C4 on Saturday August 27, 2016 in Austin

[Dan H]

Hey fellow reefers! Some of you may have met me at the LMAR swap... I'm Dan H and I'm helping the Austin Reef Club organize their annual big swap and conference, the Capital City Coral Corral (C4). This year it's being held on Saturday, August 27, from 10:30AM - 6:00PM. It's in far South Austin, so for those of you coming from San Antonio, it should only be about an hour drive! So no excuses! :)

Location: Painted Horse Pavilion
1750 S. FM 1626
Buda, TX 78610
https://goo.gl/maps/xtBQyTcx7652

Date: August 27, 2016 from 10:30AM - 6:00PM

Here's the website: http://www.capitalcitycoralcorral.com/

We've got 25+ vendors, and 3 speakers lined up - Steve Tyree, Dr. Matz from the University of Texas, and Christopher Page from the MOTE Marine Laboratory and Aquarium.

Attendance is completely free, but if you RSVP you will get extra raffle tickets so there's not reason not to sign up! You can do so here: http://www.capitalcitycoralcorral.com/node/321

We really hope to see y'all come visit us and hopefully you can score some great frags! If you have any questions, just ping me.

[Zack]

Nice!! I'm in! Will RSVP ASAP!

[Justin]

Already RSVP'd. I'm looking forward to hearing from the speakers

[Dan H]

Just a reminder that C4 is only a month away! All speakers are confirmed, and we're getting more RSVP's every day! We even have some food trucks coming so you can get some good grub. Please RSVP if are planning to come, and if you're an exhibitor and haven't paid your table fees, please do so soon.

Thanks and can't wait to see everyone there!

[FarmerTy]

Just a reminder that C4 is only a month away! All speakers are confirmed, and we're getting more RSVP's every day! We even have some food trucks coming so you can get some good grub. Please RSVP if are planning to come, and if you're an exhibitor and haven't paid your table fees, please do so soon.

Thanks and can't wait to see everyone there!
Very excited about this event! It seems like a great lineup of speakers and I can't wait to see what the vendors from all over the country are going to be bringing!

Just to let you guys that live in San Antonio know, it'll take me 40-45 mins to get there from north Austin. If you're in north San Antonio, it'll only take you 15 mins more than me. The organizers did this on purpose to get as many of the San Antonio reefers to come as possible. It'll make this event like a collaboration between two great cities.

[alton]

This sounds awesome, I need to check with my personnel secretary and accountant, but I should be there.

[FarmerTy]

This sounds awesome, I need to check with my personnel secretary but I should be there.
Nice! You lucked out with the personal secretary, all I got is my own personal boss.

[Mike]

Bump on this event... Trying to confirm if Kristy and I are going to be able to go. Sounds like a great conference with the speakers and everything.

[mkengr45]

We will be there! I've got a little room to fill in...

[Dan H]

C4 is this weekend! Make sure you RSVP to get free raffle tickets if you haven't already - http://www.capitalcitycoralcorral.com/node/321

You can also like our Facebook page to get more free raffle tickets! https://www.facebook.com/CapitalCityCoralCorral


Attendance is free!


A HUGE thanks to Austin Aqua Dome and River City Aquatics for sponsoring the event! I know all of you already visit them frequently, but when you do be sure to say "Thanks for sponsoring C4!" They appreciate it. Then buy some stuff because they appreciate that even more. http://www.austinreefclub.com//public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png


This one is gonna be big! We've got over 300 RSVP's already, 17 confirmed vendors, 3 food trucks, and 3 amazing speakers!


Again, our speakers are Chris Page from the MOTE Tropical Research Laboratory, Rachel Wright who works at the Matz Lab in the University of Texas (Hook 'em!), and of course Steve Tyree who I'm sure many of you have heard about.

Christopher Page's presentation is "Coral Restoration: Modern Efforts to Rebuild Reefs". Chris is a senior biologist at Mote Marine Laboratory. He oversees the lab culture and outplant of slow growing stony corals for reef restoration. His innovative techniques in asexual and sexual propagation as well as execution of field work, have led to a game changing approach called “Coral Reskinning”. Currently, he manages a facility that propagates and plants thousands of coral fragments per year in the Florida Keys. His interest in coral reefs started from a young age as a diehard reef aquarist in Buffalo, New York. Many techniques used in his projects are adapted and expanded upon from this experience. Ultimately, his goal is to build and maintain ecosystem function, resilient to climate impacts and local stressors.

Rachel Wright's presentation - Studying Coral Health with Next-Gen Sequencing (http://www.capitalcitycoralcorral.com/node/386) - will present her graduate research revealing mechanisms by which corals manage immune challenges. Corals display extensive variation in immune parameters: some corals are more resistant to disease stress than others. We'll explain why one coral is "better" than another using various laboratory techniques, such as enzymatic immune assays and gene expression profiling. We'll also examine differences in corals' algal and bacterial symbionts via RNA-seq and 16S rRNA sequencing, respectively. These insights into the physiological parameters associated with resistance enhance our understanding of the complex mechanisms of coral disease and facilitate the development of diagnostic tools to assist reef management practices.

Steve Tyree's presentation - Expanding the Zonal Reproduction of Tropical Reef Platforms (http://www.capitalcitycoralcorral.com/node/381) - Steve has been keeping reefs since 1989/1990. One of the first people in US to buy an Acropora colony from a per store. Has spoken at 4 Macna's, 2 WMCs, England, numerous Clubs, has written 5 books, numerous articles and has owned and operated 3 companies in the captive Reef market. Two current companies are Reeffarmers and the Coral Farmers Market company. Steve has propagated and sold a few thousand coral fragments and has organized over 40 coral shows. His company Reeffarmers will be selling frags so you can pick up some of his amazing corals.

Our currently confirmed vendors:

Austin Aqua-Dome
River City Aquatics
Reef Farmers
Farmer Ty
Frag Co-Op (DaM)
Fraghouse Corals
Frontline Pro Aquatics
Just Reef
Steve Sindt
Unlimited Color Corals
World Class Aquatics
Zen Reef
Dzung Pham
Austin Photo Booth Guy
Bethey Creations
Fish Gallery
Baked By Anna
iJam Partners

[Justin]

it's going to be nice. looking forward to it

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[OrionN]

Just check with my boss. I can go :). She will take care of the kids.

[Justin]

Nice