DVAGA Sponsored tank and Big Al's August 4th

[Jason Baliban]

Hey all,

Big Al’s of East Norriton has requested that we (DVAGA) set up a club sponsored aquarium in their store. This is an exciting time for us!! Sponsoring this tank will give us a tremendous chance to spread knowledge about our hobby, as well as create a great relationship with a great local store.

The event will be on August 4th at the store.

Big Al's Philadelphia
2876 DeKalb Pike
East Norriton, PA

610.239.1645
http://www.bigalsusa.com/phillyhome.html

I plan to begin the clinic at 1pm.

The agenda will take us from a bare tank to a finished high tech (high light and CO2) 90 gallon aquarium.

I plan to cover:

-Aquascaping and Layout Design fundamentals
-Preparation of plants
-Planting methods
-Species specifics
-CO2
-Fertilizing approaches
-Plant friendly fish
-Algae prevention
-Overview of hardware used

In addition to the support of the tank and our club, Big Al’s is offering 10% off all aquatic plants on the day of the event. So even if you don’t want to come and laugh at me in the spotlight, please come and take a look at their plants and walk out with a great deal.

Please come join me to support our club and me (hopefully I don’t fall in )

If you have any questions or suggestions, please post them, I need all the help I can get

Hope to see you all there.

jB

[JMLenke]

I may make it up for that.

[ingg]

I'd like to go up for it too, I need to know so many basics yet... so many things I just wing and hope it works out.

[Jeff120]

Sounds like a great opportunity to DVAGA and the area. One suggestion, if you havent thought of it already, create a handout for folks. Most will never remember all of the info that you orally give them, the handout will be a great reference. Best of luck

[DelawareJim]

What sort of handout did GWAPA use?

I remember reading about the workshop in the Post and that's what got me interested in the club, but I missed the workshop.

Cheers.
Jim

[Jason Baliban]

It would be great if you guys could make it up....."GWAPA in the house!!"

Great idea Jeff!!

jB

[krisw]

Here is a very outdated handout that GWAPA used a number of years ago at workshop. While the equipment is outdated, it's a decent template for what a good takeaway should be.