WAMAS Summer Meeting - July 26, 2025 - Salem Clemens of Reef Builders
Time: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM (Speaker starts at 3:00 PM)
Where: North Bethesda Middle School, 8935 Bradmoor Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817
WAMAS members get in free. Guests are $10 each (paid at the door). Join WAMAS at this link.
Agenda:
1:30 Sign-in / socialize / frag sales
2:00 Workshop - TBD
2:50 Club business
3:00 Speaker - Salem Clemens
4:00 Break
4:15 Raffle!
Salem Clemens is an aquarist that's been obsessed with all aspects of the hobby fresh and salt for a decade. He worked for around five years in the retail side of the industry and recently graduated with a degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and a minor in Chemistry. During his time in college he studied coral pathology working closely with his universities Biology and Chemistry programs where he gained experience in microbiology, biochemistry and analytical techniques such as GC-MS. Salem has a passion for rare and oddball corals, fish and inverts, experimenting with new methods and attempting to solve problems in the trade. He hopes to utilize an objective lens to help elute the best information and practices in the industry.
Special thanks to theses sponsors. Please support them & say thanks next time you shop with them.
WAMAS Platinum Sponsors
- Air, Water & Ice
- Avast Marine
- Blue Ribbon Koi
- Capital Exotic Fish
- Champion Lighting & Supply
- ChemiPure (Boyd Enterprises)
- Coral Candy Aquaculture
- Exotic Reef Creations
- Frank's Tanks
- Puddle Aquatics
- Reed Mariculture (Reef Nutrition)
- Reef eScape
- Supreme Reefs
WAMAS Banner-Only Sponsors
- Bulk Reef Supply
- Cobalt Aquatics
- Coral Magazine
- Jellyfish Art
- Maxspect
- Two Little Fishies
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