Reef-A-Palooza (RAP) is an annual event promoted by the Southern California Marine Aquarium Society (SCMAS). Now in its eighth year, RAP can best be described as an indoor marketplace where sellers, exhibitors, and hobbyists of all types can buy, sell, trade, showcase their products to the marine hobbyist community. The main purpose of Reef-A-Palooza is to provide an enjoyable, positive atmosphere that is conducive to education and trade of both product and knowledge. As such, participating exhibitors range from large manufacturers, to retailers, to small livestock sellers, and participating hobbyists range from the beginner to the elite, rare-species coral farmer. It is the perfect venue to showcase new products in the marine aquarium industry. We strive to rally a diverse range of participants into the two-day event so as to present the best value and interest to everyone involved. Considering our current bookings and the popularity of previous years (3400 attendees in 2010 and 3900 attendees in 2011), we expect 80+ exhibitors/exhibitors and well over 4,000 attendees this year!
October 20 & 21 at the Orange County Fair Grounds
http://reefapaloozashow.org/

 

Monthly Meeting
January 20th.
 SCMAS will be having our annual frag and equiptment swap and member ship drive. Bring your Coral, Fish and Equiptment to sell or swap. Now is the time to renew your membership before our Febuarry feild trip. We will also have our usual great raffle including live goods and dry goods.


February 17th.
 Dr.Sanjay Joshi will be talking on reef & LED lighting.

February 18th.
Wholesaler tour. SDC

March 16th.
 Solar tube talk

 April 20th.
CD talk - Why every Reefkeeper should own a PAR meter

May 18th.
 Round robin discussion on quarantining your fish and coral.

May 19th.
 Tank Tour

June 15th.

July 20th.

August 17th.

September 21st.

October 19th.

November 16th.

December TBA
SCMAS Christmas dinner

December 3rd. 2011
 For December we have the SCMAS Christmas Party at McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant in Santa Ana at 6 pm till 11 pm. Map & Directions
Space is limited. $20.00 per person. Limit two people per SCMAS membership. Richard Ross from the Steinhart Aquarium will be our Special guest speaker.  As always we will have our fantastic Christmass raffle.  
November 18th.
This month we will have an open discusion on refugium and sump set up. Deep sand bed, live rock, macro Algae, turf scrubber or Mud? Like always we will have our raffle with live fish, corals, invertibrates and dry goods.     . 

Remember if you would like your water tested for Phosphate bring samples to Steve Garrett at the meeting.

If you are interested in borrowing the PAR meter, please see Greg Fryling.

September 16th
This month we have special guest from Innovative Marine and Exoxotic. Both companies make leading edge products for our hobby and it should be a very informative session.

.Inland Craft Products Band saws
 
 
 
   
 
SCMAS Gallery
View some of our recent raffle winners form our monthly meetings and photos form recent SCMAS Events.
 
   
Welcome To SCMAS.ORG!!!

Friday May 17th.

 Our April meeting will be held at: 7:00 10:00 p.m.

Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

This month we will be discussing:
 Home made foods and salt mixes.
 SCMAS meetings are open to non-members.

Aquarium clubs are a great way to connect with a fun group of people who share your passion for saltwater tanks.
 

We would love to have you join us.

 As always, bring your questions and problems for discussion.
Don't forget to bring your water samples to have them tested for phosphate by Steve Garrett.

If you are interested in borrowing the PAR meter, please see Greg Fryling.
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Friday April 19th.

 Our April meeting will be held at: 7:00 10:00 p.m.

Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

This month we will be discussing:
 How to achieve the correct flow, to quarantine or not, controlling aptasia and other pests.
 SCMAS meetings are open to non-members.

Aquarium clubs are a great way to connect with a fun group of people who share your passion for saltwater tanks.
 

We would love to have you join us.

 As always, bring your questions and problems for discussion.
Don't forget to bring your water samples to have them tested for phosphate by Steve Garrett.

If you are interested in borrowing the PAR meter, please see Greg Fryling.
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Saturday March 16 th.  11AM

We have a tank tour scheduled.
Meet at Amazing Aquariums & Reefs (closed in the morning)
646 E Katella Ave
Orange, CA 92867
714-928-5299
From there we intend to carpool to see Greg Carroll's great reef system. If you don't know Greg, he is the SCMAS president and long standing SPS guru. His tank is not one to be missed.

