Re: [GSAS-Member] Fwd: meetings and auctions

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, macker wrote:

> Florite.. I just sold off a few boxes of DuplariteG too. Doesn't anyone
> besides me have a full dupla setup anymore? The event sounds awesome... How
> much money do people bring to the auctions? Where is the meeting?

Dupla sold their business to Red Sea a number of years ago.  While they 
were certainly the leader of the high end Plant hardware business in the 
1980's and very early 1990's, their equipment was very expensive, almost 
prohibitive in the US.  But the hobby has absolutely exploded since then, 
and there was no way a company like Dupla was going to stick around 
resting on their previous success.  Some of Dupla's products were never 
proven to have serious results (eg, heading cables), and have disappeared 
(along with dupla itself) into oblivion.

I would say that Aqua Design Amano has definitely replaced them in the 
high end expensive gadget department... unlike Dupla's stuff, Amano's 
equiment has an aesthetic as well as function, plus bizarre names that 
make "Duplarit" seem descriptive.  For years, they had no importer into 
the US, and now they are imported by Aquarium Design Group.  Their glass 
tanks are incredible.

Meanwhile, other companies like Seachem have very effective and affordable 
fertilizers and substrate.  And hobbyists have discovered the fun of 
rolling their own fertilizers and using commercial clays for substrate (at 
substantially-reduced prices).

Our meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of every month at the SPU campus.
Go to the GSAS website, http://www.gsas.org for info on meeting location, 
directions, time, etc.

   - Erik

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