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Not sure if this has been discussed before or not, but if you have never been there the place is amazing. Was at there first frag swap before they had the Aquaculture facility, and many after that.

One of the Mod should see whats involved in setting up a club tour. no openings until November from what I'm reading.

Aquaculture Coral & Marine Life Facility Open House Information


Drs. Foster and Smith Aquaculture Coral Facility: Aquaculture Coral and Marine Life Facility Open Houses
Our Open Houses have been created to give all area reef clubs and other interested hobbyists an opportunity to visit our facility, and take advantage of buying directly from the source!

Learn More About Our Open Houses
Each Open House begins with a 45 minute Behind-the-Scenes Tour. Topics covered during this informative guided tour include: Filtration Equipment and an explanation of its functions, details regarding our fish, coral, and invertebrate Holding Systems, as well as our extensive Quarantine and Conditioning Procedures.

Following the guided tour is the "Open Tour." During this portion of the Open House, feel free to leisurely view all of the animals in the facility, ask questions and purchase any of the aquatic life that is offered for sale housed in the facility (Please Note: Purchase excludes display animals and Diver's Den® aquatic life that has already been purchased online by another customer).

Each Open House guest will receive a FREE raffle ticket. With this ticket, you will be eligible for a chance to win popular aquarium products or aquatic life displayed during each Open House. PLUS! All Open House guests receive 10% off ALL purchases from the Retail Store!

Reserve your Open House date by emailing Tours@LiveAquaria.com. (Tours@LiveAquaria.com)
Please include all participants names, addresses and phone numbers in your email. Openings for each Open House are reserved on a first-come-first-serve basis. Space is limited to 60 people (including children*) per Open House event. Tours fill up quickly so reserve your Open House date today!

Please note: If the link above does not work please email Tours@liveaquaria.com.

Dates for 2013 Open Houses:

Saturday, August 24 - BOOKED FULL! Email Tours@LiveAquaria.com to get on the waiting list.

Saturday, November 16

Details for Tours

The Open House starts at 12 (noon), CST at the facility. Facility closes at 4pm.
10% OFF all purchase from the Retail Store! (The Retail Store is open from 9:00-5:00 pm CST.)
Specimens from the facility are available for purchase at the completion of the formal tour. Purchases must be taken home the same day of the scheduled tour. Please Note: The only accepted form of payment is a valid credit card or a Drs. Foster and Smith/LiveAquaria.com gift certificate.
Adequate staffing will be provided for questions and consultation with guests.

* Children under 16 years of age must be accompanied by an adult and supervised at all times.

Learn More About Our Facility
Main Coral Systems First opened in July, 2005, our Aquaculture Coral & Marine Life Facility is one of the nation's few premier coral propagation facilities. Our cutting-edge facility employs the most sophisticated technology in lighting, filtration, water movement, and quarantine systems to ensure the hardiest and disease-free coral and fish selection for home aquariums. Our staff of aquatic experts and diagnostic specialists personally oversees the health of all of the aquatic life housed in Rhinelander, WI.

Designed by LiveAquaria.com Director Kevin Kohen, this unique facility is dedicated to education, conservation and the advancement of the hobby through best practices and smart choices. We are proud to offer reef and marine aquarium enthusiasts one of the largest selections of premium captive grown, aquacultured and maricultured aquatic life. Through our successful efforts in coral propagation, an ever-increasing number of Certified Captive Grown Corals (CCGC) are available for reef hobbyists. We are so confident of our hardy aquacultured corals that each CCGC frag comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and an industry-leading 30-day guarantee.

Our Aquaculture Coral & Marine Life Facility is also home to the exclusive WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) Diver's Den®. Our holding systems house a prized selection of hard-to-find fish, corals and invertebrates. Each species is quarantined and then photographed for sale so what you see is TRULY what you get.
 
karlos said:
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Well, if one of the mods WANTS to do this, they can, but there is no reason they "should." Its not a mods job to set up meetings, etc. Basically this club is volunteer run, so if you want to do something like this, volunteer and see what it would take to set it up. I would think we'd be happy to support you. Or whomever wanted to do it.
 
I didn't try to make sound like that something that they have to do, I should of stated it as gauging interest to see how many people would be interested in doing this. space is limited to 60. if we get a bunch of people posting here that would like to do this I will take the lead and email Kevin @liveAquaria
 
This MOD has enough to do already

You dont need a MOD to organize this

If you would like to put this together please do

FWIW - the club has put together numerous tours through LiveAquaria in the past - this is nothing new
 
I'd be interested in going, FWIW, just would depend on when, etc. I think you'll get alot of interest.
 
I would be in if we got this set up. If this does end up happening we should try to see if we could also set up to check out Bill Wann's 20,000g home aquarium which is fairly close to there. I see he does a lot of tours of his setup.
 
i just mapped it out and I was thinking Rhinelander was by Milwaukee, but turns out it is not and 4 hours away :(
 
I have sent an email to liveAquaria and Bill about setting up a tour.

Here is a link to Bill's build it may have been posted before. In reading you will see that Bill wants to build a 70,000 gallon aquarium. No that was not a type out.

I see that Bill is also setting up a website to sell the skimmers and reactors that he has been building. Plus many other projects that he seems to have.

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/forums/f265/20-000-gallon-tank-construction-62008/
 
This is super fun I went this past summer and took a ton of pictures ill post a few in a little bit when.i get to my computer
 
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this makes me wanna cry:bawling:, theirs just too much fun to be had here, would look forward to seeing this, and bring my 7 and 5 yr old, they would get a kick out of seeing this.
 
Its pretty fun on the tour days you can buy fish and corals and not have to pay the shipping and they also have free stuff and drawings after the tour for corals and equiptment. And if you get a chance to poke your head in the directors office do it his sps tank is INSANE!
 
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