Calgary Reef Meet - Thanks Jon & Katie
 

That was so much fun ! Great get-together, and your tank looks fabulous ! It was so nice to meet some new people and share geek-i-ness. :cool: I came home with money and frags :eek:.

Ditto for me. :biggrin:

Thanks Jon & Katie for hosting this. It was great to meet everyone and come home with some new frags....

It was a great get together with lots of realy nice people.

Nice display tank and what an awsome equipment/fish room!

Thanks Jonathan & Katie! You two hosted a most enjoyable gathering. :smile:

ps.

Thanks to the Edmonton people for coming down. It was nice to meet you.

An excellent get together...especially for the greenhorns like me.

Bob, my new zoos are alive and well and popping their little heads out already.

Thanks Jonathan...you're a great host.

Mike

Great meeting everyone! It was a blast... Thanks jon, Katie and everyone else!

I'm sitting here trying to find room for all these frags Dang jim - you were almost too generous :biggrin:

Deb: I seem to have found 3-4 small (think pencil eraser) hitch hiking starfish on that GSP - any idea what they are? Not asterinas - thos I already have - long thin arms... (Not complaining - something new to look at I'm thrilled!) Just curious on what they might be?

Andy

Thanks Jon & Katie


It was a great time, and now to be able to put a face to all the great people I met tonight. :biggrin:

Thanks for the frags
Thanks for the great time
Thanks to Jon for the hitchhiker stars he dident charge me for :razz:

and thanks to our great hosts.......lets do it again next week :biggrin:

Richard

Great times thanks a bunch

What can I say that hasn't already been said? Thanks very much Jon & Katie. Your hospitality was greatly appreciated and your tank and whole set-up is amazing. Nice to meet all you folks and be able to put names and faces together.
Well done.
Thanks again,
Greg

Detritus brittle stars ?...you owe me 40 cents..... :lol:

I can add something....

I would like to extend a big thanks from the host.....ME and Kate!

I was overwhelmed at first with the idea of having so many people here but it was not the least bit bad and it helps ALOT when you have respectful and wonderful people!

Thanks all and I hope to have another gathering in the summertime. By then we should have 20 or so new persons and of course that time of year we can pack some outside :razz: :biggrin:

Thanks!

How about a 1 month loan of a MH fixture? :)

Yeah brittle stars - decided to be unlazy and look it up! Love getting new hitch hikers! we should do a big LS trade at the next meet - everybody brings a cup, everybody takes a cup...

Andy

Good, clean fun.

Thanks to the hosts, the guests and the new friends. Looking forward to doing it again.

Tim

A BIG DIIIIIIITTO!


Nice to meet all of you! Thanks for hosting this awesome gathering everyone!

What a blast. Great snail pimping, frag scramble, snack-fest, story swaps - and managed to break even!
Very cool to met some more Edmonton-types, all good.

Scott: I owe you 2 bucks. thanks again. :cool:
Sean: glad I'm not who you thought I was. :mrgreen:

many thanks to Jonathan and Katie... would be curious to know the total amount for all deals this night... :eek:

Thanks for having Mel and i over aswell. It was lots of fun.

Richard

Thank Jon and Katie....... YOU GUYS ROCK !!

It was great fun...... I even came home with lots of $$$ :biggrin:

I volunteer to have the next one in July.....mark in on your calendar !!

Date to follow....

Jim

Nice name :eek: Those must be the stars that originally came from Tony (at least in my case). Everybody who gets frags from me gets those for FREE. There are so many in my tanks that they hitchike along whenever I take something out. :crazyeye:

I would be hesitant to post in public what I brought home in my wallet, but just let me say that it is almost enough to buy that HQI pendant.

BTW mailing from the States has gone beyond ridiculous. It would be $53.00 to airmail a pendant from Premium Aquatics. :eek:

I think that was the biggest meeting I've been to in a couple of years :eek:
I want to thank Jonathan and Katie for letting a bunch of drifters from up north crash the party :mrgreen:(about 10 of us)I had a blast,bought some nice frags and still came home with money :biggrin:
I'm thinking on making another trip in a month to a couple of the LFS and definitely to "Pete's drivethrough"(shake and a double burger this time :mrgreen: )

Double burger is not a good deal because you get 1 1/2 patties in a single, and only two in a double. I know that because I have been going there since the middle fifties. :eek:

:rolleyes: Damn edmontonians... PETERS DRIVE-IN :rolleyes:

Yeesh - and shame on you bob - for not fixing his spelling mistakes!

