Women in Reefing

[PicassoClown04]

Hey y’all! I’m happy to join the club! Girls rule!

 

[SaltyT]

I‘m also a woman enjoying this great hobby. Nice to meet you all!

 

[metrokat]

Another female reefer here Started in the hobby in 2006, took off 4 years in between now and then while in another state. Got back in the hobby late 2015. Currently we have 3 tanks.

Nice to meet you!

 

[metrokat]

Hi girls!
I am new here. Me and my hubby always wanted a reef tank in our house, even before we could afford travelling to exotic places to snorkel. A year ago we finally did it, a 170 gallon tank in our livingroom. We did have a fresh water tank for 20 years with Discus, so not exactly newbies as keepers of aquatic life. Although it required another kind of knowledge keeping marine species.

I would say I have read a lot more about how to keep marine life than my hubby, but we both love this hobby and it’s nice we never argue about budget concerning our reef. As a result the spending could be somewhat a little too high now and then .

I am curious why there are more guys in reefing? Compared to animal keeping in general. Any thoughts?

Welcome! Spending in this hobby is a roller coaster, I've often thought okay I'm done for a while and then something catches my eye, a new controller or coral. Oops.

 

[metrokat]

Hey y’all! I’m happy to join the club! Girls rule!

#womeninreefing
Welcome!!! Post up pictures of your tank(s).

 

[metrokat]

I‘m also a woman enjoying this great hobby. Nice to meet you all!

Nice to meet you too. Love the Leopard wrasse in your Avatar. I have a blue star, she gave me quite a scare a few weeks back when she was laying on the sand breathing hard. @Humblefish was kind enough to walk me through some scenarios - turns out that she (most likely) tried to jump out and banged her head on the screen top.

 

[SaltyT]

Nice to meet you too. Love the Leopard wrasse in your Avatar. I have a blue star, she gave me quite a scare a few weeks back when she was laying on the sand breathing hard. @Humblefish was kind enough to walk me through some scenarios - turns out that she (most likely) tried to jump out and banged her head on the screen top.

Thanks! Love my leopards. Hope your blue star is back to herself! They’re beautiful wrasses! I have a diamond tail flasher that likes to ping pong himself off my screen top every time I feed LOL

 

[metrokat]

Thanks! Love my leopards. Hope your blue star is back to herself! They’re beautiful wrasses! I have a diamond tail flasher that likes to ping pong himself off my screen top every time I feed LOL

She's doing well. The boss of the tank is a super male Ruby Head though.

 

[SaltyT]

She's doing well. The boss of the tank is a super male Ruby Head though.

Sweet! Post a pic of your ruby head, would love to see him!

 

[PicassoClown04]

#womeninreefing
Welcome!!! Post up pictures of your tank(s).

Three salties right now. Here’s my favorite two

45 lagoon

20 peninsula

 

[Seahorsekelly69]

Hey ladies! Just wanted to mention that there is another Women in Reefing event coming up! Feb 27th, MINI MACNA will hold another WIR event! Oh, and it's FREE! Just add the Women in Reefing get together to your cart! Mini Macna! If you want the entire experience, Mini Macna is only $10 (or FREE for MASNA members)! I hope to see you all there!

 

[Chelymay]

Thanks for bringing us all together! #womeninreefing always supporting other #womeninreefing
@Gstar_Reef

I love this!!

 

[Chelymay]

Lady reefer. New to the hobby 10 months now

I too am new to this but it looks like you’re waayyy ahead of me. I started with fresh water but this reefing thing crazy awesome.
So excited to know I’m not the only salty gal around.

The guys at the LFS look at my husband when I’m the one who asks the questions and my husband just points to me and says tell her I don’t know what you’re talking about

I guess he’s not comfortable with the ladies

Love to all you salty ladies out there. There is nothing we can’t do!!

 

[Snuggs]

I too am new to this but it looks like you’re waayyy ahead of me. I started with fresh water but this reefing thing crazy awesome.
So excited to know I’m not the only salty gal around.

The guys at the LFS look at my husband when I’m the one who asks the questions and my husband just points to me and says tell her I don’t know what you’re talking about

I guess he’s not comfortable with the ladies

Love to all you salty ladies out there. There is nothing we can’t do!!

Same thing happens to me

 

[samnaz]

Same thing happens to me

Yeah, unfortunately it’s extremely common...

 

[MACNA]

Women in Reefing Meet-Up at MACNA 2022!
Saturday, September 10, 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
More about the meet-up here: Women in Reefing


The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) 2022 will be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from September 9 - 11, 2022.

Website: https://macna.org
Day tickets from $35, 17 and under are free.
Hotels from $159

Reunited after two years of virtual programs, MACNA 2022 Gathering and Growing will bring our community together for the best MACNA to date.

MACNA is a combination of several events.
It is an educational symposium where people can attend lectures from industry leaders, conservationists, authors, and scientists.
It is also a trade show where hobbyists can buy the hottest new corals and see new cutting edge equipment. Attendees can also give their feedback to manufacturers so they can continue to bring us the innovations we are looking for.
And lastly it is a social event. Many speakers, vendors, and hobbyists come to socialize with each other. It gives people an opportunity to put faces with names they might see on a message board or email.

Educational talks include:

Keynote: Dr. Judy St Leger - Aquaculture and Sustainability: No more clowning around

Friday:
Ben Titus: Solving the Evolutionary Mystery of the Clownfish-Sea Anemone Symbiosis
Sanjay Joshi: Managing Nitrates in a Reef Aquarium – The Different Strategies and Approaches
Jamie Craggs: Spawning and rearing ‘Scolys’ (Homophyllia australis) and other LPS coral in aquariums. Potential for sustainable coral production?
Marc Levenson: ICP and Additives – How to Correct your Inadequacies

Saturday:
Nicole Bridges: Back from the Brink: A Systems Engineering Approach to Coral Triage and Rehabilitation
Sid Stetson: How Less-than-Ideal Water Chemistry Affects the Health of your System and Animals
Greg Barord: Inspiring Future Minds. Educating the next generation of professional marine aquarists.
Joe Yaiullo: The Hard Reboot of a 20,000 Gallon Reef Tank
Todd Gardner: A Live Feeds Primer: The Importance of Plankton, Where to Get it, and How to Grow It.
Craig Bingman: A Brief History of Calcification: From Limewater to Everything Else and Back Again

Sunday:
Travis Knorr & Mick Walsh: Garage-a-Culture! Starting an aquaculture company at home
Dennis (Tigahboy): A Growing Trend: Marine Macroalgae Tanks.
Andrew Sandler: Proper planning for an industrial sized reef tank in ones home
Liz Marchio: Aquarium Keeping: A Science Education via Osmosis
Rich Ross: Controlling Algae in your Aquarium

Workshops include:
Neptune Systems
SpectraPure
ICP Analysis
Kessil
Tropic Marin USA
CoralVue
Micro Reefing by PNW Custom
Coral Reef Aquarium Fisheries

Meetups include:
Seahorse & Pipefish
Photography Meet-Up
Aquarium Science Education
Women in Reefing
Shark and Stingray Aquarists
Rainbow Reefers
Marine Breeding Initiative
Triton Lab meet-up
Aquarium Professionals
Reef Beef Podcast
WiscoReefers

All information, tickets, schedule, and hotel available at: https://macna.org
MACNA 2022 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from September 9 - 11, 2022.