TinyGiant Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I had a TON of fun at this event last year. I plan on bringing another 300+ frags to sell. Come buy from me and a ton of other people. Last year they had 5 rooms packed with sellers. " What is a "Frag Farmer's Market"? Inspired by the idea of the the reef club frag swap, the New England Frag Farmer's represents a regional event with "farmers" from all over New England gather to sell their home grown "crop." The E.O. Smith Coral Project opens the doors to the school for any local hobbyist, retail or online store to come in and set-up a tank to sell coral frags. Admission is free, so anyone can come in and chat with the farmers, share information and get a few nice homegrown frags to stock their tanks. Why organize the Frag Farmer's? The coral reefs of the world are in peril as a result of numerous human activities, including the marine aquarium trade. As a hobbyist myself, I find it upsetting that I am taking part in destroying the reefs that I love so much. The hobby that we all take part in pulls ten of thousands of corals out of the oceans each year, with a focus on finding the rare and hard to find specimens. The irony is that most hobbyists have the ability to successfully grow coral colonies from tiny pieces of the colony and can, in time, create full sized colonies in captivity, with minimal effect on the ocean populations. By providing a venue for local hobbyists to sell homegrown coral frags from their tanks, my hope is that more people will take the time to frag the corals that they have. If we can take one coral colony from the wild, cut it into 25 pieces, put it into 25 people's tanks who grow it out and frag it, we will not have to take another colony of that coral from the wild in the future. By hosting the event, I also give the hobbyist a chance to see some of the incredible diversity of homegrown coral that is available in the New England area. By giving hobbyists the opportunity to stock their tanks, learn a few things from people who are successfully growing corals in their aquariums, and leave ready to start growing and fragging themselves, I am hoping to have a positive effect on the environmental impact of our hobby. 2013 Frag Farmer Sponsors The following companies have generously supported the Frag Farmer's Market this year either by donations to the market, or by participating with their frags. These businesses have shown commitment to the environment by providing frags, supplies to frag, or "greener" options to reefkeeping in general. The E.O. Smith Coral Project encourages you to take a minute to support these businesses when purchasing equipment, fragging supplies, or frags for your systems. Take a minute to look over their websites using the attached links. Check back often, this list is ALWAYS growing! Thanks- Jon Swanson Director" Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 anyone coming this year? i hear they have 40 sellers already lined up jason fox will be there this year too! i started fragging again to stock up for the event. I hope to bring close to 300 frags down with me Who is going this year!? little list of stuff i fragged up last night 15 ORA green birds nest12 Pink Birdsnest6 Photosynthetic Gorgs12 Green star polyps19 orange monti cap6 superman monti digi6 green cabbage leather7 blue/green elephant palys8 Neon Green Monti cap10 Flowerpot Caps I also still have a ton of more mature frags in my frag system too.. and about another 100 plugs to fill. I also have some combo rocks i can bring if they are pre paid for. (rocks with multiple frags on them) these are at least a couple months old and i add stuff to them all the time. Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Is there a frag swap bulletin board for this event somewhere? Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 not that i know of.. not an official one. its run by a school science department as a fundraiser. There are threads all over the internet.. but i dont think there is an official one.. maybe on a CT reef club somewhere? Link to comment
Bill Nye Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I heard about this through Boston Reefers I will be going and hopefully pickin up some legit frags! Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I'm contemplating making the trip to meet some of the vendors. Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 do it! it was an awesome event last year. i wasnt able to walk around much since i was selling the whole time.. but 5 rooms of sellers gives for a bunch of variety Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 I reworked my frag display system to include a sump and two k-nanos. Last year i had trouble keeping the temperature where it should be. With the heater in the bottle sump i should be ready to rock. Link to comment
randythefishdude Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I havent posted in a long time..I just started to redo my tank..but if your deciding on going go this event sells tons of corals. high end, to starter frags, and large colonys Jason Fox will be there, and the sponser list is very large. There are frags here from 5 -500$ I would say most are very good priced, and bargans... lots of clams last year make sure you come out! this year will be much bigger aswell! Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted February 25, 2013 Author Share Posted February 25, 2013 the club I run in NH had a swap today at my house and I sold about 50 frags from my holding system. but after the swap was over i had the ambition (thanks to a couple cups of coffe) to redo my rock columns again.. due to some majanos that have been bugging the heck out of me for months.. I had to move a bunch of sps colonies and make my stacks much sturdier... i'm not really digging the new look.. but i was able to get another 40 or so frags from the adventure and i ended up with a RBTA split... Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 i will be selling for $8ea or if you buy 5 or more $5ea as far as variety i will have Lord of the Rings Zoa Radio Active Green Dragon Eye Zoa Keds Reds Zoa Pink and Gold palys Blue Palys Green Palys neon Green Cloves Cabbage leather Photosynthetic Sea Fan Gorg Green Star Polyp Pink Birdsnest ORA Green Birdsnest Rainbow Pink Stylo Monti Danae Superman Monti Digi Blue/purple Monti Digi Orange Monti cap Purple Rim Monti cap Green Monti cap Chili Monti cap (green with red polyps) Flower Pot Monti cap (green with purple polyps) Elkhorn Monti (endangered species now!) meteorshower Cephystrea Digitata (branching metorshower) Blue Ridge Coral (neat hard body Soft coral) neon Green Pocillipora damicornis I could bring some chaeto if anyone needs it (I ran out of a couple frags the other day after having my nhfragswap.com monthly swap at my house) Armor of God Zoa Hawaiin Starburst Zoa Nuclear Green Paly Pom pom Xenia Pavona catus I think that completes the list. i will plan on making a stock list soon and organizing them all on the racks.. So i will know better what I have when i get the ambition to tackle that lol they have me marked at Chris VT for some reason. lol but Bob H is a member of our club and will also have great frags at low prices too.. i know he's been stocking up and has a good 200+ to bring. but i am in room 107 next to swanson (guy running the farmers market) this room will also be the room they do all the raffles in at the end of the night Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Here are a couple posts from another forum where he guy organizing the event gives some more info Here is the long awaited FFM list! I am more or less full (I can make room for one or two more if I need to...). My appologies to everyone whose name I messed up somehow (or location is incorrect). I am putting together the raffle list this week sometime and will release that info as well. See you all there! -Jon Affordable Aquatics CT Algagen FL Anthony27 NYC Aquadreams MA Artreaction CT Boston Aqua Farms MA Chris M MA Chriskid CT CT Marinlife CT E.O. Smith Coral Project CT elmafioso52988 (Pablo) BRS Emessier CT Exotic Fish and Corals CT Exotic Reef Creations MD Fish Frenzy MA Frank180 BRS Gotham Aquatics NYC Greg Hiller BRS Hammer NH HeadieCorals VA Icycoral CT Jason Foxx Parts Unknown Jmar101786 NYC knockOUT Aquatics LLC PA Kwong1998 NYC KyleinCT CT Love the Reef BRS Marco Rocks MA MO~Idol (Steve) NYC NYCPassat NYC Oceanus MA OzoneParkGuy NYC Pablo NYC Puppy Center CT R+R Aquatics NYC Reef Creations NYC OSRAS RI Shector/Bubbabobobbrain CT SubWOOer NY Suicideissleep CT Swannyson CT Tinygiant (Chris) NH Tropic Marin MA Upstate Corals NY Walsh Services LLC (Custom Acryic Tanks/Cabinets) MA "This represents only the items that I have in my hands at this time or have confirmation that they are coming. There is a somewhat large list of items that are coming in the mail still or I have yet to confirm. I will post updates in the next few days as wel get closer! Frist off thank you to CaribSea for providing a massive amount of water for this year's FFM. I will still be mixing water to make up the few gallons I will still need but they really have supported the FFM and my project from the start and I owe them big time! They may also have sent up a bit of Purple-up. Come early it disappears FAST!!! Also thanks to SeaChem for offering to provide Reef Dip for people to take home and use for the frags that they pick up. I will have a number of "vials" of it available that day. Grab one and be safe! Here is the in alphabetical order... Apogee - PAR Meter AquaC - Remora Skimmer Avast Marine - Media Reactor Bob's Exotic - Gift Certificates Boston Aqua Farms - Fragging Supplies Brightwell - Reef Supplement Packages Buildmy LED - LED light bar CaribSea -Live sand and Base Rock Coral Props -Gift Certificates Cutivated Reef - Gift Certificates Ecoxotic - EcoPico Tank Eshopps - Frag Cave and Jellyfish Herd Glass-holes - Overflow kit + Shirt LED Group Buy - 6" Heat sink and Gift Certificate to buy LED's for it Love the Reef - Gift Certificates Next Reef - MR 1 Reactor Kit NuageDesigns - Framed Reef Wall Art OSRAS - Conference Tickets (2) Precision Marine - Protein Skimmer Puppy Center - Gift Certificates + ? R+R Aquatics - Gift Certificates Rapid LED - 24" Solderless Actinic Supplement Kit Reef Chicks - Gift Certificate Reef Geek - Shirt and Gift Certificate Reef Rock - Sand and Base Rock Rocky Mountain Frags - One BIG Gift Certificate Rods Reef - Frozen Food Variety Packs Sea and Reef - Designer Clown Pairs Sea Chem - Reef Supplement Package Totally Exotic Corals of Oregon - Gift Certificates Tropic Marin - 200 gallon bucket Tropic Marin Bio-ACTIF System Salt , 6, Salt Water pH Tests, 6 Liquid Bio-CALCIUM Sets, 6, 6 X 5,000 Liquid Bio-CALCIUM Liquid Refill Sets, 6, Salt Water pH Tests Wow, that was a lot of typing... did I mention there was more stuff that isn't on the list yet? See you in a few weeks. -Jon" Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 quick video of my frag collection Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 saturday!! come see me and say hi! room 107 Link to comment
Kongor88 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 New to forums, joined today since a buddy in Florida showed me this meet. Excited to go! New to corals only have 4 in my 75 gallon currently hopefully I will find some nice zoas and ricordeas on Saturday to decorate the barren tank.. See you guys there! Link to comment
Conorohara111 Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Can't wait for tomorrow! Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 same here. i'm pretty pumped for it. I have to get up at 6:30am to drive to a friends house then we are carpooling there to hopefully be there at 10 to setup early.. Hoping that the frags will open up within an hour of being there. last year my stuff wasnt opening up .. so this year i have flow and heat in the display system.. should look great. Link to comment
TinyGiant Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 thanks to anyone that stopped by and said hi and grabbed some frags. Had a great time as usual Link to comment
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