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Whats this, another big DIY event for the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City GIRS folks!

Event Info Link

It is true, we have gone crazy, Another DIY event is on tap for Saturday June 27th (2 in the same month ).

The general plan for the event will be:

Estimate a start time of 12:00PM

A small tank tour of 2 tanks:

Fawn - 1st Stop
Rick    - 2nd Stop

This will be followed up by a DIY demonstration of Rick's DIY Calcium Reactor, several of the GIRS community is already running the reactor with great results.  This is you chance to see how to fabricate one for yourself or to sweet talk Rick into building one for you (for a modest charge of course).

We will be following that up with a Barbecue event.  Rick has said "I am the greatest griller in all the land!".  Well Rick, we are going to put you to the test my friend.  Alright you got me there, Rick did not say that, but, what the hey it was meant for impact.  Hamburgers and hotdogs, with fix'ins will be provided at no charge.

So please, clear your calanders, get you car fueled an plan on joining us for the event.

The DIY food event held on June 13th was a great success, and we promise this one to be not so messy and smell a whole lot better!


See you all then!

Details of the time, event locations, and directions will be posted next week some time in the members thread.  I will place a like to that thread here.  So check back early next week.

Again if you are not a member of the club and would like to use this chance to use up your one free event pass please contact me and I will PM you the information.

Jeremy Orchuk
GIRS CR/IC Regional Trustee

Informal get togethers every Third Tuesday at 6:00 PM.

(Please note the change to Tuesdays)

Mickey’s on 86^th in Clive

June 16th, July 14th, August 18th, September 15th, October 20th, November 17th, December 15th

It is event time in CR/IC area,

We will be hosting a DIY food event for your reefs.

The food event will feature JJ's Reef food an extremely expensive affair for you little wet loved one's.
This food has everything a growing reef needs from parasite control to coloration for fish and corals and will entice even the finickiest eater.

The recipe to purchase all ingredients costs about $400.00
This is your chance to get in on the food by the cost per lb (approximately $20/lb). 
Pricing will be posted Friday, as the final fresh ingredients will be purchased on that day.

Please feel free to bring a Beer stein (Taps will be a flow'in) as what goes better with DIY then free Beer!
 

Please see the this discussion thread thread for location details and time
 

If you are not a member and would like to attend.  GIRS will sponsor any non-member for one event to try the club on so-to-speak.  So if you are not a member and would like to use this as an opportunity to see what the club is about and meet some swell reefers, Please contact "CyberJester" you favorite neighborhood area trustee!

You may have noticed that there have been a few changes on to our website.  If you look at your profile page, you will now see that you have some additional capabilities including the ability to create your own photo galleries inside your profile.   Please take a few minutes to update your profile and settings by clicking on "Edit Profile" and or "My Settings" from within the profile page.   You can get to the profile page by clicking on your username in the upper right hand corner of the page or by selecting "My Account/Profile" under "My GIRS" on the main menu.

We have setup "group" pages for each of the primary regions to better facilitate communication within the region.  Please consider joining one or more groups to help us improve communication between the trustees and the members in their regions.  Club membership is NOT required to join the regional groups.  To join a group, visit one of the group pages linked below and click on "Join Group".

• Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Group
• Des Moines Group
• Quad Cities Group
• Waterloo/Cedar Falls Group
   

We are having an informal get together in the Cedar Rapids area on Tuesday, May 19th 7:00 pm at Parlor City.   Stop by for a little friendly socializing, some reef chat and some great food & drinks.   For more information please read this forum thread.

Hope to see you there!

We are entering the slow time of year for the club.   Summer is almost here and people are doing things outside after being couped up all winter.   It seems the last thing on peoples minds is their reef tanks.

Things will pick up again in the late summer/early fall, but in the mean time, if you hae an idea for a summer activity for the club, don't hesitate to bring it up in the forums.   Sometimes all it takes is for one person to ge the ball rolling!

Jason Brunken will be giving a presentation on "The Basics of a Sucessful Reef Tank" at this months meeting of the Eastern Iowa Aquarium Association (EIAA).  Jason lives in Marion and currently has a well established 200+ gallon reef system.

The meeting will be held Tuesday May 12th at 7pm.

Location: Central Park / Echo Hill Presbyterian Church, 1700 B. Ave.,NE, Cedar Rapids, IA (View Map)

For more information about the EIAA, please visit their website: http://www.finflap.com/

Iowa Pet Foods and Seascapes in Des Moines is offering GIRS members a group buy on boxes of salt and internet competitive livestock orders.

Inside for details!