The next tank will be that of LeftBank Art at around 1:30-2:00
14821 Artesia Blvd
off the 5 FRWY at Artesia
In addition we will be touring the tank of Cody Bean. For those of you that don't know Cody he is one of the newer, but very active SCMAS members with a really nice tank.

After the tour we return to Amazing Aquariums & Reefs for a pizza party at approximately 4:30.
The store will be open in the afternoon.

Friday March 15th.

 Our March meeting will be held at:
 Marine Depot
14271 Corporate Drive
Garden Grove, CA 92843

SCMAS meetings are open to non-members.

Aquarium clubs are a great way to connect with a fun group of people who share your passion for saltwater tanks.
Doors open at 6:30 pm and close at 9:30 pm. Entry to the event is FREE—we look forward to seeing you!

Details are still being finalized for the evening’s festivities, but here’s what is planned thus far:

SPEAKERS
  • Aviad Ben-Zekry of Red Sea will be giving a presentation about Red Sea’s Reef Care Program.
  • Ike Eigenbrode of Ecoxotic will be giving a presentation about stunning aquariums lit with LED lighting.

PRODUCT DEMOS/DISPLAYS
  • AquaIllumination Vega Color LED Light with The New AI Controller
  • EcoTech Marine Radion XR30w Pro LED Light
  • Innovative Marine 38-Gallon Mini Nuvo Aquarium
  • Innovative Marine MiniMax All-In-One Media Reactors
  • Tunze Waterproof LED Light Fixtures
  • Reef Octopus DC Protein Skimmer
  • Reef Octopus Bio-Churn Biopellet Reactor
  • Evolution Aqua PURE Marine
  • Tunze Comline Wavebox 6208
  • Bubble Magus Curve 5 Protein Skimmer
  • AquaMaxx Nano Star Calcium Reactor and more!

WILL CALL AFTER HOURS
  • Call 1-800-566-FISH (3474) by noon PST on 3/15 to place an order you can pick up the evening of the meeting. Avoid paying pesky shipping costs on items like sand, salt mix or frozen foods.

PRODUCT TESTING
  • Algae Magnet Test Drive: Where else can you test all of the top algae magnet brands before you buy? Try out the Mag-Float, NanoMag, Algae Free, Flipper, Magnavore and Tunze to see how they “handle.”
  • Algae Scrapers Test Drive: Continuum AquaBlade and Kent Marine ProScraper II

DOOR PRIZES
  • The first 75 hobbyists to arrive will receive a FREE bottle of Seachem Laboratories Reef Dip.
  • If you wear a MarineDepot.com T-Shirt to the event, you will receive a FREE container of Seachem Laboratories NutriDiet Marine Flakes.

CORAL AUCTION
  • We will auction off 5 awesome corals from the new MarineDepotLive.com and donate the proceeds to SCMAS, a 501(c) non-profit organization.

SCMAS CLUB RAFFLE
  • SCMAS will be selling raffle tickets to attendees for opportunities to win some very cool stuff (proceeds going to the club) including an Ecoxotic EcoPico 5-Gallon Desktop Aquarium, an Aqua Illumination (AI) Vega LED Light Fixture, some gear from JBJ, aquarium livestock and more!

FREE FOOD & DRINKS
 
  • We’re going to have beverages and snacks to keep you energized for the evening’s festivities. You can count on a table full of unhealthy yet delicious items like pizza, sandwiches, sweets, soda and water.

VIEW PHOTOS FROM OUR LAST CLUB MEETING & DEMO DAY

Now is the time to renew your membership if you have not already done so.
SCMAS Member benefits:

Participation at wholesale events.  Save hundreds

Free entry to Reef-A-Palooza  $20 dollar value!

Discounted Christmas party dinner active members. Save $50.00-100.00.

Monthly live goods and dry goods raffle.

Members only Raffle at each meeting.

Networking with expert hobbyists.

 10% off at participating stores.


When: Friday March 15th., 2013 @ 6:30 9:30 p.m.

 

April we will be back at our regular place and time 7:-10pm
Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

SCMAS meetings are open to members and non-members as well!
We would love to have you join us.

 As always, bring your questions and problems for discussion.
Don't forget to bring your water samples to have them tested for phosphate by Steve Garrett.

If you are interested in borrowing the PAR meter, please see Greg Fryling.
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January 18th.
 Our January meeting will include a frag and equipment swap.

