wrfreeman
Wade
Hello all!
I wanted to take a moment and let everyone who has been searching for a club in the Tri-Cities area, to look no more! We are officially known as "Tennessee Elite Aquarium & Marine Society" (TEAMS) and we have what no other club around can offer:
1. Great folks who are truly passionate and dedicated to the hobby and to helping other people
2. Our own personal shop! That's right, a shop. With tanks. Dedicated club tanks. Yes, you're reading this correctly. We have members only tanks set up, at a neutral location where the club meets, for frags, QT, etc..
3. Currently we have over 20 different coral species fragged and growing out as part of the club coral library for members only.
4. Several breeding projects that will be hosting the reward for the dedicated hard working winners of our bi-yearly coral grow-out contests.
(These are high quality, top of the line bonded pairs of clownfish passed on to us from Sustainable Aquatics).
5. Usage of tools, machines and materials for special projects managed by the club.
(Want to build that stand, drill that pane of glass, build LED's? - We can help!)
Boom!
Here's an example of what we're about: Someone tells us about this guy that has a 90 gallon FOWLR tank in his basement office that's been running barren for several years in hopes of getting it running again some day. This guy decides he's ready and would like some help. Sounds like a project to us! We hop in our vehicles and go take a look. This tank needs some love and he's happy for our help. We schedule a day to come back and drain it, load it up and take it to the shop for a good cleaning and inspection of his equipment. He's got some pretty old stuff. We reuse what we can, give him a list of the must haves (new rock and substrate (he's been topping off with tap water for years now and that rock in nasty!), new heater and powerheads that are toast, etc.) and make recommendations of what we would upgrade if it was our tank (new skimmer and return pump, new lights, ATO, RO/DI system). We'll be taking it back and setting it back up soon to let it cycle and then add livestock. All this we're doing for free and for the love of the hobby and helping others out.
We are currently accepting applications for new members. We officially meet once monthly, but end up at the shop several times a month because we can't help ourselves
If you are truly interested in the hobby, helping others out and are wondering what you have to offer and not what the club has to offer to you, then please feel free to contact me. We would enjoy having you come visit and check us out.
I wanted to take a moment and let everyone who has been searching for a club in the Tri-Cities area, to look no more! We are officially known as "Tennessee Elite Aquarium & Marine Society" (TEAMS) and we have what no other club around can offer:
1. Great folks who are truly passionate and dedicated to the hobby and to helping other people
2. Our own personal shop! That's right, a shop. With tanks. Dedicated club tanks. Yes, you're reading this correctly. We have members only tanks set up, at a neutral location where the club meets, for frags, QT, etc..
3. Currently we have over 20 different coral species fragged and growing out as part of the club coral library for members only.
4. Several breeding projects that will be hosting the reward for the dedicated hard working winners of our bi-yearly coral grow-out contests.
(These are high quality, top of the line bonded pairs of clownfish passed on to us from Sustainable Aquatics).
5. Usage of tools, machines and materials for special projects managed by the club.
(Want to build that stand, drill that pane of glass, build LED's? - We can help!)
Boom!
Here's an example of what we're about: Someone tells us about this guy that has a 90 gallon FOWLR tank in his basement office that's been running barren for several years in hopes of getting it running again some day. This guy decides he's ready and would like some help. Sounds like a project to us! We hop in our vehicles and go take a look. This tank needs some love and he's happy for our help. We schedule a day to come back and drain it, load it up and take it to the shop for a good cleaning and inspection of his equipment. He's got some pretty old stuff. We reuse what we can, give him a list of the must haves (new rock and substrate (he's been topping off with tap water for years now and that rock in nasty!), new heater and powerheads that are toast, etc.) and make recommendations of what we would upgrade if it was our tank (new skimmer and return pump, new lights, ATO, RO/DI system). We'll be taking it back and setting it back up soon to let it cycle and then add livestock. All this we're doing for free and for the love of the hobby and helping others out.
We are currently accepting applications for new members. We officially meet once monthly, but end up at the shop several times a month because we can't help ourselves
If you are truly interested in the hobby, helping others out and are wondering what you have to offer and not what the club has to offer to you, then please feel free to contact me. We would enjoy having you come visit and check us out.
