aquaman7
Aug 1 2009, 07:55 PM
Hello everyone,
On behalf of the Cincinnati Reefkeepers Society,
I am happy to invite everyone at Nano-Reef to our 2009 Frag Swap!
Date:Saturday, October 10, 2009
Time:10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location:The Underground 1140 Smiley Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45240
(513) 221-4888
Admission:Admission is just $5 for hobbyists and $15 for hobbyists with more than 25 items. Families of two adults plus children are just $10. Or, reserve one of our new larger spots for $15 for a prime location at the trading tables!
Send a PM to Drimo at cincyreef.com to reserve a prime location at the trading tables.Featuring:
The Newport Aquarium's Mobile Shark Tank!
For the first time, The Newport Aquarium will be at the Cincy Reef Frag Swap. Come talk with the wonderful marine biologists from the aquarium and see their shark!
Also, the best local vendors will be here to sell you quality frags, equipment, invertebrates and more!
Stay around all day for our awesome raffle at the conclusion of the swap; featuring items from our club sponsors and other industry-leading vendors and manufacturers.
Most importantly, and best of all, lots of hobbyists from all around will be here to buy, sell, and trade with you coral frags propagated in their own tanks! Even fish, invertebrates, equipment, and more will show up!
If you're in the area (or otherwise), it's well worth a drive. This is a great event all about a lot of reef-loving aquarists getting together to support eachother... so you'll find great deals from great people. It is also, perhaps, the BEST enviornment to learn about the hobby. It's lot's of fun! You'll be sure to leave smiling and with a cooler full of frags!
Be sure to bring your coral to trade!!!________________________________________________________________________________Vendors:
________________________________________________________________________________Raffle/Silent Auction Items:Bulk Reef Supply: (2x) Deluxe BRS Carbon and GFO Reactors Plus Media
Drs. Foster and Smith: $25 Gift Certificate
DT\'s Phytoplankton: Phyto
Boston Aqua Farms: SPS Propagation Kit
Aquatic Specialists: Saltwater Master Test Kit
YZ Reef: (5x) $10 Gift Certificates
Phyto2:
Current USA: Current Fission Skimmer, (2x) 20\" T5 Light Fixtures
Mark Weiss Co.: Assorted Products
Coral Magazine: Magazines and Reef Life 2010 Wall Calendars
Rod\'s Food : (10x) Original Blend Frozen Food
Reef Life Magazine:
Dirk\'s:
Jack\'s Aquarium and Pets : Gift Certificates
Marine Solutions:
Oceans Blend:
Pet Solutions: Assorted Products, Gift Certificates, Certificates for Free Shipping
Coral Ranch:
Reef Hobbyist Magazine : Bundles of Magazines
Oceans Blend:
Zoomed:
Hamilton Technology: Blub, Pendant, Timers
Xiong Aquatics: Assorted Frags, (10x) $30 Gift Certificates
Reef Geek:
Omega One: Assorted Food Products
AutoTopoff.com: Top-Off Controller
Sunlight Supply: Blueline 250W HQI Ballast
Hydor:
Saltwater Critters: $25 Gift Certificate For Dry Goods
Ocean Pods: (8x) Bottles of Ocean Pods
Pacific East Aquaculture: Gift Certificates
Florida Aqua Farms: (3x) Clownfish Breeding Books
Trillby Tropicals: $50 Gift Certificate
Sequence: Reeflo Snapper Pump
Your Reef: Gift Certificate
Premium Aquatics: Vertex Refractometer
Purely H20:
Aquatic Life: T5 HO Dual Lamp Light Fixture
Joe\'s Juice: (24) Bottles of Joe\'s Juice
Two Little Fishies:
Reef Nutrition: (3x) Sets of All Products (Tigger-pods, Arti-pods, Oyster-feast, Phyto-feast, Roti-feast)
Aquatic Specialists, LLC: Reef Master Test Kit
(THIS LIST WILL BE UPDATED AS ITEMS ARE RECIEVED)________________________________________________________________________________The swap is now listed on Fragswapper!CLICK HERE for a direct link to The Cincy Reef Swap listing.________________________________________________________________________________See us in the "Events" section of Reefkeeping Online Magazine.________________________________________________________________________________
Lawnman
Aug 1 2009, 08:42 PM
Awesome Can't wait. So for someone coming 2 hours away what would you suggest we bring with us to transport frags back home? Cooler? Ice packs?Heat Packs?
