reef Building Stony Coral Species Identification
- The Natural Physical Environment of Reef Building Stony Corals
- Living Sponges (The Porifera)
- The Environmental Gradient Natural Filtration Method
- Living Sea Squirts (The Ascidians)
- Expanding the Zonal Concept to Natural Captive Reef Filtration
- Tropical Coral Reef Environment Rhythmicity and Techniques for Inducing Captive Coral Spawning
- Coral Bleaching and Photoadaptation Dynamics in Nature and Captivity

Steve has published three series of books:
- Reef Building Stony Corals
- Captive Oceans
- Captive Maintenance Advanced Techniques

Hope to see everyone there!
 
And a very big thank-you to Steve Tyree for providing a special discount group buy opportunity for our October meeting.

Steve has been very generous in offering a 25% discount on his aquacultured corals, including Limited Editions and Exotics.

See below for details.

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Reeffarmers September 2006 Stocking List for Bay Area Reefers Group Buy
=========================================================================
Purchase policy. The group will get a 25 % discount from the list prices
below. To figure the total due for corals, take the total list and
subtract 25 %. There will be no additional shipping charges. These orders
need to be paid seperately to Reeffarmers. We accept paypal
(reeffarmers@ispwest.com), visa and mc. Credit card orders should be
phoned in to 909-989-9711 noon to 8 pm pst 7 days a week. These group
orders will be delivered to the BAR meeting on October 14th at 1:00 PM at
Aquatic Specialists and Pets in Hayward. Orders have to be paid in full by
October 12th Thursday by 5 PM pst. We can accept payment anytime up until
then. Please note - All orders are fully refundable. Reeffarmers guarantees
live arrival. There are no additional charges. Corals are first come
first serve. Email your order to reeffarmers@ispwest.com or phone
909-989-9711 .
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Captive Grown Fragments Reeffarmers Limited Edition Surplus LESURPLUS
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Montipora sp. Flower Petal Polyps LESURPLUS List $65 Sm Frag
Montipora sp. Flower Petal Polyps LESURPLUS List $65 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged and Info at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedmontiporaflower.htm


Acropora loisettae Steve Elias Stag LESURPLUS List $70 Sm Frag
Acropora loisettae Steve Elias Stag LESURPLUS List $70 Sm Frag
Acropora loisettae Steve Elias Stag LESURPLUS List $70 Sm Frag
Acropora loisettae Steve Elias Stag LESURPLUS List $70 Sm Frag
Acropora loisettae Steve Elias Stag LESURPLUS List $70 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged and Info at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedloisettae.htm


Acropora millepora Sky Blue LESURPLUS List $55 Small Fragment
Parent Colony Imaged and Info at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedacroporamillepora.htm


Favia matthai Pink and Violet LESURPLUS List $60 Small Fragment
Parent Colony Imaged and Info at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedfaviamatthai.htm


Echinophyllia sp. Brick Red LESURPLUS List $65 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged and Info at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedechinophylliabrickred.htm


Echinophyllia sp. Upscales Raspberry LESURPLUS List $90 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged and Info at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedechinophylliarasberry.htm


Echinophyllia echinoporides Branching Alien Eye LESURPLUS List $60 Sm Frag
Echinophyllia echinoporides Branching Alien Eye LESURPLUS List $60 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged and Info at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedbranchingechinophyllia.htm


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Captive Grown Fragments Reeffarmers Limited Edition Evaluation Coral
(this coral is currently being evaluated as a possible new LE coral)
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Acanthastrea echinata Pink Corallite White Mouths Exotic Tracy Evans Coral
List $40 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmtevans_pinkacan.jpg


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Captive Grown Fragments Reeffarmers EXOTICS
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Acropora tenuis Blue branches Green Stems List $30 Sm Frag
Acropora tenuis Blue branches Green Stems List $30 Sm Frag
Acropora tenuis Blue branches Green Stems List $30 Sm Frag
Acropora tenuis Blue branches Green Stems List $30 Sm Frag
Acropora tenuis Blue branches Green Stems List $30 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farm_acroporatenuis.jpg


Mark Ward Staghorn Blue Polyps Exotic List $35 Sm Frag
Mark Ward Staghorn Blue Polyps Exotic List $35 Sm Frag
Mark Ward Staghorn Blue Polyps Exotic List $35 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/reeffarmer017.jpg


Hugo loisettae Acropora Staghorn Turquoise Exotic List $40 Sm Frag
Hugo loisettae Acropora Staghorn Turquoise Exotic List $40 Sm Frag
Hugo loisettae Acropora Staghorn Turquoise Exotic List $40 Sm Frag
Hugo loisettae Acropora Staghorn Turquoise Exotic List $40 Sm Frag
Hugo loisettae Acropora Staghorn Turquoise Exotic List $40 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/reeffarmer009.jpg


