SoCalii Reefer Meetup

[ndrwater]

Oh man, it's 2026!!! Let's start the meetups back up! All are welcome!

No fees, no invitation needed, just come and hang/talk reef. Meet new reefers...do a bit of swapping...build a local reef community. :)

Date: Friday January 9th, 2026
Time: 7:00pm (will be here for a couple hours relaxing and drinking beer)
Location: Brewhiem
1931 E Wright Circle
Anaheim, CA 92806

 

[revhtree]

I hear you guys have a great club!

 

[ndrwater]

We do!!
You should come be a special guest speaker!!!

 

[revhtree]

Don't tempt me to come to beautiful So CAL!

 

[ndrwater]

Don't tempt me to come to beautiful So CAL!

It HAS been a while!!! I think you should!!

 

[ndrwater]

Just got off the phone with the peeps at Brewheim, the food truck tomorrow is Louie’s Smokin’ BBQ . Should be not only a great meat(see what I did there!!) with super interesting speakers Dave and and Carlos from Coralview, but super tasty food to boot!!

 

[ndrwater]

Gonna bump this a bit. Today is the day!!!
See you at Brewheim!!
7pm!!

 

[Sam7]

Bump

 

[ndrwater]

Have a couple giveaways for tonight too .. just sayin...

 

[ndrwater]

That was a fun one!! Carlos and Dave were great! And all new and old people were awesome too.
So glad we have a local community that get together in the same room together to make each other better reefers!!
Hope everyone had as much fun as I did!!
Thanks everyone for coming out!!

 

[Fritz05]

Hi all Orange County reefers! Unfortunately I could not make it to the event. But I just fragged my large Purple Stylophora, and have A LOT OF FRAGS to give away. I have three large ones (5-7 inches long with multiple “branches”, and around 10 smaller ones. I will post pics as soon as the lighting gets better in the tank. I am located in Mission Viejo.

 

[Fritz05]

Pics.

 

[ndrwater]

This Month's Topic:

• Special Guest: Steve Garrett (Owner and operator of Garrett's Acropolis)
• Check out an actual outdoor reef farm system (I remember seeing the 1st iteration of Steve's backyard operation back in 2000's).
  • Learn about his geothermal heating/cooling system.
  • Ask Questions about the system (Rain, Lighting, etc.)
• Discuss topics / Special events for 2026

Post on the thread if you are coming and new to the meetup.

This is an unique opportunity hosted by Socali Reefer's Meetup Group and Thanks to Steve for graciously opening up his operation to us.

 

[ndrwater]

Next meet is 3/13
As per usual, 7pm at Brewheim in Anaheim
1931 E Wright Cir, Anaheim, CA 92806

Couple big announcements regarding upcoming events. See you all there!!

 

[ndrwater]

 

[ndrwater]

Lots going this month. Lots of updates on upcoming events/field trips.
Going to start a (hopefully) recurring segment.
You won't want to miss this one!! See you all there!!

 

[ndrwater]

THIS FRIDAY!!
Thats just two days away.
Definitely want to make this one!!

 

[ndrwater]

8
Tomorrow!!!!!!
And now with sound in the back!!
Seriously... This one is gonna be packed with info..
See you all there!

 

[ndrwater]

That was a good one... Thanks to everyone who made it out last night. Those of you who couldn't make it, all good!! We'll see you next month!
As we discussed, there is LOTS happening in the upcoming few months, so keep your eyes and ears here for the details or over at the other forum. (Special thanks to Daniel for our new platform here on R2R)
We'll be sending out an email soon with some of the details about one or two of our upcoming events and to make sure everyone is up to speed in areas they need to be. Not the least of which is the quickly approaching Group buy from Coral Monsters.

So... As a side note, I just want to say how heartened I am with all the input and support i get every time we all get together. We really are building a village with terrific members who really all are pulling the rope in the same direction. Great things are happening now and also coming soon.
Thank you all.

All that said, feel free to PM me with any questions!!

 

[ndrwater]

Just about that time again gang. This month we have another wholesaler field trip so we won't be doing our usual Friday at Brewheim. I debated again if we'd do both, but I know for our members from the IE, Valley or SD, making the drive up two days in a row can be a bit of a pain, so we are doing the Field trip only this month.
We will be back at Brewheim in May. We will also be having a Frag Swap with a bunch of awesome coral sellers in May, but the Swap and usual meet are far enough apart we can do both..
Ill be doing a fancy post for the May Swap later..
I also want to post up our shiny new logo and artwork that will be popping up at a bunch of LFS and swag bags soon. Pretty sure we are going to do T-shirts too, but we can discuss further when I see all your smiling faces!! Super shout-out to our resident Superman @Jimbo327 for his help with this. I think it looks great as do everyone I've shown this to, so feel free to give Jimmy an atta boy!! He deserves it for sure!!
I will be sending out the details for the wholesaler trip in a Club email, so keep your eyes peeled for that very soon. Know that the plan is Saturday 4/11.