aquaman7
Aug 1 2009, 10:14 PM
I would say a styrofoam cooler or, better yet, a Playmate picnic cooler (or something like that) should provide enough insulation to keep everything at a decent temperature. It's always hard to judge Cincinnati weather in early October... some days are freezing and others can feel like the middle summer. I've used the same Playmate-brand cooler every swap and it insulates VERY well. I've never had to use a heat or cool pack. Most people bring the cheap styrofoam coolers that always seem to work well too.
I'm glad you're coming... spread the word!
twelve volt pro
Aug 1 2009, 10:44 PM
Very nice, I just might have to make the drive there....
aquaman7
Aug 1 2009, 11:49 PM
It will be worth the drive... we are really working hard to make this our best swap ever. Where are you coming from twelve volt pro?
Lawnman
Aug 2 2009, 12:07 AM
I will spread the word. Also bringing my buddy as well.We will be buying.Not much to trade yet.
twelve volt pro
Aug 2 2009, 10:11 AM
QUOTE (aquaman7 @ Aug 2 2009, 12:49 AM)
It will be worth the drive... we are really working hard to make this our best swap ever. Where are you coming from twelve volt pro?
Coming from Fort Wayne, IN. Just a jump on the old toll road and a straight shot more or less. I did forget that its the same weekend we are planning on being at Cedar Point for our wedding anniversary, so I dunno how feasible its going to be to make it there. Time will tell I suppose.
ohio reefer
Aug 2 2009, 10:42 AM
i will be there for sure.
can't wait
spankyleatherlips
Aug 2 2009, 10:55 AM
I am marking my calendar......I am new to Nano reefing and have no frags to swap
I live across the river from good ole Rabbit Hash, KY. I will really have to save $$$$$$ for the swap because 2 weeks after I go to Wiener Dog Fest in NYC if I can afford the airfare out of CVG.
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aquaman7
Aug 2 2009, 11:01 PM
I hope you guys can make it. Good ol' Rabbit Hash
.
There will be lots of vendors there with PLENTY of coral... not to mention all of the hobbbyists bringing lots of thier own stuff. This is probably the best place to buy a bunch of frags to fill a new tank... it's what I did several years ago to fill mine. Unfortunately I'm in the market for lots of frags as well... we moved in January and my tank apparently didn't handle it too well and all but totally crashed about a month after I set it up at the new house. Then, just 2 weeks ago, my heater malfunctioned and brought my tank up to 90. I'm not sure for how long it was that high, as I was hardly home the week it happened, but it was long enough to kill most of the few recovering corals I had left. So I'm itchin' for frags too!
Thanks for spreading the word... we're advertising this earlier than ever and working hard to make this swap our best yet.
gthorpe2
Aug 3 2009, 11:30 PM
aquaman7
Aug 4 2009, 10:30 PM
^Oops... I didn't realize you posted here already Greg
.
Lawnman
Aug 4 2009, 10:48 PM
Sounds great. Getting a New Solana next week and can't wait to stock it.Won't miss it for nothing.It is inked on the calendar.
Did you hit Premium Aquatics up for a donation?
aquaman7
Aug 5 2009, 10:07 PM
I'm sure PA has been contacted. They make a donation every year and host powerbuys for our club.
Glad you can make it! You'll fill up that Solana, no problem
.
Spread the word.
aquaman7
Aug 6 2009, 02:33 PM
^Vendor list updated!
Marine Solutions (With their AWESOME clams and frags, they are always a club and crowd favorite.).
and
Dirk's (Dirk's will bring any item available in his inventory as long as he is notified in advance of the swap. Call Dirk at (651) 388-7319 to ask about inventory.).
