Aqua Inspiration for the January Meeting!!

[Fishnut]

I'm short on time but I wanted to get this up asap.  I'll add more later.

This is our speaker for January:

http://www.aquainspiration.com/

They will be doing a demo Amano style for us and are willing to bring some products/plants, etc for us to buy.  If you are interested in having them bring anything to Ottawa for you to buy from them, please PM me and let me know.  I'm compiling a list.

Cheers
Sylvia

[charlie]

WOW WOW  , I`ll be there for sure.

[ajm1961]

That's FANTASTIC Sylvia!
Great job in getting them to come!
Should be a great meeting!
(I'm checking out their site now for any goodies!)

[pm]

Awesome! finally gets me off my butt and to a meeting (and officially join the club) 

[daworldisblack]

Awesome! finally gets me off my butt and to a meeting (and officially join the club) 

Lol.. DITTO!

[exv152]

Really? Do they have an 18 wheeler to bring supplies? Really looking forward to it, and pm'ing as we speak. Where can I find inof on the january meeting???

[Fishnut]

The exec meeting is on Monday evening so we'll be discussing the rest of the meeting at that point.  As soon as our wonderful Webmaster has time after that, he'll be posting all of the details on the home page and as a sticky in this forum.

These guys aquascape in the Natural Aquarium style, which Takashi Amano is known for so their shop is full of everything you need and more to be successful in the wold of planted tanks.  They'll definitely be doing a demo of planting one of these tanks and I'm sure as the demo is going on, they'll be able to answer any questions people have about plants.  I'll be talking with them in more detail over the next couple of weeks so I'll hopefully be able to pinpoint if they're going to be doing part talk and part demo, or what.  Regardless, it's going to be a lot of fun!

I would like to compile a list of items that people want to purchase.  If you want to buy something like a plant or some live fish, you need to pay for them in advance.  This is something I decided to implement.  It's only fair since they might suffer losses if someone decides not to show up to pay for their requests, then the fish has to stay in the bag for an even longer period of time and get back to Toronto.

They have some amazing things in this shop!  I was there not too long ago for the first time and I was blown away.  Have a look at the starfire tanks!  Stunning!!  Here are some pictures of my favourite displays in their shop:

[Brine]

Excellent work again Sylvia!!

[jshchrtn]

What time is this meeting, I work a 12 hour day in arnprior. Was thinking if it's not too early I'd come down to Ottawa and actually become a member lol

[daworldisblack]

Very Exciting! I was wondering if we'd be able to grab the updated livestock and plants list.. or at least whatever they are willing to transport up ..maybe with prices? That would be sweet

[ajm1961]

Regarding date and time of our meetings - as stated on the OVAS home page:

Club meetings are held the fourth Monday of the month at J.A. Dulude Arena in Ottawa starting at 7pm.

So, the January meeting is on the 23rd, at 7:00PM.

Map for arena location:
http://g.co/maps/6p632

Looking forward to meeting newcomers! See you there!

[exv152]

Can non-members attend & purchase items as well? Eventhough I do plan to get a membership.

[robt18]

Anyone can attend our meetings, and memberships are available at every meeting

See you all in January! And a huge thanks to Sylvia for finding such great speakers!

[bettabreeder]

i want all the plants!!!! hahaha i think ill finally come to a meeting again and renew my membership (took a year off, ykno how first year university is..)

[touchofsky]

I would love to make it to this meeting.  I would like to get a membership, even though I wouldn't likely attend to many meetings mainly because of the drive.  I hope the weather is good that day 

[Nerine]

Where are you driving in from?

[touchofsky]

Burnstown, between Arnprior and Renfrew. 

[Nerine]

It's good to see people are driving in from a distance!

Hope the weather is good for your drive in!

Sylvia - is there a planned dinner with the fellows from Aqua Inspiration ?

[charlie]

This promises to be a great treat, these guys are great @aquascaping, Sam once mentioned to me that they received an invitation to attend one of Amano`s show, that must say a lot.            looking forward to this meeting.

[touchofsky]

Fingers crossed here for a good driving day 

[sas]

Anyone by chance driving in from Deep River, Pet., Pembroke or Cobden?
Looking for a lift and will help pay for gas.
PM me please .

[touchofsky]

I am wanting to go from Burnstown (between Arnprior and Renfrew).  Maybe we can get a group together.

[2075turner]

I looking forward to seeing their presentation. 

Errol's pic's at the plantalhollics meeting were great, I'm excited to see what they will have.

[charlie]

is it Monday yet 

[touchofsky]

Two more sleeps 

[bizfromqc]

Thank you to the OVAS Executive and the AI guys putting on a great demo. Learned a couple of neat tricks and that star fire tank was very nice.

[DaWolfe]

Thank You for a good meeting.  It was able to put faces with the names. 

I even found out that bizfromqc is a coleague from work, small world.  And got the chance to buy some nice plants    If can only get my order from China I will be able to finish my C02 setup....

