COMAS February Meeting

Februray 9th, 7:30 PM at UCO

Reefkeeping 101 part 1

We will start our educational series titled "Reefkeeping 101".  This month we are starting with some tips and hints to use when planning a new aqaurium setup or changing an existing one.

COMAS January Meeting:  

Annual Membership Drive and Prize Raffle

 January 12th, 7:30 PM at UCO

We will have our annual membership drive and large prize raffle.  To enter the drawing all you need to do is join COMAS for 2008.  Dues are $25 and if you wish to add an associate member, it's just an additional $10.  We have over 100 door prizes, some of the prizes up for grabs include:

Typhoon RO/DI unit from Air Water Ice

Snapper Pump from Reeflo

8 gallon Biocube from Aquariums Tropical Fish

Livestock from Florida Pets

Live corals from Aquarium Oddballs

Lots of Foods from Aquariums Tropical Fish

Bag of Assorted Acans from Zoanuts (over $300 worth)

Mag Pumps from Danner

Gift Certificates to all local fish stores and many online stores

Calcium, Trace element and other supplements from Eco Systems 

Assorted powerheads from Aquariums Tropical Fish 

Tank Supplements from Seachem

Supplements from Marc Weiss

Hydor Koralia 2

Hydor Koralia 4

2 Sets of 32oz B-Ionic

15lb bag of Instant Ocean Salt

O.S.I. Marine Flake food

Tetra Marine Flake food

TLC NH3 & NO2 Remover

Marine S.A.T. Biological Clarifier

PURA Filtration Pad

Polyfilter Pad

Silent Air Battery Powered - Auto on Air Pump

2 x Blue Life Phosphate Control

Blue Life Aptasia Control

2 x Marineland Holdfast Epoxy

Two Little Fishies ZoPlan

Two Little Fishies PhytoPlan

Marine Reef Aquarium Handbook, by Robert Goldstein

Carib Sea Sugarfine sand

Comas Calendars

Frag Bags of Frag Rocks and Super Glue

and lots lots more to be added

The December meeting will be on the 8th at 7:30 PM at UCO. 

COMAS will be hosting our first "Secret Santa" at the upcoming December meeting on the 8th. For those of you unfamiliar with the game, heres the basic idea followed by rules and regulations for participation: We start off with as many of you willing to participate, those participating will bring a secret gift to register. The end result, all participating members will receive a secret mystery gift to make their holidays just that much better. The success of the game will be highly dependant upon a good turnout of participants so I encourage everyone to try and show up for this event.

An attendee and potluck food list is on Reef Central.  Please sign up.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1250499

For a map of the UCO campus follow this link:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/paul-w/mapofucoforCOMAS.jpg

The next Scheduled meeting of COMAS will be at the University of Central Oklahoma on Saturday

November the 10th at 7.30.

The plan is to discuss the use and utility of Calcium Reactors in marine systems.

For those unfamiliar with calcium reactors, these are specialized tools for keeping the calcium and the alkalinity levels in your tank stable and more useful on tanks with stoney corals than on tanks with predominantly soft corals.

The pros and cons of their use will be discussed as well as techniques for correctly setting up and running a reactor.

WE will have a reactor there for you to see as well as the other peripheral items required to ensure it runs safely and accurately.

There will also be door prizes and a discussion of the upcoming Leadership team elections.

Hope to see you there:

Paul W. Whitby

COMAS President

 Parking:

Take Second to University and go North 100 yds,

 Parking is off of University on the right hand side.