Registration for GML Farm Visit/Seminar on Beneficial Bacteria on Sat, 19 Sep 2009

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Dear members

Arowana Fanatics Club is delighted to organise our first Club event for AFC Ordinary Members - a farm visit and a seminar on Beneficial Bacteria on 19 September 2009 at GML Aquatics Pte Ltd, 10, Lim Chu Kang Lane 9A SINGAPORE 718878. Map click here.

There will also be a Photography Competition (On-line) – details will be posted later, but the photo subject has to be from GML Aquatics captured on the day of this event. 3 prizes will be awarded to the top 3 photos, judged by our experts - amiidae, marshy, slooow and SoToNgMaN.

If this is not enough to make you interested, there is another chance for you to win a prize. An on-line quiz will be held post event based on the seminar topic covered. Prizes will be awarded to 3 participants with all correct answers. In the event that we have more than 3 persons with all correct answers, 3 lucky winners will be drawn.

All prizes are kindly sponsored by Rein-Biotech Services Pte Ltd.

The programme for the day is as follows:

08:30 Attendance taking

08:45 Introduction of GML Aquatics Pte Ltd

09:00 Introduction of brooders and harvesting

10:00 Tour of farm, followed by Talk about arowana selection by breeder

11:30 Lunch

12:30 Talk on Beneficial Bacteria by Tim van den Broek, Technical Director, MICROBE-LIFT

1. Introduction Ecological Laboratories

2. Water Chemistry: The 'MICROBE-LIFT approach' and key factors of water chemistry and aquarium care

3. Water Biology 101

a. Loading vs. Removal
b. Kinetic Rates

4. Bacterial Technology

a. Overview of bacteria
b. How do bacteria work?
c. Filters and their importance

5. MICROBE-LIFT bacterial technology

6. Common issues in aquarium and pond care

7. MICROBE-LIFT product overview

8. Q&A

Note: The Organiser reserves the right to change the Programme without prior notice.

Only 50 places are available and it is free for AFC Ordinary Members. Therefore, AFC members who registered and do not turn up will be "disciplined" by the AFC Committee. For AFC members' guests, S$20 per person will be charged.

The deadline for registration is 1 September, 2359 Hr AF time. It will be on a first-come-first-served basis and AFC members and their guest/s will be given priority. However, please note that guest/s must be accompanied by AFC member and cannot be registered "through" AFC member. After this date/time, registration will be open to AF members.

The person-in-charge of Registration is haya23busa
The person-in-charge of this event is Andrew Tan

TO REGISTER, please provide your Nick and Valid Contact Number. REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ONCE WE RECEIVE 50 REGISTERED ATTENDEES OR AT 2359 HR AF TIME ON
1 SEPTEMBER 2009, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST.

For members’ guests, members shall be responsible for the payment due. Payment will be collected on the day of the event and we’d appreciate if you could bring the exact change. Children will not be allowed.

No cancellation is allowed after registration closes, in order to facilitate logistics and catering arrangements.

Eg:
1. Zon + 1 guest
2. D24

Total: 3 attendees

This thread is FOR REGISTRATION ONLY.

For discussions and questions, please click here:
http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=387352

By registration, members are deemed to have read and understood the terms and conditions and will be responsible for checking the Forum on event update/s.

For more information on Rein Biotech Services Pte Ltd, please click here.

For more information on MICROBE-LIFT, please click here.

AFC Committee