:mrgreen:

WoW, great get together, I never would have been able to get all the things that i got last night from the stores, without going broke. Oh, and thanks for the 9 hitchhiker brittle stars! thanks guys/girls -RoB

Ahh...tomatoe,tamato.... :razz: all I know is I'm going for another :mrgreen:

I can't get over the differances between Calgary and Edmonton fish stores(dont want to start a war between lfs),but its worth the drive back to Calgary.

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat...78DSC00630.JPG $40 open brain need I say more.

we are going to steal all the calgary LFS :mrgreen:

Is steeling them anything like "bricking" them :question: :razz: , or did you mean "stealing" them :razz:

Sorry I had to do that, or Gary would complain :biggrin:

Sorry Gary, you too are wrong :razz: , it is actually PETERS' Drivein. The owner came from Holland, and his name is PIETERS, which he shortened to Peters. Hence the apostrophe behind the name, which is the possive case of Peters :biggrin:

Geez, I hope you get all that on an early Sunday morning. :grab:

Fan fraggin tastic get together last night!!

Great people and lots of laughs and stories. Really cool to meet everyone :cool:

Might have been fun to call the cops and tell them there was a big reefer deal going down...all those people leaving Jon and Katie's with baggies :eek:

Kudos to Jon and Katie for opening their home to a bunch of fish freaks.

Muchos Gracias!!

Bob, what does "possive" mean? :razz:

:redface: My own fault. I should be more careful, as I can't expect to get away with anything :eek: .

Thanks Jon and Katie....had a great time and looking forward to the next get together.

Thanks you guys! I really felt a sense of kinship with everyone there. Chris and I were commenting on the ride back at how everyone we met were truly good people. I don't know what other hobby I could be involved in that would bring me into the company of such decent folks.
I would also like to state that even though Chris and I rode in together, we are not "together" - there was some confusion as we were leaving.
I am married to the woman in my avatar and do not really find Chris attractive... no offence Chris :mrgreen:

- Chad

Thanks Jon and Katie it was definately a blast! Once my tank gets to the levels of some of the Reefers here, I would not mind holding one as well


Thank Aj-77 that Cap looks AWESOME in my tank!!

It was great meeting some new people as well. Hope we can all do this again real soon!

Again a great time Thanks Jon and Katie.


Jim

Anyone have pics to post of the event?

Thanks for hosting the party and letting us crash it :mrgreen:

I believe bulletsworld took a few pictures, maybe she could post them up for us :razz:

-Rich

She did :eek: I can vaguely recall posing for one :eek: :eek: :eek:

I think it is time for us to get together so we can crash your next one. :evil: I remember the grub at Beth's was fine. :biggrin:

Thanks Jon and Katie. That was a great time. It was nice to meet some new faces and catch-up with the old...
Truly a great bunch of people as mentioned. What amazes me is the diversity of people. All walks of lifes and professions, sharing a common interest. Very cool !!!
I think most would agree, Jon has accomplished what many of us are striving for. This certainly did not happen by luck. A magnificent system. As "The Mighty Quinn" remarked last night, "this is as close to a perfect set-up as you will see..." Undoubtedly I agree. I mean, he even has a drip line above the sumps float valve to eliminate calcium build-up... :rolleyes: . Always thinkin' eh...
Thanks to those who set me up with all them baggies. "Hang in there little Zenia, hang in there buddy..." :lol:

Thanks Jon & Katie ... I know Norberto and I did not stay long but the hospitality was great nonetheless ... nice to see some old faces and to meet some new.

Cheers

A huge thanks to Jon and Katie for hosting the meet. It was great to finally meet some of you southeners. Looking at my tank now, I see I better get saving for the bigger one real soon. I am running out of room fast... :mrgreen:

Jon, the tank was truly impressive. And the fish room... http://www.muiscontrols.com/ryan/w00t2.gif http://www.muiscontrols.com/ryan/w00t2.gif

P.S. No thats not me in the avatar... :rolleyes: