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Next RVA Frag Swap is going to be Thursday Oct. 7th at 6:30 pm. This time around we will be meeting at Dave's to see his excellent DIY SPS reef. For directions/details, please send me a PM. Hope to see some of you guys there! Brandon

Meeting tenatively scheduled for either the first Thursday or Sunday in August. Hope to have an exact date pinned down by the end of the week. If you're interested in attending either post here or send me a PM. Also, feel free to voice your preference for Thursday or Sunday. Brandon

The meet went very well, had a turn out of around 10 people. We traded/sold some frags and then went to another members house to check out his display tank and prop. setup. Nothing scheduled for the future yet, but a couple people have expressed interest in hosting at their houses.

Meet on sunday at 6pm. PM me for details.

Well I've hosted a couple small get togethers so far, and things have gone pretty well. A lot of people expressed interest, a lot fewer actually attended (which is to be expected I suppose :D ), but overall attendance has been increasing. Its been extremely informal so far with turn outs of...

Skim! I think macroalgae filters/refugiums can be a valuable addition to a tank, but quite often they are too small to truly eliminate the need for a skimmer on most systems. IMO/IME the advantages of skimming far outweigh the drawbacks.

I think in this case he was suggesting a 125 since it is the smallest standard size 6' tank still readily available. Since surgeonfish tend to be pretty active swimmers, a 6' tank is generally accepted as the minimum aquarium size needed as they grow larger.

I have to disagree with you steve. I'm not sure where you got this information, but my personal experience along with everything I've ever read on the species tends to point towards them being every bit as hardy as all the other fish in the Zebrasoma genus. The two I have had personal...