Acropora stoddarti Roland Balmes Stoddarti Blue Purple Turqquoise Exotic
List $40 Sm Frag
Acropora stoddarti Roland Balmes Stoddarti Blue Purple Turqquoise Exotic
List $40 Sm Frag
Acropora stoddarti Roland Balmes Stoddarti Blue Purple Turqquoise Exotic
List $40 Sm Frag
Acropora stoddarti Roland Balmes Stoddarti Blue Purple Turqquoise Exotic
List $40 Sm Frag
Acropora stoddarti Roland Balmes Stoddarti Blue Purple Turqquoise Exotic
List $40 Sm Frag
Acropora stoddarti Roland Balmes Stoddarti Blue Purple Turqquoise Exotic
List $40 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmbalmes_stoddarti.jpg


Acropora batunai Roland Balmes Batunai Light Purple Exotic List $34 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/reeffarmer002.jpg


Acropora valida Shawn Bennett Valida Purple Green Polyp List $32 Sm Frag
Acropora valida Shawn Bennett Valida Purple Green Polyp List $32 Sm Frag
Easy to Keep Parent Colony Shown
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmbennet_valida.jpg


Acropora efflorescens Purple Branches Green Polyps List $40 Sm Frag
Acropora efflorescens Purple Branches Green Polyps List $40 Sm Frag
Acropora efflorescens Purple Branches Green Polyps List $40 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/reeffarmer_efflo.jpg


Oxypora sp. Green Eye List $35 Sm Frag
Oxypora sp. Green Eye List $35 Sm Frag
Oxypora sp. Green Eye List $35 Sm Frag
Oxypora sp. Green Eye List $35 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmgosinski_greeneye.jpg


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Captive Grown Fragments Reeffarmers
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Pocillopora damicornis Bright Green Polyps List $24 Sm Frag
Easy to Keep Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmed06.JPG


Acropora sp. Tracy Gray Blue Staghorn Blue Polyps Turns Blue in Strong Light List $25 Sm Frag
Acropora sp. Tracy Gray Blue Staghorn Blue Polyps Turns Blue in Strong Light List $25 Sm Frag
Acropora sp. Tracy Gray Blue Staghorn Blue Polyps Turns Blue in Strong Light List $25 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmtracy_bluestag.jpg


Pastel Echinophyllia Atlantis Aquarium List $38 Sm Frag
Easy to Keep Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.sw-cfm.com/raffle_newpastel_echinophyllia.jpg


Acropora micropathalma Thin Easy Green Polyped Stag List $24 Med Frag
Acropora micropathalma Thin Easy Green Polyped Stag List $24 Med Frag
Acropora micropathalma Thin Easy Green Polyped Stag List $24 Med Frag
Acropora micropathalma Thin Easy Green Polyped Stag List $24 Med Frag
Easy to Keep Parent COlony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/reeffarmers_acroporamicropthalma.jpg


Unknown Striped Brain List $24 Small Fragment
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.dynamicecomorphology.com/inhousecoral006.jpg


Favites russelli Blue Valleys Rare Color Pacific Import Frag Sm-$29
Favites russelli Blue Valleys Rare Color Pacific Import Frag Med-$36
Favites russelli Blue Valleys Rare Color Pacific Import Frag Med-$36
Easy to Keep Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.dynamicecomorphology.com/inhousecoral003.jpg


Acropora yongei Bali Green Slimer Frag Med-$34
Acropora yongei Bali Green Slimer Frag Med-$34
Acropora yongei Bali Green Slimer Frag Med-$34
Acropora yongei Bali Green Slimer Frag Med-$34
Easy to keep Good starter coral Example Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmed01.JPG


Montipora capricornis Orange Plating Scrolling Frag Med-$28
Montipora capricornis Orange Plating Scrolling Frag Med-$28
Montipora capricornis Orange Plating Scrolling Frag Med-$28
Montipora capricornis Orange Plating Scrolling Frag Med-$28
Montipora capricornis Orange Plating Scrolling Frag Med-$28
Easy to keep Good starter coral Example Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmimage_st_capricorniso.jpg


Montipora digitata Orange Polyps Branching Frag Med-$32
Montipora digitata Orange Polyps Branching Frag Med-$32
Montipora digitata Orange Polyps Branching Frag Med-$32
Easy to keep Good starter coral Example Fragment Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmreeferonbudget_mdigitata.jpg