Bring your frags and excess aquarium equipment to sale!

June 15th.
 Our guest speaker will be Jake Adams
He will be speaking on The future of the Hobby & a Review of Interzoo 2012

When: Friday, June 15th, 2012 @ 7:00 p.m.
Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

Jake Adams is a professional marine aquarist from Colorado. He has a Bachelor's degree in Marine Science and he has worked with spawning corals in Puerto Rico. Jake is the founder of Coralidea.com, and he is the senior editor of the popular reef aquarium blog, Reef Builders www.reefbuilders.com.
He has consulted on the design and installation of large reef tanks, retail stores and research tanks and when he isn't speaking to reef clubs or writing for marine aquarium publications, Jake also likes to work with freshwater planted aquaria.

Topic: The future of the Hobby (Interzoo 2012 review)

Jake is coming to town fresh off his trip to Germany for Interzoo, the worlds largest pet trade show. Companies bring out all the stops to impress at this show and I'm sure you won't want to miss this presentation.

SCMAS meetings are open to all non-members as well! We would love to have you there.

 As always, bring your questions and problems for discussion.
Don't forget to bring your water samples to have them tested for phosphate by Steve Garrett.

If you are interested in borrowing the PAR meter, please see Greg Fryling.
 

June 16th.
 Once again SCMAS will be holding the
Scratch & Dent Sale at Marine Depot.

Marine Depot
14271 Corporate Drive
Garden Grove, CA 92843
10:00 am - 1:00 PM

 Here is your chance to save a good chunk of change on products that you may be
looking for. This is a SCMAS fundraiser! Members are encouraged to be there at
9:00 am to help set up and stay to help clean up. You will also be given approx
5 minutes head start before we open.


Savings of 40% - 60% below retail prices!!!

Name brands like Algae Free, Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, AquaC, AquaChef,
AquaMAXX, Artica, ASM, Azoo, Blue Life, Aqua Logic, Aqua Medic, Captive Purity,
Caribsea, Coralife, CPR, Current USA, Digital Aquatics, Deltec, Dolphin, Ecotec,
Eheim, Elos, Fission, Giesemann, Hamilton, Hanna, Hydor, Innovative Viewing
systems, Instant Ocean, Iwaki, JBJ, Kent, Knop, Laguna, Little Giant, Lumatek,
Maxi-Jet, Neptune Systems, Ocean Runner, Pan World, PFO, Phoenix, Precision
Marine, Quiet-One, Pinpoint, Radium, Red Sea, Reeflo, Rena, Salifert, Seachem,
Sedra, Spectrapure, Sunlight Supply, Tom, Tunze, UVL, Ultralife, Ushio, Via
Aqua, Warner Marine, Won, XM Lighting, ect...

Large variety of equipment like pumps, chillers, lighting, filtration systems,
protein skimmers, controllers, monitors, RO/DI, test kits, and more.
Approximately $100,000 of "opened merchandise" that can no longer be sold as
new.
All equipment will be available for testing with AC outlets available
Cash only, no warranty, no returns.

Proceeds go to benefit Southern California Marine Aquarium Society.

 May 18th.
 Our guest speaker will be Ret Talbert.
He will be speaking on Sustainable fish collection

When: Friday, April 20, 2012 @ 7:00 p.m.
Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

Ret Talbot is an award-winning writer and photojournalist with nearly 20 years of experience covering stories from some of the more remote corners of the globe. From the icy summits of the Andes to the reefs of Papua New Guinea, his assignments have taken him off the beaten track and put his readers face-to-face with stories of adventure, new ideas and innovative approaches to commonplace issues.

Since 2007, Talbot has worked as a fulltime freelance writer and photographer, penning stories for magazines and working on book-length projects. His most recent work has focused on marine ecosystems and the myriad interactions between humans and those ecosystems. From the artisanal fisheries of Pacific Islanders to the heavily politicized commercial fisheries of Hawaii, Talbot has spent much of the last year interviewing fishermen, politicians, scientists, environmentalists, and other fisheries stakeholders about the concept of sustainability.

