February 2013 Meeting

[FireWater]

We are pleased to announce the meeting for February will be creating rock scapes using mortar.
The meeting will be on Saturday the 16th of February hosted at:

4822 Corian Springs Drive
San Antonio, 78247

Meeting time will be 12 noon to around 2pm.


There have been several questions in regards to using mortar to make scapes and bonding rocks together. We look forward to seeing everyone there. Please RSVP here so we know how many people to expect.

[Pennies2Cents]

Awesome!

[Paul28]

Ill be going with wife and kids :)

[Southern Flame]

It will be me, 2 kids and possibly hubby depending on his work schedule :-)

[glarior]

I am interested in this! Added to my calendar

[ducati996]

add me

[FireWater]

Bumping it.

[Flyride95]

Bump.

I would love to go but 12 in Saturday won't work for me.

[allan]

I'm in as well.


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[KING]

Im in

[World Class Aquatics & Exotics]

I'm in +1

[Keelynnsreef]

I would love to be there add 2 more to the list to come.

[Mig]

You can count me in. This is going to be my first meeting and I cant wait to see the interesting aquascapes.

[clayton]

Count me in also!, +2 total

[FireWater]

Bumping this up. Getting close.


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[sdunn90fowlr]

Count me in. This will be my first meeting as well with MAAST. Looking forward to it.

Me + 3 kids.

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[grouch]

I'll try to make it.

[glarior]

I am interested in this! Added to my calendar

I am bringing a friend.

[ramsey]

I'm gonna try to make it out.

[Keelynnsreef]

Is there anything we need to bring with us?

[Fracture]

Count me and Tempset in this will be our first meeting with MAAST since we moved from Houston. Can't wait to meet new people in the hobby and learn some cool stuff. Do we need to bring anything with us?

[Southern Flame]

I won't be able to attend we will be attempting to move the tank :/ keep fingers crossed!

[grouch]

I'm going to have to pass on this one spouse is out of town due to death in family so I will be busy.

[FireWater]

Good luck with the move Southern.
Tim, don't sweat it. Wish your family the best.

[Keelynnsreef]

We need to get an answer from some one!! Do we need to bring anything. I see where several people have asked but can not find a response from anyone. Please let us know.

[allan]

I don't believe anything is required. Maybe a choice frag for me :) but I believe we are set.

Ben, you good?


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[Scutterborn]

Nothing is required. I will note that we will be accepting payments for charter memberships at the meeting. Anyone who has been wanting to charter up.

And if anyone is getting choice frags it will be the hostess!! :)


-Ben-

[allan]

And if anyone is getting choice frags it will be the hostess!! :)


-Ben-

You win, Ben. :)


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[Scutterborn]

You win, Ben. :)


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Yes, the wife likes red. ;)


-Ben-

[Scutterborn]

I don't plan to have finger foods or drinks. If you'd like anything, I suggest you bring your own family friendly beverages.

:)


-Ben-

[cowboy572]

Just was wondering for us folks on the other side of town has anyone heard on any lane closures due to the 281/1604 construction. That way we can seek an alternate route.

[cowboy572]

I don't believe anything is required. Maybe a choice frag for me :) but I believe we are set.

Allan, don't you still owe me a frag of those pink zoas before the chaos of the leaking tank.

[allan]

Allan, don't you still owe me a frag of those pink zoas before the chaos of the leaking tank.

Uh... That's the only colony that I lost during the move. Did you PayPal me or was I hooking you up? I can pay you back if the former is the case, latter... I can hook you up with something but they won't be pinks as I no longer have them.

[Tempset]

I've purchased a charter membership & received my card.

My g/f is not a paid member.

My question is - can we pay the extra $15 ($25 + $15 = $40) and upgrade her to a couples charter?

[Fracture]

I can't wait to get to the meeting tomorrow. :)

[Tempset]

Want to say: if your debating about attending the meeting due to distance....


I think we've got you beat :-)http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/02/16/vymera9a.jpg

[allan]

I've purchased a charter membership & received my card.

My g/f is not a paid member.

My question is - can we pay the extra $15 ($25 + $15 = $40) and upgrade her to a couples charter?

That shouldn't be an issue if your charter is less than a few months or so.


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[Scutterborn]

Route 3 is best.

I don't believe they've planned any closures this weekend. I could be wrong. The ramp from 281n to 1604e has been open without closures for quite awhile.


-Ben-

[Tempset]

That shouldn't be an issue if your charter is less than a few months or so.

It's less than 2 months for sure, maybe less than 1 month.

[allan]

It's less than 2 months for sure, maybe less than 1 month.

Definitely good.


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[ducati996]

I got called to work I hate to miss this

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The last pic is a cheese shot :D


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And this year's Darwin Award goes to... Firewater!


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[Fracture]

Thanks so much for having us today. I had a blast and learn a lot. I can't wait to see more tanks and ideas.

[Paul28]

Me to had a great time good talking with everyone :)

[rocketeer]

Great meeting. Thanks guys.

Jack

[Sherri]

Very interesting....great job with the demo also John & Ben....enjoyed.

[ramsey]

Ditto, thanks John and Ben for the demo. I can't wait to get started with my scape. Ben, your tank looks amazing and thanks for having us over.

[Scutterborn]

Thanks everyone who showed up. It turned out well considering it was my first time hosting. :) Thanks for all the nice things everyone said about my empty tank too! Lmbo!


-Ben-

[FireWater]

It was fun. Hope those that made it took enough away to have fun on their next build.
Ben and I will start working on a thread outlining the products we used, where to find them, a list of procedures, tips, and possibly links to ideas.

Give us a little while.

[Fracture]

And let's not forget the new word Ben came up with CHUNKLET :) hehe love it

[FireWater]

For those that asked the color of the mortar once dried I pulled this post from my tank build thread. The pics are before any water was added to the tank.

"I finished up the back drop. Horrible pics, but I was trying to hurry because I didn't have it mounted and was worried it would crash to the floor.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p157/perry4083/003-3.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p157/perry4083/002-4.jpg

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p157/perry4083/001-7.jpg"

[jrossjr79]

Wish I would of came back to maast before this meeting. Looks very interesting.

[ramsey]

It was great. I ended up using mortar on my latest scape and it turned out phenomenal! I would have been much harder without firewater and scutterborn teaching us the secrets of the aquascape masters!

[jrossjr79]

Did anyone video record it? I would love to know these secrets :). I plan on doing that for my 145G tank. Maybe even some in this 55G I have set up now.

[FireWater]

Nope, sorry. It was not recorded. Ben and I plan to write up a DIY thread one of these days. In the meantime I'm sure either Ben or myself would be more than happy to help out.

[jrossjr79]

Nope, sorry. It was not recorded. Ben and I plan to write up a DIY thread one of these days. In the meantime I'm sure either Ben or myself would be more than happy to help out.

Thanks John

[FireWater]

Anytime.