Acropora sp. Shaggy Dog-like Acro Hairy White Polyps Sm-$28
Acropora sp. Shaggy Dog-like Acro Hairy White Polyps Sm-$28
Acropora sp. Shaggy Dog-like Acro Hairy White Polyps Sm-$28
Acropora sp. Shaggy Dog-like Acro Hairy White Polyps Sm-$28
Acropora sp. Shaggy Dog-like Acro Hairy White Polyps Sm-$28
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/artsshaggydog.jpg


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And just to make it easier for people, here are pics of the mother colonies of all the eye candy that's being offered for sale. Don't miss your chance! :)

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Captive Grown Fragments Reeffarmers Limited Edition Surplus LESURPLUS
=========================================================================

Montipora sp. Flower Petal Polyps LESURPLUS List $65 Sm Frag
limited_montiporaflowerpedal_colony.jpg


Acropora loisettae Steve Elias Stag LESURPLUS List $70 Sm Frag
limitedloisettae_colony.JPG


Acropora millepora Sky Blue LESURPLUS List $55 Small Fragment
limited_acroporamillepora_skyblue.jpg


Favia matthai Pink and Violet LESURPLUS List $60 Small Fragment
limited_faviamatthai_colony.jpg


Echinophyllia sp. Brick Red LESURPLUS List $65 Sm Frag
limited_echinophylliabrickred_colony.jpg


Echinophyllia sp. Upscales Raspberry LESURPLUS List $90 Sm Frag
limited_echinophylliarasberry_colony.jpg


Echinophyllia echinoporides Branching Alien Eye LESURPLUS List $60 Sm Frag
limited_branchingechinophyllia_colony.jpg



=========================================================================
Captive Grown Fragments Reeffarmers Limited Edition Evaluation Coral
(this coral is currently being evaluated as a possible new LE coral)
=========================================================================


Acanthastrea echinata Pink Corallite White Mouths List $40 Sm Frag
farmtevans_pinkacan.jpg



=========================================================================
Captive Grown Fragments Reeffarmers EXOTICS
=========================================================================

Acropora tenuis Blue branches Green Stems List $30 Sm Frag
farm_acroporatenuis.jpg


Mark Ward Staghorn Blue Polyps Exotic List $35 Sm Frag
reeffarmer017.jpg


Hugo loisettae Acropora Staghorn Turquoise Exotic List $40 Sm Frag
reeffarmer009.jpg


Acropora stoddarti Roland Balmes Stoddarti Blue Purple Turqquoise Exotic List $40 Sm Frag
farmbalmes_stoddarti.jpg


Acropora batunai Roland Balmes Batunai Light Purple Exotic List $34 Sm Frag
reeffarmer002.jpg


Acropora valida Shawn Bennett Valida Purple Green Polyp List $32 Sm Frag
farmbennet_valida.jpg



Acropora efflorescens Purple Branches Green Polyps List $40 Sm Frag
reeffarmer_efflo.jpg


Oxypora sp. Green Eye List $35 Sm Frag
farmgosinski_greeneye.jpg



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Captive Grown Fragments Reeffarmers
=========================================================================


Pocillopora damicornis Bright Green Polyps List $24 Sm Frag
farmed06.JPG


Acropora sp. Tracy Gray Blue Staghorn Blue Polyps Turns Blue in Strong Light List $25 Sm Frag
farmtracy_bluestag.jpg


Pastel Echinophyllia Atlantis Aquarium List $38 Sm Frag />
raffle_newpastel_echinophyllia.jpg


Acropora micropathalma Thin Easy Green Polyped Stag List $24 Med Frag
reeffarmers_acroporamicropthalma.jpg


Unknown Striped Brain List $24 Small Fragment
inhousecoral006.jpg


Favites russelli Blue Valleys Rare Color Pacific Import Frag Sm-$29
Favites russelli Blue Valleys Rare Color Pacific Import Frag Med-$36
inhousecoral003.jpg


Acropora yongei Bali Green Slimer Frag Med-$34
farmed01.JPG


Montipora capricornis Orange Plating Scrolling Frag Med-$28
farmimage_st_capricorniso.jpg


Montipora digitata Orange Polyps Branching Frag Med-$32
farmreeferonbudget_mdigitata.jpg


Acropora sp. Shaggy Dog-like Acro Hairy White Polyps Sm-$28
artsshaggydog.jpg



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Anyone purschase from Steve before? Just wonder how big the frag are. It's just say small, medium or large..

Man, I used to have a big colony of this..
farmgosinski_greeneye.jpg
 
I'll be putting 4 lunch tickets for the Regional fragswap into the raffle. For more details on the fragswap, visit the MARS forum on RC :D
 
Phong,

I got a piece of his Sky Blue mille at the BACFM. The "small" was not skimpy at all. Bigger than "medium" from some other people even.
 
Heard from 2 more of our sponsors this week

- Atlantis Aquarium
- New Alameda Aquatics

Both will be donating some very nice goodies to the October meeting

A very big thank you to all the sponsors who are contributing to this meeting!

- www.reefnutrition.com
- www.reefready.net
- www.aquariumconceptsinc.com
- www.amazonaquarium.com
- www.dolphinpetvillage.com
- www.spectrapure.com
- Lucky Ocean Aquarium - http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/review/905758
- www.atlantisaquarium.net
- www.newalameda.com
- www.oceantreasuresaquarium.com
 
Updated availability list for the coral group buy.

=========================================================================
Reeffarmers September 2006 Stocking List for Bay Area Reefers Group Buy
=========================================================================
Purchase policy. The group will get a 25 % discount from the list prices
below. To figure the total due for corals, take the total list and
subtract 25 %. There will be no additional shipping charges. These orders
need to be paid seperately to Reeffarmers. We accept paypal
(reeffarmers@ispwest.com), visa and mc. Credit card orders should be
phoned in to 909-989-9711 noon to 8 pm pst 7 days a week. These group
orders will be delivered to the BAR meeting on October 14th at 1:00 PM at
Aquatic Specialists and Pets in Hayward.

Orders have to be paid in full by October 12th Thursday by 5 PM pst.

We can accept payment anytime up until
then. Please note - All orders are fully refundable. Reeffarmers guarantees
live arrival. There are no additional charges. Corals are first come
first serve. Email your order to reeffarmers@ispwest.com or phone
909-989-9711 .
=========================================================================
Captive Grown Fragments Reeffarmers Limited Edition Surplus LESURPLUS
=========================================================================

Montipora sp. Flower Petal Polyps LESURPLUS List $65 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged and Info at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedmontiporaflower.htm


Acropora loisettae Steve Elias Stag LESURPLUS List $70 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged and Info at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedloisettae.htm


Echinophyllia echinoporides Branching Alien Eye LESURPLUS List $60 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged and Info at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/limitedbranchingechinophyllia.htm


=========================================================================
Captive Grown Fragments Reeffarmers Limited Edition Evaluation Coral
(this coral is currently being evaluated as a possible new LE coral)
=========================================================================


Acanthastrea echinata Pink Corallite White Mouths Exotic Tracy Evans Coral
List $40 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmtevans_pinkacan.jpg


=========================================================================
Captive Grown Fragments Reeffarmers EXOTICS
=========================================================================

Acropora tenuis Blue branches Green Stems List $30 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farm_acroporatenuis.jpg


Mark Ward Staghorn Blue Polyps Exotic List $35 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/reeffarmer017.jpg


Hugo loisettae Acropora Staghorn Turquoise Exotic List $40 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/reeffarmer009.jpg


Acropora stoddarti Roland Balmes Stoddarti Blue Purple Turqquoise Exotic
List $40 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmbalmes_stoddarti.jpg


Acropora batunai Roland Balmes Batunai Light Purple Exotic List $34 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/reeffarmer002.jpg


Oxypora sp. Green Eye List $35 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmgosinski_greeneye.jpg


=========================================================================
Captive Grown Fragments Reeffarmers
=========================================================================


Acropora sp. Tracy Gray Blue Staghorn Blue Polyps Turns Blue in Strong Light List
$25 Sm Frag
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmtracy_bluestag.jpg


Pastel Echinophyllia Atlantis Aquarium List $38 Sm Frag
Easy to Keep Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.sw-cfm.com/raffle_newpastel_echinophyllia.jpg


Acropora micropathalma Thin Easy Green Polyped Stag List $24 Med Frag
Easy to Keep Parent COlony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/reeffarmers_acroporamicropthalma.jpg


Unknown Striped Brain List $24 Small Fragment
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.dynamicecomorphology.com/inhousecoral006.jpg


Favites russelli Blue Valleys Rare Color Pacific Import Frag Med-$36
Easy to Keep Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.dynamicecomorphology.com/inhousecoral003.jpg


Acropora yongei Bali Green Slimer Frag Med-$34
Easy to keep Good starter coral Example Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmed01.JPG


Montipora capricornis Orange Plating Scrolling Frag Med-$28
Easy to keep Good starter coral Example Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/farmimage_st_capricorniso.jpg


Acropora sp. Shaggy Dog-like Acro Hairy White Polyps Sm-$28
Parent Colony Imaged at Link
http://www.reeffarmers.com/artsshaggydog.jpg


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