2015 New England Frag Farmer's Market - March 7th 2015 Storrs, CT

[fitch4]

Looks like we will be adding another dimension to the FFM this year. Lou Elkus from Tropic Marin will be giving a talk on "Basic Reef Chemistry" at some point during the day. In talking to him, he was very interested in doing something for the beginners, or people who really do not understand reef chemistry well. I will have time(s) and more details in the next few days.

 

[fitch4]

Well it is official, the FFM is on. I just ordered this year's FFM shirts.

 

[Paintball1313]

This place is CRAZY! I've gone for the past few years and it is growing each time. Defiantly the best coral market in the northeast. It was packed last year with buyers and sellers. Can't to see what it is like this year!

 

[fitch4]

Thanks for the good word. It certainly looks to be the biggest frag farmers market yet.

 

[sniper2be]

this year is going to be great!!! but i need to find out who donated corals to the raffle last year trying to find name of piece i won. looks like a favia but could be something else. kinda tan with green streaks on rims.. i'd take a picture. but it wouldn't help..

 

[fitch4]

Lou Elkus, from Tropic Marin and a huge supporter of the school's project, and I had been talking about the range of the crowd at the FFM- from legendary reefer to complete newbie. Lou mentioned that he gives a number of talks about reef chemistry. Having talked to Lou a number of times about various aspects of my own reefs, I thought it would be a great idea to include one of Lou's talks at the FFM to get some of the newer people up to speed on their own tanks. Here is the official announcement for Lou's talk:



At 1pm in the lecture hall of the school (just around the corner from all the corals!) Lou will be giving a talk titled "Basic Reef Chemistry." The talk will be focused on teaching the newer reefer the basics of reef chemistry including calcium, alkalinity, magnesium and more. I have heard Lou speak a number of times and he really has a gift for breaking down the complex ideas of reef chemistry into an easily understandable package. I highly recommend it. Oh, and by the way, the talk is FREE and anyone who attends the talk will be in the running for a $25 FFM Gift Certificate to be pulled at the end of the talk.
Thanks and see you all in a few weeks!
Jon

 

[sassAwrasse]

No one has started posting any lists of what they are bringing...so I'll start it off..

SASSAWRASSE - ROOM 111

ZOAS/PALYS (Most frags between $5-30)

Bleeding Hearts, Blood Vulcan, Blue Hornets, Blue Orgasm Morph, Blue Tubbs, Candy Apple Red, Captain Americas, Chong Bongs, Chucky’s Bride, Hawaiian Ding Dangs, Eagle Eyes, Fire & Ice, Goblin’s Fire Morph, Godzilla Eyes, Gorilla Nipples, Jokers, Kedds Redds, King Midas, LA Lakers, Mohawk Morph, My Clementines, Nuclear Green Death,
Oompa Loompa, ASD Orange Mauls, Pink Panther Morph,
Pink Zippers, PS Blue Lagoon, Purple Death, Raptor Rainbow, Rastas, Red People Eaters (Hawaiian), Scrambled Eggs, ASD Spitfire, Toxic Revenge, Tutti Frutti, Tyree Orange Rainbows, Xmen, and
Many Unknown.







LPS/SPS/Mushrooms (Most Frags between $10-$30):

Limited quantities of Mushrooms, Acans, Favias, Chalices, and SPS including but not limited to: Green Pocillopora, Tricolor Valida, Green Mycedium, Miami Hurricane Chalice, Pagoda Cup, Orange Lepto, Rainbow Yumas, Green Striped Mushrooms, Blue & Yellow Yumas, Purple Stylo.

 

[Paintball1313]

Sniper. If I remember right, I think Jason Foxx donated 3 corals to the raffle, so it might have been from him. I don't remember if anyone else donated as well so don't quote me on that.

 

[fitch4]

Quite a few people donated corals. There are quite a few in it this year as well!

 

[sniper2be]

well then i will take a pic and bring it with me...

 

[fitch4]

I just got a note from Don over at Wet Pets in Vernon, CT with special salt pricing that he would like to extend to attendees of the FFM this year. He is doing preorders on the following salts:
All prices are for buckets of salt

Instant Ocean 160 gallon bucket $35.99
Instant Ocean Reef Crystal 160 gallon bucket $45.99
Red Sea Coral Pro 175 gallon bucket $65.99
Seachem Salinity 120 gallon bucket $49.99
Seachem Salinity 225 gallon bucket $79.99
Tropic Marin 200 gallon bucket Bio-Actif $89.99
Tropic Marin 200 gallon bucket Pro-Reef $85.99

All of these are preorder only. If you want to take him up on this, just call the store and let him know and you can pick them up at the FFM.
See you all in a week and a half!

 

[sassAwrasse]

I took some more pictures tonight. I've got everything uploaded here:

http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/nrbphotography/library/Frag Farmer Market 2015

 

[fitch4]

Just added zooanthids.com as a vendor!

 

[fitch4]

Here is the updated list as of this morning, with a few cancellations and a few additions. My apologies to any of the "vendors" whose home locations I mixed up...

AC Corals (CT)
Alex's Advanced Aquatics (CT)
ARKSC (CT)
Aquadreams (MA)
AZNnutty's Saltwater Connections (OH)
BareBottom Corals (NY)
Blastomaster (CT)
CTARS (CT)
Coralium (CT)
Dan Rigle (PA)
dizzzy1209 (NJ)
Elmafioso52988 (NY)
E.O. Smith Coral Project (CT)
Exotic Fish and Corals (CT)
Exotic Reef Creations (NY)
Fins Aquarium (NJ)
Fish Frenzy (MA)
Frag Freaks (MA)
Fraggin Waggon (SC)
Frank180Reef (MA)
Gotham Aquatics (NY)
Greg Hiller (MA)
Hammer (NH)
Ijamcorals (MD)
Jason Foxx (MD)
Kwong1998 (NY)
Marine Reef Habitat (MA)
Matt Spaulding (VT)
MetroKat's Sassy Frags (NY)
Micheal Reeve (CT)
MO~Idol (NY)
Neublian (CT)
New York Coral Farmer (NY)
New York Reef Club (NY)
Pablo (NY)
Pacific East Aquaculture (MD)
Pieces of the Ocean (NY)
Pimentinha (NY)
Polywise (NJ)
Popcorals (NJ)
R+R Aquatics (NJ)
Reef Creations (NY)
Sassawrasse (CT)
Shayna 123 (CT)
Shawn B (CT)
Shector (CT)
Long Island Sound School (CT)
SteelerMike (CT)
sydaze4 (CT)
Suicideissleep (CT)
The Coral Reef (CT)
Triggreef (CT)
Ultimate Corals (NJ)
Upstate Corals (NY)
Wet Pets (CT)
xclusive corals (NY)
zooanthids.com (OH)

 

[fitch4]

Oops, forgot one of own students who will be selling. Ethan's Frags!

 

[fitch4]

Time to start talking raffle and giveaways....
I just sat down and tallied up all the FFM gift certificates for this year and I am throwing in over $700 in Frag Farmers Market gift certificates this year. They will be given away and raffled through out the day and can be used at ANY of the vendors during the day.
That does not include the 1000's of dollars in other gift certificates, merchandise and livestock in the raffle. More info to come...

 

[180+55reef]

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[180+55reef]

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[180+55reef]

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[180+55reef]

Will have a tank with $5, $10, $15 etc frags......come by and say hi!!!