aaronbromley3

It seems like there is barely anyone here in the salt lake valley that are into planted tanks, and I can't find any clubs or anything.


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Hashbaz

NACU fizzled out a few years back. But there is a group of planted tank enthusiasts on facebook.

Diyun4

I am in slc and I have two planted tank....

I was thinking about starting a club here because the lack of the planted tank info in Utah. @hashbaz is that group in Utah?


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aaronbromley3

Why did NACU fizzle out?


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Hashbaz

Diyun4, the FB group is called "Utah Aquascaping and Planted Tanks". Here is a link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/583764868420806/

Aaronbromley3, I'm not really sure why it fizzled out. I think people gradually lost interest. And the attendance dwindled until it was not worth continuing.

We had monthly meetings that consisted of a presentation and a little socializing. I'm not sure how many people were interested in the presentations. I was more interested in socializing and informal discussions. I wonder if quarterly meetings would work better.

In the FB group, there has been discussions of starting regular meetings, but nothing has ever happened.

aaronbromley3

Hmm I'll have to check that out and I would love to attend regular meetings if there were any.


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Michael

Our club has been active for a very long time, but we have faced the same issues. Last year we changed to having a meeting every other month instead of every month, and that helped. We also de-emphasized the formal presentations, and focused on meeting in members homes where we could have informal discussions about how each member manages his/her tanks. And the plant swap remains the big favorite.