Jasoncgnu
Aug 6 2009, 02:50 PM
This sounds awesome! I hope I have some money by the time this comes around because I will be there for sure! Maybe I can find some people around West Lafayette to carpool with and save on gas.
Edit: CRAP!!! just checked the old schedule and that is the weekend of my cousin's wedding. Oh well maybe I can go visit some fish shops out in Cali!!
aquaman7
Aug 6 2009, 10:22 PM
^Bummer. Too bad you can't make it... but there are some excellent fish stores out in California. Maybe next year.
If anyone needs additional information about the swap, don't hesitate to post your questions here or send me a PM. Keep checking this thread, as well. I will update it with info and confirmed vendors and raffle items.
twelve volt pro
Aug 6 2009, 10:51 PM
Wife wont let me make a detour on our way home from our wedding anniversary trip. Something about "going to miss the kids, blah blah blah."
Haha, seriously tho, I wish I could make it, hope you guys have an awesome meet!!
aquaman7
Aug 7 2009, 11:15 PM
^Too bad you can't make it. We'll keep having these... so mark your calendar early for 2010... it is usually held on the second Saturday in October.
aquaman7
Aug 10 2009, 05:57 PM
Added The Coral Ranch to the vendor list (those guys are great)!
aquaman7
Aug 11 2009, 08:53 PM
Tell your friends to check us out in the "Upcoming Events" section of Reefkeeping Online Magazine...
http://www.reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.ph...upcoming-events.
aquaman7
Aug 12 2009, 10:38 PM
Alright!
I just added to our list of Raffle/Silent Auction Items...
Phyto2 (products created by Mark Vera):
Current USA:
Coral Magazine: Magazines and 2010 Wall Calendars
Mark Weiss Co.: Assorted Products
These lists will keep on growing!
Get your frags ready... it's going to be quite a swap!
aquaman7
Aug 13 2009, 11:38 AM
Okay... 10 packs of original blend frozen food from Rod's Food has been added to out Raffle/Silent Auction list.
aquaman7
Aug 13 2009, 11:50 AM
I just updated our raffle/silent auction items again with too many to list here (see main post).
aquaman7
Aug 14 2009, 09:19 PM
Xiong Aquatics and Hamilton Technology have just been added to our raffle items list.
aquaman7
Aug 18 2009, 10:51 AM
This swap is now listed on fragswapper.com.
aquaman7
Aug 24 2009, 05:12 PM
^Added more raffle items to the list. This is going to be a GREAT raffle!
aquaman7
Aug 25 2009, 08:32 PM
Sorry you must be tired of reading this... I just updated our raffle items list again.
I added...
Hydor:
Saltwater Critters: $25 Gift Certificate For Dry Goods
Ocean Pods: (8x) Bottles of Ocean Pods
Pacific East Aquaculture: Gift Certificates
Florida Aqua Farms: (3x) Clownfish Breeding Books
Who can make it from Nano-Reef?
This is going to be a GREAT swap!
Pwnm30rdi3
Aug 25 2009, 08:58 PM
I may have to make the drive too.
I only have 1 or 2 small frags for the trade.
I'll have to buy my way through.
aquaman7
Aug 31 2009, 07:54 PM
We'd love to have you... there will be plenty to buy!
I also added items from...
Trillby Tropicals
Your Reef
Sequence
aquaman7
Sep 2 2009, 09:06 PM
aquaman7
Sep 11 2009, 11:09 PM
My new favorite LFS has just signed up as a vendor!
aquaman7
Sep 11 2009, 11:15 PM
I also added items from Joe's Juice and Aquatic Specialists LLC to our list of raffle items.
spankyleatherlips
Sep 12 2009, 07:18 PM
How far away is Coral Ranch from Big Butter Jesus??? I want to make the swap, but I also need to go to NYC the same month. I would love to visit the Coral Ranch if I can't make the swap.
aquaman7
Sep 14 2009, 07:15 PM
^Here is a link to their website...
http://www.coralranch.net/. They should have directions or at least their address listed.
