fitch4 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Jon Swanson here from the E.O. Smith High School Coral Project here! I wanted to reach out to the nano-reef community to extend an invite to you all to come out to the 7th annual Frag Farmer's Market in Storrs CT on March 8th 2014. An offshoot of the coral aquaculture project I work on with students at the high school I teach at (www.eosmithcoralproject.org), the FFM has grown into the biggest "swap" in the Northeast, bringing together some of biggest names (Jason Fox, Hiller, Pacific East, etc..) alongside a ton a of hobbyists who sell off their own homegrown frags. If anyone is in the area, please come out and check it out. I am also looking for more hobbyists (and shops) to set up at the FFM. The whole idea behind the event has always been to give the little guy a low cost-low stress "show" venue to be able to sell their corals at and make a few $. My thinking being that if the hobbyist has the chance to make a few $ fragging, they are more likely to grow, frag, and distribute aquacultured corals. Anyway, if anyone is interested in coming out to sell, shoot me a PM and I can give you details on set-up and such. Last year we had over 500 people come out and almost 40 "vendors" and it keeps growing every year! Let me know if you have questions! -Jon Swanson Link to comment
fitch4 Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 The FFM looks to be HUGE this year. I already have more than 40 "vendors" coming out to sell for the day and that is where we finished last time! It is definitely worth a trip out to Storrs to check it out this year if you have never been. Link to comment
Angeles Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Sounds great! I would come,except that I'm busy! Link to comment
fitch4 Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Too bad, you should clear your plans. It is by far the best swap I have been to in terms of corals and the prices. Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Change the thread title to 2014 Link to comment
fitch4 Posted December 14, 2013 Author Share Posted December 14, 2013 Wow, thanks for picking that up for me! Link to comment
fitch4 Posted December 16, 2013 Author Share Posted December 16, 2013 Glad to have you on board! It looks to be a great FFM this year. Link to comment
fitch4 Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 As of two days ago the vendor spots for the FFM are all FULL, which is crazy because we are still two month's out. I will have a whopping 50 people selling coral set-up for the day. Doing a little quick math, that is.... ALOT of corals! If only I knew some people who would love to see a ton of different corals for sale at super cheap prices... I'm putting the list together of vendors and should have it cleaned up and ready to post in a few days! Link to comment
fitch4 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Okay, I think I have it...FINALLY Here is the seller list for the FFM!I apologize now for screwing up someone's name and definitely someone's home state. I might have guessed on one or two...Happy reading! Seller State10sojs - CTA+A Corals (Formerly- Anthony27) NYC AC Corals CT Aquadreams MAAquatic X-celelnce NJaznnutty's saltwater connections OHCapcept/BfishLpond78/FRivera CTCDMAS Sponsor NYChriskid CTColorful corals NYCullyisGully LIDankacedium MDDesigner Corals CTDvetran CTE.O. Smith Coral Project CTEmessier CTExotic Fish and Corals CTExotic Reef Creations MDFins Aquarium NYFrank180Reef MAGotham Aquatics NYCGreg Hiller BRSHammer NHijamcorals MDJason Foxx MDjgraz NJknockOUT Aquatics LLC PAKwong1998 NYCLove the Reef BRSMass Reef Care MAMatt Spaulding VTMetroKat NYMO~Idol (Steve) NYCMrsDubs NYCPablo NYCPacific East Aquaculture MDPhil Quindara NYR+R Aquatics NYCReef Creations NYCSassawrasse CTShayna 123 CTShector/Bubbabobobbrain CTSmiz NYSuicideissleep CTThe Coral Reef CTTinygiant (Chris) NHUpstate Corals NYUsefulIdiot CTVermont Aquatics VTxclusive corals NJZooanthids.com UTZybergoby NY Link to comment
Mkus Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Great by far the best frag swap Ive been to Ill be there!!! Link to comment
metrokat Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Need to make a FS thread for this swap. Link to comment
lnglostsurfer Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Too bad I don't still live in CT.....it's been about 10 years now haha. Wish I could come for sure though! Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 MOAR FRAGS MUHAHAHAHAH Link to comment
fitch4 Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 Nice! What is the pink/green "ball" in the center? Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I will be there this year again. I have over 200 frags. A large variety of zoas, some micromussa, pink birdsnest, pink/orange/green chalice.., pocillipora, a really nice Bright Red lobo, some favia colonies.. etc. i will have to snap a picture in the next day or so Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Tiny, do you set up the night before? I'm new to this and hope not to have a tank full of cloudy water. Any way to prevent this? Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 It's like 2.5hrs away. I just setup when I get there. Shouldn't. Get cloudy if you don't bring sand in the setup. I just bring a small tank with about 5g of water. I have a neat little setup. With a tiny 1g sump that I put a heater in. There are a bunch of different methods. I might have pics of my frag setup on here somewhere Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Pictures of the frag racks.. I was just in there tossing more new frags in so some things might be newly fragged or just annoyed with me Green Monti digi Orange Monti digi orange Monti cap Chili Pepper Monti cap Pink Birdsnest Purple Sponge (from Jason Fox) Green Pocilipora damicornis Green Micromussa Blue Ridge coral Green Hydnophora rigita Purple Blasstomussa wellsi ($20ea) Pink/Orange Chalice ($20ea) Green Star Polyps Red Mushrooms Magic Mushroom Liams Clove Polyps and a HUGE assortment of different zoas. I just fragged up some blue tubs, RDPE, neon Pinks, Mohawks, Lord of the rings, rasta.. etc prices vary on the zoas. I also have some good sized pieces too of red/green lobo and green favias. Link to comment
fitch4 Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Here is the updated list for the FFM "vendors." There have been a few changes and a few additions.10sojs CTAC Corals CTAnthony NYCAquadreams MAAquatic X-celelnce NJAZNnutty's Saltwater ConnectionsCapcept/BfishLpond78/Franky Rivera CTChriskid CTColorful corals PACullyisGully NYDankacedium MDDesigner Corals CTDvetran CTE.O. Smith Coral Project CTEmessier CTExotic Fish and Corals CTExotic Reef Creations MDFins Aquarium NYFrank180Reef MAGotham Aquatics NYCGreg Hiller BRSHammer NHHeadie Corals CTHealth Pets CDMASijamcorals MDJason Foxx MDjgraz NJJohn Verga NYknockOUT Aquatics LLC PAKwong1998 NYCLove the Reef BRSMass Reef Care MAMatt Spaulding VTMetroKat's Sassy Frags NYMO~Idol (Steve) NYCPablo NYCPacific East Aquaculture MDPhil Quindara CDMASR+R Aquatics NYCReef Creations NYCRenegade Reefers NYCSassawrasse CTShayna 123 CTShector/Bubbabobobbrain CTSmiz NYSuicideissleep CTThe Coral Reef CTTinygiant (Chris) NHUpstate Corals NYUsefulIdiot CTVermont Aquatics VTxclusive corals NYZooanthids.com UTZybergoby CDMAS This is only the coral vendors and I will "release" the other vendors when I finalize the list! Link to comment
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