http://www.midwestfragfest.com/

I will be there come and join the fun!!!

Illinois reefers always have some sweet stuff should be some cool stuff to snag.

Linky no workie for me

awesome

The link worked for me. I wish I could go but I think I have finals the following week. I guess I could skip them.

this is way more important than any final

Ok. got it....the server musta been down this morning. Can somebody give me some insite to this? I've never been to one of these? What should I expect if I go? I'm only ~1.5 hours away

+1, wondering the same thing myself

I went to a local frag swap last year, it was pretty cool! lots of speakers, lots of vendors showing off their new stuff, and lots of people selling frags, hopefully for cheap money!! hehehe! I'm going to this one, because the little local one i went to last year was cool, this one should be awesome!

can anybody whose been there tell us?

please tell us, id drive down from milwaukee for this is theres alot of decent priced frags
how large is this?
lots of frag vendors??
thanks!

I do belive this event is going to ROCK. If you made it out last year, or heard that last year it was an ok event, we promise to blow you away this year.

9 speakers

30+ fraggers, some working 2 days, some only 1 day, and plenty of new stuff coming in on Sunday.

2 days of raffles, where the grand prize each day is a 29 gal bio-cube. The mega MASSIVE grand prize is a 22Z Zero Edge tank. Other items incude, gift certs, mag scrips, lots of lighting, aditives filters, bulbs, top off kits, fragging kits, a few RO/DI units, about $15K in all

Over 2 dozen vendors

Plenty of goodies, and free stuff to be handed out. Kent will be out with a ton of give aways, as will DT's with over 1200 bottles of thier new additive.

Frag Demos with free frags (and not all of it is ugly brown

This event has seen well over $50K put into it from the vendors to help make this a show stopper.

Visit www.midwestfragfest.com for info and to register.


**You can still register for the banquet today (4.20.08). The site says 4.18 is the cutoff, but we are leaving the cart buttons active until tonight**

Hope to see everyone there.

Holy ****! I didn't see that anywhere on the site. I think I just made up my mind what day we'll be going.

We just got the details finalized last week on the Zero Edge - it's on the raffle page now!!

Just a reminder to those planning on attending

* All at the door admissions reduced by $1 per canned goods donated up to $5 off
* All pre-registered admissions receive 1 raffle ticket per canned goods donated up to 5 tickets

All canned goods will be donated to the Rockford Rescue Mission (www.rockfordrescuemission.org)

I won't be able to attend , but here is some inside info for all you Nano-Reefers , stop by the " Reef Depot " booth , they will be selling awsome zoa frags for $10 a piece with discounts if you buy multiple frags . I am in no way part of this buisness , but do know the owners and there corals are of Top Quality . They will also be bringing some rare SPS frags , Good Luck and have fun .

For the people who could not supply enough to have bought a traders spot, are we allowed to mention a few things on here we would be willing to trade/sell at the fest?

i too will b going to this since it is really fricking close to me.
us NR'ers should all meet up before hand so we can bumrush this b!t@H and then trade with eachother when its done haha
no but really im gonna go, but what days was everyone else expecting to attend? i know there is like a dinner and stuff like that and it is also i believe 2-3days long so.....
i would like to get all the good stuff before its gone. also, i can put somone up at my pad if needed but u better have good drugs hahaha

If you want to sell there are still fragger spots available. $30 for one day $50 for 2 days.

If you have a few things to sell then post them and see what offers you get.

From some of the feedback I've been getting, there's going to be lots of great stuff available! Unfotunately our tank is not ready for corals!!

HEY THIS IS COMING UP FAST
who is going and what days do u plan on attending?
sunday sounds like more of the good stuff from 11-3. i would like to see the Sat. stuff too, just seems like a long one.
what is super gay is the online reg is now CLOSED LAME

I will be going on Sunday. I have a few plates (one halimitra-if the offer is good enough), a small red/green brain, a large colony of red acans, and various zoas (huge pinks, some blues- not tubs or orgs, bright green) that I can bring if anyone is interested.

I am looking for a few polyps of PPE if anyone has any they can share. I also am looking for a tall tank <40g for seahorses.

Reminder to anyone selling - you can set-up Friday night from 7pm-9pm and Saturday morning starting at 7am.

I hope those of you that made it to FragFest had a great time! If there is anything that you would like to see done different or that you think could have been better - please let us know. Time to start thinking about next year!

well might want to start off by telling the hotel ahead of time that they will need more power from ComED lol
nah, it was a good show for sure. just kinda lame that all the drawings were at the end of the day and u HAD to be there to get them. i mean if u get there at 9am staying till 5 is PAINFUL to say the least.
what was the deal with the 1000 jugs of sea water there?
i mean there is no WAY those got used.

It was a great event and I picked up a lot of stuff so did my girlfriend. It was cool seeing all the new local reefers and some old friends.

q bical all that water was there for the vendors and fraggers so they can do water changes, so the corals dont get too stressed. Its also good to have extra than run short on water. Also what day where u there.

so how much did everyone spend?

i was there on sat from open till noon. man, at how much those boxes of water are a pop i would LOVE to know who donated all those and would have LOVED to take one or 2 of those home w me lol



i only spent i think a 100 on 2 fl rics, a couple zoa heads, an acropora, and a T.Maxima clam.
unfortunately, the zoas i got i dont think are going to make it nor do i think is 1 of the rics i got.
still waiting to see what happens w these stupid things

Looks like This event came and is gone.

What's a frag fest? I'm new to this hobby - and still learning the jargon.

Frag - is that a fragment of coral harvested from a thriving coral that's cut off to grow in another tank for sale or trade?

Is this type of event something that happens often in Chicago area?

Thanks

The event is over for this year and it was great! We are starting to plan next year already. You are correct on the definition of frag. FragFest is a huge frag swap, a vendor show, and a chance to listen to some great speakers! A frag swap is a chance to buy/sell/trade frags with other hobbists. It's a great opportunity to meet others in the hobby and to learn from them. The vendors usually have free samples of their products and you can get a chance to ask them questions. You can see pictures and see the info from this past year at
www.midwestfragfest.com

Fragswaps have become popluar and there is usually 1 a month that will be within a few hours drive. The next one I know of is at Drs Foster and Smith in Rhinelander, WI. They have an awesome facility and it is well worth the drive if you've never been there.