aquaman7 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 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 AveCincinnati, 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 MediaDrs. Foster and Smith: $25 Gift CertificateDT\'s Phytoplankton: PhytoBoston Aqua Farms: SPS Propagation KitAquatic Specialists: Saltwater Master Test KitYZ Reef: (5x) $10 Gift CertificatesPhyto2:Current USA: Current Fission Skimmer, (2x) 20\" T5 Light FixturesMark Weiss Co.: Assorted Products Coral Magazine: Magazines and Reef Life 2010 Wall Calendars Rod\'s Food : (10x) Original Blend Frozen FoodReef Life Magazine:Dirk\'s:Jack\'s Aquarium and Pets : Gift CertificatesMarine Solutions:Oceans Blend:Pet Solutions: Assorted Products, Gift Certificates, Certificates for Free ShippingCoral Ranch:Reef Hobbyist Magazine : Bundles of MagazinesOceans Blend:Zoomed:Hamilton Technology: Blub, Pendant, TimersXiong Aquatics: Assorted Frags, (10x) $30 Gift CertificatesReef Geek:Omega One: Assorted Food ProductsAutoTopoff.com: Top-Off ControllerSunlight Supply: Blueline 250W HQI BallastHydor:Saltwater Critters: $25 Gift Certificate For Dry GoodsOcean Pods: (8x) Bottles of Ocean PodsPacific East Aquaculture: Gift CertificatesFlorida Aqua Farms: (3x) Clownfish Breeding BooksTrillby Tropicals: $50 Gift CertificateSequence: Reeflo Snapper PumpYour Reef: Gift CertificatePremium Aquatics: Vertex RefractometerPurely H20:Aquatic Life: T5 HO Dual Lamp Light FixtureJoe\'s Juice: (24) Bottles of Joe\'s JuiceTwo 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. ________________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment
Lawnman Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 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? Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 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! Link to comment
twelve volt pro Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Very nice, I just might have to make the drive there.... Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 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? Link to comment
Lawnman Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 I will spread the word. Also bringing my buddy as well.We will be buying.Not much to trade yet. Link to comment
twelve volt pro Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 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. Link to comment
ohio reefer Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 i will be there for sure. can't wait Link to comment
spankyleatherlips Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 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. <*()=;======;=)~~~ Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 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. Link to comment
gthorpe2 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=204352 Also a post I made... Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 ^Oops... I didn't realize you posted here already Greg . Link to comment
Lawnman Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 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? Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 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. Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 ^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.). Link to comment
Jasoncgnu Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 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!! Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 ^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. Link to comment
twelve volt pro Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 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!! Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 8, 2009 Author Share Posted August 8, 2009 ^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. Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 10, 2009 Author Share Posted August 10, 2009 Added The Coral Ranch to the vendor list (those guys are great)! Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 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. Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 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! Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 Okay... 10 packs of original blend frozen food from Rod's Food has been added to out Raffle/Silent Auction list. Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 I just updated our raffle/silent auction items again with too many to list here (see main post). Link to comment
aquaman7 Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 Xiong Aquatics and Hamilton Technology have just been added to our raffle items list. Link to comment
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