[charlie]

Two more sleeps  

Well waiting those 2 sleeps was well worth it, easily the best attended meeting of the season, it sure  hilighted where the club`s bread & butter lies.
Kudos to the all involved in pulling this off, just imagine if it was a Tom Barr or Takashi Amano or any other of that stature  .
Thanks

[DaWolfe]

"Tom Barr or Takashi Amano".... WOW!!! that would be amazing. 

[charlie]

Oh BTW kudos to 3 execs. who have taken their positions to heights not seen within the club in my recent memory, that is Washefuzzy for the presence of the Library &wandmangels for excellent food provided last night & every other meeting and ajm1961 for the excellent newsletters, great job guys.
Regards

[Stussi613]

Oh BTW kudos to 3 execs. who have taken their positions to heights not seen within the club in my recent memory, that is Washefuzzy for the presence of the Library &wandmangels for excellent food provided last night & every other meeting and ajm1961 for the excellent newsletters, great job guys.
Regards

+1

Just finished reading the newsletter on my iPad (love the Eco-friendly PDF version) and I have to say its getting better and better.

[exv152]

I must say, that was my first ovas meeting and I was impressed. I enjoyed the AI presentation, and I learned a couple of minor aquascaping things; ie output and intake flow with regards to the elevation of the substrate. I also enjoyed putting a name to a face and meeting a few folks too. Look forward to what 2012 has to offer. Looks like the planted tank fever is definitely here to stay. Now hopefully the retail businesses in ottawa area take note and begin to offer some of these products.

[Nerine]

Thank you Winnie for translating!

I wish I could have stayed till the end, but the roads were pretty nasty and I had to pick up my roommate at 9pm! it was a dicey trip home once we got outside of the city!

The newsletter is amazing!! Thank you Andre!

It was great seeing lots of new faces!!! Looking forward to seeing you all again soon! (I have to miss the February meeting, but i'll be back for the Giant Auction!)

[Brine]

Thank you Winnie for translating!

Indeed a big thank you to Winnie for a job well done.

[bizfromqc]

I must say, that was my first ovas meeting and I was impressed. I enjoyed the AI presentation, and I learned a couple of minor aquascaping things; ie output and intake flow with regards to the elevation of the substrate. I also enjoyed putting a name to a face and meeting a few folks too. Look forward to what 2012 has to offer. Looks like the planted tank fever is definitely here to stay. Now hopefully the retail businesses in ottawa area take note and begin to offer some of these products.

Yeah! Errol, when are you opening up a store?  

[fischkopp]

Oh BTW kudos to 3 execs. who have taken their positions to heights not seen within the club in my recent memory, that is Washefuzzy for the presence of the Library &wandmangels for excellent food provided last night & every other meeting and ajm1961 for the excellent newsletters, great job guys.
Regards

+2

I loved the hands-on presentation and picked up a few new things ad ideas that I haven't thought of before.

[Monte]

Great meeting last night.Good turnout.Thanks to everyone who put that together.I love watching the pros build scapes.They make it look so easy.Here is a pic from last night.

[touchofsky]

I enjoyed the meeting very much, and it was nice seeing many of you once again.  Strangely, the driving was fine coming in from Burnstown.  We didn't experience anything other than rain.

As has been previously mentioned, thanks to Winnie for her translating!

[charlie]

Yeah! Errol, when are you opening up a store?  

[Rybren]

I must say that the presentation was terrific.  Between last night's show and seeing pics of Errol's tank, there was a great temptation for me to pull out one of the old tanks in the basement and set up a planted system.  Then I got home and looked at my reef and thought... nahhhh.

[charlie]

I must say that the presentation was terrific.  Between last night's show and seeing pics of Errol's tank, there was a great temptation for me to pull out one of the old tanks in the basement and set up a planted system.  Then I got home and looked at my reef and thought... nahhhh.

We will get to you in time, our plan is to keep tugging at your heart strings 

[Fishnut]

I got an email from our original contact at Aqua Inspiration, Sam:

Hi Sylvia,

Lei and Alex told me it was a fantastic gathering on Tuesday night and they loved your club. Thanks to Winnie as with her help to translate, the presentation went smoothly. We are also appreciated for your invitation and help received from club members. We will try our best to bring in more and better equipments for aquascapers and also improve our English to communicate better next time.

There will be new products, which are also new to the local market, arriving in beginning of Feburary.
In March or April, Frank, a shirmp breeder coming from Vancouver, will have a presentation to set a shrimp tank in our store. (Details to be advised)

Thanks again and keep in touch.

Best regards,

Sam

I've alrady expressed our interest in the shrimp talk.  I don't know about everyone else, but that's one particular subject that I would LOVE to hear a good talk on!!

[bizfromqc]

I've alrady expressed our interest in the shrimp talk.  I don't know about everyone else, but that's one particular subject that I would LOVE to hear a good talk on!!

+1

[Brine]

count me in for the shrimp talk

[charlie]

X3 let`s make it happen 

[bettabreeder]

I would love to attend a shrimp talk