Talbot frequently reports on the marine aquarium trade, and his articles can be found in a variety of trade publications. His aquarium-related books include The Complete Idiot's Guide to Saltwater Aquariums (September 2009). He is a senior editor at CORAL Magazine, where he is currently working on a multi-year series of articles focused on sustainability and marine aquarium fisheries. Reporting from places as disparate as remote island nations across the Indo-Pacific and the massive import and wholesale facilities at Los Angeles International Airport, Talbot's series of articles in CORAL have established the marine aquarium fishery as a microcosm for the complexities of international trade, socio-economic development and environmental conservation.
May 19th.
A tank tour is scheduled for May 19th.
We will be starting at Marc's at 11:30
arriving Steve Garret's around 12:30
Then to Greg Frylings 2:00
and finishing up at Lyn Seys around 3:30
More details at the meeting.

April 20th.
 CD talk by Marc Levenson - Why every Reefkeeper should own a PAR meter.
We will discuss lighting options afterword.
March 16th.br> Solar tube talk.
When: Friday, March 16, 2012 @ 7:00 p.m.
Where: IHOP, 1001 E 17th St, Santa Ana CA 92701-2546

Bring your questions and problems for discusion.
Don't forget to bring your water samples to have them tested for phosphate by Steve Garrett.

If you are interested in borrowing the PAR meter, please see Greg Fryling.


February 17th.
 Dr.Sanjay Joshi will be talking on reef & LED lighting.

Sanjay Joshi in real life is a Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State University. He has been a reef addict since 1992, and currently keeps several reefs aquariums at home including a 500G SPS dominated reef. He also co-manages the 500G aquarium at Penn State.

He has published several articles in magazines such as Marine Fish and Reef Annual, Aquarium Frontiers, Aquarium Fish, and Advanced Aquarist. In addition he has been an invited speaker at several marine aquarium society meetings in the US and Europe. He received the MASNA award in 2006, for his contributions to the marine aquarium hobby.

Don't forget to bring your water samples to have them tested for phosphate by Steve Garrett.

If you are interested in borrowing the PAR meter, please see Greg Fryling.


2011 SCMAS Holiday Party
Special guest speaker: Richard Ross from the Steinhart Aquarium  
Richard currently works as an Aquatic Biologist at the Steinhart Aquarium in the California Academy of Sciences, maintaining many exhibits including the 212,000 gallon Phipipine Coral Reef. He has kept saltwater animals for over 25 years, and has worked in aquarium maintenance, retail, wholesale and has consulted for a coral farm/fish collecting station in the South Pacific. Richard enjoys all aspects of the aquarium hobby and is a regular author for trade publications, a frequent speaker at aquarium conferences and was a founder of one of the largest and most progressive reef clubs in Northern California, Bay Area Reefers. He is an avid underwater videographer and has been fortunate to scuba dive all over the world. At home he maintains a 300 gallon reef system and a 250 gallon cephalopod breeding system, and was one of the first people to close the life cycle of Sepia bandensis. When not doing all that stuff, he enjoys spending time with his patient wife, his incredible daughter and their menagerie of animals, both wet and dry.

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011 @ 6:00pm
McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant
2791 N. Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714.558.1963
Map & Directions

As always we will have our fantastic Christmass raffle.
2010 SCMAS members pay $20/person (limit 2 at this price)
Additional guests are $50/person
ATTN: Space is limited to the first 60 paid guests.
 
Payments need to be sent by November 30th to SCMAS
Attn: SCMAS Holiday Party
1720 Santiago
Santa Ana, CA 92706
(please include names of the people attending)

Reef-A-Palooza

Reef-A-Palooza 2011 was a huge success with higher attendance then ever, with just short of 4000 ticketed people attending the two day event.

The 2011 Reef-A-Palooza door prize winners are

Michelle Nguyen Of Garden Grove won First prize of $300 gift certificate for Coral Collection

Nicole Vella of hacienda Heights won 2nd place is a gift certificate for Tongs in Brea

Manuel Terrazas of La Habra won 3rd place is a gift certificate for Tongs in Brea

 

Coral Collection Won  $1000 gift certificate from Quality Marine

Tongs in Brea $500  gift certificate from Sea Dwelling Creatures

 

 Reef-A-Palooza  2011
 The Southern California Marine Aquarium Society is again proud to host the 8th annual Reef-a-Palooza. Thank you for being patient as we plan our event. Reef-a-Palooza will be held October 22nd and 23rd in Costa Mesa, California.

This year there will be some changes. For starters, SCMAS committee members Greg Fryling and Steve Carroll will be handling reservations. SCMAS is having a new website designed to improve your future reservation experience. That change is still approximately a month away. So for now if you would like to reserve a space, please send an email to reefapalooza2011@gmail.com and we will accommodate your request.

