NMRC Fall Speaker and Swap Event!!!!....10/18, Bemidji (1 Viewer)

[Reefer Oz]

10/18…Mark your calendars for the NMRC Fall Frag Swap and Speaker event!!

We are delighted to have Bill Capman of Augsburg’s biology lab fame present this year. His talk will outline some of the breakthroughs and fundamentals of marine fish breeding. If you missed this presentation at the MAS Spring expo, here is another chance. It is bound to be amazingly informative!



There are several awesome vendors from our region, and perhaps more to be announced. Bring some cash for raffle tickets and free will donations for our pizza party. And the club does indeed encourage actual livestock swapping, so holler if you got some frags you may bring up.

Hope to see you in Bemidji on October 18th. Till then…….keep reefing HARD!!

 

[Reefer Oz]

We are a month out from this great FREE event in Bemidji!! There are some good raffle prizes lined up and a ton of great buzz amongst the northern reef geeks.

Don't miss this opportunity to catch the esteemed Bill @capman give a talk on marine fish and invert breeding. We are excited to host professor Capman at our annual event!



Bill Capman is a recently retired Augsburg biology professor, and a lifelong aquarist who first kept aquariums and bred fish with his father starting in the late 1960's, with extensive experience in freshwater breeding (including extensive experience with freshwater angelfish, but also other cichlids, killifish, Corydoras, Bettas, newts, frogs, and more). Bill has been keeping coral reef and other marine aquariums at Augsburg University for almost 30 years, and since 2018 has developed a very successful marine breeding lab where Bill and his students have bred multiple generations of blue tuxedo sea urchins (thousands of urchins in total), three species of reef fish, two species of peppermint shrimp, and thousands of Berghia nudibranchs.

 

[capman]

Wow, esteemed! I'm not sure I've ever heard that word used in reference to me before!

I'm looking forward to this.

 

[blennieluvr]

Wow, esteemed! I'm not sure I've ever heard that word used in reference to me before!

I'm looking forward to this.

It is the perfect adjective.

We are a month out from this great FREE event in Bemidji!! There are some good raffle prizes lined up and a ton of great buzz amongst the northern reef geeks.

Don't miss this opportunity to catch the esteemed Bill @capman give a talk on marine fish and invert breeding. We are excited to host professor Capman at our annual event!

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Bill Capman is a recently retired Augsburg biology professor, and a lifelong aquarist who first kept aquariums and bred fish with his father starting in the late 1960's, with extensive experience in freshwater breeding (including extensive experience with freshwater angelfish, but also other cichlids, killifish, Corydoras, Bettas, newts, frogs, and more). Bill has been keeping coral reef and other marine aquariums at Augsburg University for almost 30 years, and since 2018 has developed a very successful marine breeding lab where Bill and his students have bred multiple generations of blue tuxedo sea urchins (thousands of urchins in total), three species of reef fish, two species of peppermint shrimp, and thousands of Berghia nudibranchs.

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I CAN'T WAIT! It's going to be a good one!!

 

[Reefer Oz]

Don't forget about this little ditty up in Bermidj! Come and support your Northern craftmates!


The Northern MN Reef Club has members from across the 5 state area, with an epicenter of activity around Bemidji. As an isolated contingent of reef keepers, we make all efforts to sustain a thriving community 1000 miles from the nearest saltwater (and there ain't no reefs up there in Hudson Bay!). Needless to say, we lean on each other to keep our zeal for the craft alive. From our annual Reef Camp event to sponsoring several marine systems at the Headwaters Science Center, bingo through the winter and gathering when we can in between, we manage to have a brilliantly active community.

The annual speaker/swap event is the single largest source of operating funds for our small crew. The proceeds earned from our club tank sales, raffle tickets and meal donations help keep the coffers full for the year's activities. So consider making the trek north for the day to help us have a great 2026!!

A couple of the gracious TCMAS sponsor will be tabling with livestock..... @Jposch will be there with Premier Reefs. And @Taner Ward will be there with Exotic Fishkeepers. So in the crazy way that communities intersect, supporting the vendors at the NMRC Swap helps the sponsors of TCMAS!!

 

[Dadzilla11]

Can't wait OZ

 

[Reefer Oz]

Got some great raffle prizes lining up!!

Equipment and gear, all sorts of live, frozen and prepared foods, CORAL magazine subscriptions, livestock and MORE!!!

Bring cash for raffle tickets and free will donations for our pizza party!!

 

[Dadzilla11]

If anyone is interested my wife and I are going up for the event if you would like a ride..
Let me know..
Room for 2

 

[Reefer Oz]

There should be some brilliant livestock offerings! Here’s a little vendor shake down….

We are excited to have MN Aquatics (another TCMAS sponsor!) on the bill! One of the Metro areas best LFSs is making the trek north. Reach out to them if there is anything special you want em to bring.

MN Aquatics

Minnesota's go-to saltwater aquarium store! We offer a wide range of fish, corals, invertebrates, and supplies to meet all your aquarium needs.

mnaquatics.com

And of course Premier Reefs will be bringing the best aquacultured coral central MN has to offer. Check out their selection!

Premier Reefs-Aquacultured coral

Discover Premier Reefs, your source for healthy, aquacultured coral frags, including vibrant SPS, LPS, and soft corals. Our meticulously cultivated selections feature leather corals, zoanthids, acropora, and euphyllia, all grown sustainably in the United States for superior quality and health.

www.premierreefsmn.com

The Headwaters Science Center will also have some great bubble tipped anemones available from their tank!

And of course the Northern Minnesota Reef Club will have a club tank with a variety of coral from the regions hobbyists!

 

[Reefer Oz]

THREE MORE SLEEPS

Don’t miss the Bill @capman talk! Bill will being giving an introduction to marine fish and invertebrate breeding.



His presentation will discuss the critical basics of marine fish and invertebrate breeding, including similarities to and differences from freshwater breeding, establishing breeding stock and inducing spawning, larval rearing, the critical importance of nutrition (for both adults and larvae), and more. The planktonic nature of marine larvae and the special challenges this presents will be discussed, and the design and rationale for the special rearing tub systems that are critical for rearing marine larvae will be explained in detail.

 

[blennieluvr]

Bill's talk was GREAT! Sorry that so many of you missed it. Personally, I enjoyed the whole works: the raffle, the vendor's offerings, knowledge gained and fish talk galore.

 

[Dadzilla11]

Have to agree we enjoyed it.. and it's become a yearly thing for us..