______________________________________________________________Just added two more vendors!!!
Buckeye Field Supply (All of your RO/DI needs and more!)
and
Reef Systems Coral Farm (This will be the first time Reef Systems will be able to come to the swap! We are excited to have them!)
aquaman7
Sep 22 2009, 11:23 PM
With the addition of Chief Reef, Paul's Reefs, and Lucid Propagations... We are officially out of room for any more vendors!!! This is a GREAT line-up of vendors... some of which are making their "frag swap debuts"!
bluenassarius
Sep 22 2009, 11:25 PM
wow,
sounds like a great swap! i love mingling with other reef addicts at these events
Jacobnano
Sep 22 2009, 11:27 PM
We need some big swaps over here
aquaman7
Sep 24 2009, 08:39 PM
QUOTE (bluenassarius @ Sep 23 2009, 12:25 AM)
wow,
sounds like a great swap! i love mingling with other reef addicts at these events
As do I... It's nice to meet all the other "salt creeps"
.
QUOTE (Jacobnano @ Sep 23 2009, 12:27 AM)
We need some big swaps over here
Feel free to drive on over! ...I guess Washington is a bit far
.
If you're coming, be sure to sign up on Fragswapper
http://www.fragswapper.com and visit our "Frag Swap Chat" forum on the Cincy Reef forums
http://www.cinyreef.com.
This is going to be a great event everyone! We will have...
10 vendors with awesome coral, drygoods, equipment, inverts and more...
Several awesome raffles and silent auctions throughout the day...
A grand raffle at the conclusion of the swap...
Bags loaded with product literature sent in from industry leaders...
Biologists and sharks from the Newport Aquarium (I know some Nano-Reef folks want to pet a shark!)...
AND, as aforementioned, lots of "Salt Creeps" to share heroic aquaria tales and swap frags with!
I hope to see some of you there!
Lawnman
Sep 29 2009, 10:13 PM
How many people you think will be there selling frags?
aquaman7
Oct 2 2009, 11:32 AM
7 of our vendors will be selling frags and most of the hobbyists there will have frags to sell or trade... we're hoping to have several hundred people come throughout the day. We're working to make this our best swap yet so hopefully lots of people will come! There are just 7 days to go!!!
Lawnman
Oct 10 2009, 05:43 PM
The frag swap was off the hook. I really enjoyed it and dumped a fair share of coin LOL. Your society puts on a great swap. Me and my buddy will be back every year. The raffle was AWESOME I won 3 times got a bunch of Chemipure and chemipure elite. The silent auction was cool to but was talking to a few others and it was really messed up on how you did it. A true silent auction has a box in front of it like you had for the raffle and you put the amount on a little piece of paper and put it in the box so no one knows what you bid. I noticed at 1:58 alot of people just walked up and raised there price 1 dollar to win. I think doing it in a closed box would make your society alot more money. Not complaining just giving advise.The vendors just about give the stuff away at the last minute. I got a lot of acans,zoas,rics,yuma and one bad to the bone mini carpet anenome.
happyfishman
Oct 27 2009, 03:26 AM
That sounds like a great event! I hope it all went well.
Looking forward to another like it.
Cheers
aquaman7
Nov 15 2009, 11:43 PM
Thanks Lawnman! The silent raffle box like you suggested has been mentioned before to the frag swap commitee and very well may be employed in the future... regardless the silent auction (which really was run in more of a bid n' buy format) was a big success and will definitely happen again! I'm glad you had a great time... I REALLY did too!
Please spread the word about our swap! We would really like the number of attendees to continue to grow... because a swap is really not much of a swap if there aren't great hobbyists like all of you who came! This was, by far, our best swap yet. We had some new ideas that worked out very well and can be fine-tuned and enhanced. We expect our annual swap to keep getting even better in the future.
Maybe (Lord-willing) we will be able to host MACNA here in Cincinnati in the near future.
Anthony Calfo will be speaking at our January Meeting at the same location as our swap! Check our website (http://www.cincyreef.com) for updates and more information.
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