With over 3,200 atttendees, Reef-a-Palooza became the largest marine aquarium event in the country. Reef-a-Palooza continues to expand our hobby through education, conservation, and propagation. We hope to keep you in our family of those committed to the future of captive reef keeping.

Reef-a-Palooza continues to be the best value for consumers and vendors. As always we will continue to have a large group of volunteers to assist you during set-up and tear-down as well as during the show itself. As a SCMAS supporter and previous Reef-a-Palooza attendee, we are opening booth space a tad early for you to reserve your space. Returning exhibitors may be eligible for additional discounts as a special thanks for your continued support. Please visit our website atwww.reefapalooza.org for more information on booths, location, and accommodations.
 
In its 25th year, SCMAS continues to be a forward thinking organization. With many "firsts" (frag swaps, scratch and dent sales, workshops, Western Marine Conference 1995) SCMAS continues to remain a positive force for this wonderful and dynamic hobby.

Sincerely,

Gregory Carroll
SCMAS President
Greg.Carroll@scmas.org010
www.scmas.org
www.reefapaloozashow.org

We also have a new Facebook page for Reef-A-Palooza
at http://www.facebook.com/ReefAPaloozaShow

IVS Vewing Protal

We would like to thank IVS for their donation of a Portal to SCMAS for the May club raffle.

 

We will be working on more up dates to the SCMAS site ASAP.

 

 

SCMAS Holiday Party!!

Saturday, December 4th, 2010 @ 6:00pm

Guest Speaker: Bob Fenner

McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant
2791 N. Main Street
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714.558.1963

2010 SCMAS members pay $20/person (limit 2 at this price)
Additional guests are $50/person
ATTN: Space is limited to the first 60 paid guests.

Payments need to be sent by November 30th to (please include names of the people attending):

SCMAS
attn: SCMAS Holiday Party
1720 Santiago
Santa Ana, CA 92706

Menu:
Classic Caesar Salad with Garlic Crostini and Parmesan
Seafood and Roasted Corn Chowder
Steamed Dungeness Crab Legs
Jumbo Tiger Prawns
Garlic Herb Crusted Roast Beef with Fresh Horseradish Au Jus
Grilled Chicken Breast with Mushroom Demi Glaze
Baked Corn on the Cobb with Braised with Milk
Seasonal Vegetables
Seasonal Cheesecake
Iced Tea, Coffee & Soda Included
Cash & Carry On All Other Beverages

The 2010 Holiday Party Prize Drawing Supporters

Brightwell Aquatics
Tunze USA

 

SCMAS is a marine aquarium club, based in Orange County, California. Hobbyists throughout Southern California are our members. Come check us out each month to gain knowledge, win great raffle prizes, meet other hobbyists, general discussion on the hobby, decide future events, and while you're at it, enjoy some good food.

We have had great speakers come to our meetings to share their knowlege with us. Why not get the best information from the best in the hobby!!

We meet the 3rd Friday of every month at 7:00 PM in Santa Ana at the IHOP restaurant at 1001 E. 17th. St., one block east of the 5 Freeway.

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SCMAS Club Discounts

Some of our Sponsors offer special club discounts to SCMAS. Click here to learn more.
Show your SCMAS membership card to receive a discount at the fallowing stores: Amazing Aquariums & Reefs, Coral Collection, Exotic fish & reef, Coral Gazers, Tongs & more
 
 

Group Buy Suggestions

Do you have a suggestion for our next Club Group Buy? Contact Us or make your suggestion at our next meeting.

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Reef-A-Palooza video on FishChannel.com 

http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-events/2008-reef-a-palooza-show.aspx    


Time lapse video of Karen Talbot, a scientific illustrator and conservation artist from Laguna Beach, CA painting a milletseed butterflyfish (Chaetodon miliaris) at Reef-A-Palooza 2011.
http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-events/2011-reef-a-palooza-karen-talbot-video.aspx

SCMAS

Member benefits:

  • Participation at wholesale events.  Save hundreds

  • Free entry to Reef-A-Palooza  $20 dollar value!

  • Discounted Christmas party dinner active members. Save $50.00-100.00.

  • Monthly live goods and dry goods raffle.

  • Members only Raffle at each meeting.

  • Networking with expert hobbyists.

  •  10% off at participating stores.

  • Tank tours

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