Bay Area Coral Farmer's Market - Who is going?

[zapata41]

well after the 7 hr drive wore off i was left with great thoughts of the event. wish i could have stayed longer and got in on some of the blowouts but it was late and my cooler was getting full. time to build a bigger tank so i can get more stuff. looking forward to the next event, anyone have any insight on it.

Matt, my hat's off to you for your hospitality, never a ? asked. i always leave Matt's palce with a smile and a coller full of candy, and some id's on stuff that i didnt even know i had.

To the vendors, great display of awesome pieces, i came with a few things that i had to leave with and low and be hold, they were there, and many more, and i left a happy, a little poorer, man.

Wish the drive wasnt soo long, maybe they will hold the next one in portland, then Matt will have to drive

was a great time

Tim

 

[AWExotics]

Somebody wanted to see pics.

My sister grabbed my camera and took these of my booth. And no I am not ORA, I just never got a banner made. I have always asked ORA for support with the CFM's and any swaps I attend.

They have always provided corals for these events. I support them heavily. I asked them to send me a banner of theirs so I can advertise for them. They are a great company but I am not affiliated with ORA. I have my own business..lol


I think I gave that speech 200 times on Sunday. I will definitely have a banner next time... I said that after the So Cal market but ummmmm I like to procrastinate.


Thanks again all that attended. I had a great time. Keep me informed on the how the corals do for everyone. I would love to see pics of the combo rocks after they finish filing in.

Thanks again all
Todd

 

[Quatro]

Hey Todd,

That's me in the second picture with my girlfriend! Ha! Didn't even notice I was photographed, I was too involved with your cherry corals!

Thanks for everything Todd, you had a great deal going, and I picked up some awesome pieces from you!

I'll post pictures of the corals I got later so everyone can see

 

[jetaero]

Looks like this was a good time... wish I could have made it.

 

[trmiv]

I got some cool pieces from AWExotics as well. A nice monti cap with blue polyps (I guess not exactly a cap though), and this awesome dark blue mushroom with bright blue circles on it for my wife's nano. Great stuff!

 

[tacocat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7631515#post7631515 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Unarce
Yes! The vendors were INCREDIBLE, to say the least. I've never seen so much primo stuff in one place.

There was definitely no shortage of anything. It was a matter of deciding which ones you really wanted. This was made worse by the Blue Light Special prices. What suprised me was the amount of nice frags priced from $15.00 to $5.00.

 

[sfsuphysics]

hehehe Hector, yeah, I must have circled the place atleast 3 times before I got a single piece.

 

[Unarce]

Hector - you gotta let me know who you are next time, bro. I'm strongly considering checking out the SW-CFM in February

 

[tacocat]

Karl, Mike,

I specifically asked someone where you guys were at (seeing that there was nobody there wearing bright green, orange, or pink. I asked Lapsan, and that's probably where I went wrong.

I then ran into Jesus who actually had hair on his head. That shocked me so much, that I forgot what I was doing.

My new tank should be up by the SW show, so I will definitely go to that (schedule permitting). There are a lot of cool folks in So Cal, but I hear the buying is more fierce.

 

[sfsuphysics]

Hehehe Hector, I didn't have my Green shirt on, but I didn't show up until about 1:30-2pm anyways. If you would have asked for the guy who was sneezing like crazy then I would have been easy to pick out.

 

[GreshamH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7627433#post7627433 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sfsuphysics
Mermaid was off the hook! (crap did I just say that? damn) Just wish they had a few prices I had a feeling some of those might have been triple digits in price

Nice meeting those who I met, sorry if I didn"t look too I had a massive alergy attack early in the morning and it lasted until umm about now, my nose was so red looked like I was a cocaine addict (I got lots of comments about "where's the shirt"

Also want to thank Matt (Al G Blenny) he gave away a ton of stuff right at the end.

Should have asked them as they were not in the triples, but in the doubles

 

[AWExotics]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7637483#post7637483 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by hceiv
Hey Todd,

That's me in the second picture with my girlfriend! Ha! Didn't even notice I was photographed, I was too involved with your cherry corals!

Thanks for everything Todd, you had a great deal going, and I picked up some awesome pieces from you!

I'll post pictures of the corals I got later so everyone can see

Harry.. Thanks for the good words and for doing some business. Keep me posted on how the corals do long term for you.

Todd

 

[AWExotics]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7637577#post7637577 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by trmiv
I got some cool pieces from AWExotics as well. A nice monti cap with blue polyps (I guess not exactly a cap though), and this awesome dark blue mushroom with bright blue circles on it for my wife's nano. Great stuff!

Owesome. Some people say that the Blue polyp cap is a pelitformis (sp???)

I try to ID the obvious but will generally let the species names be more descriptive. I call it a Blue poly Cap, since we in the hobby seem to refer to "Cap's" as plating Montiporas.

Well, anyway , glad you like the corals. Let me know how they do, longterm.

Todd

 

[Al G Blenny]

Hey Todd,
Thanks for the great trade. Man that Monti is killer. I think that one should be more popular than the Superman. I'm going to put it on my site soon. What did you call it? The Mille looks great also.

 

[AWExotics]

I decided on "AWE Mile High Monti" Blue/purple with Red/orange polyps

The Mill is my "AWE Rouge mill"

Thanks for the good words. I can't say enough good things about tradin with you. That Fireman's monti looks sweet, and the Rainbow monti's are definitely a favorite.

We wil have to get some more trades going once we get settled in after this show

Todd

 

[Unarce]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7638073#post7638073 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tacocat
Karl, Mike,

I specifically asked someone where you guys were at (seeing that there was nobody there wearing bright green, orange, or pink. I asked Lapsan, and that's probably where I went wrong.

I then ran into Jesus who actually had hair on his head. That shocked me so much, that I forgot what I was doing.

My new tank should be up by the SW show, so I will definitely go to that (schedule permitting). There are a lot of cool folks in So Cal, but I hear the buying is more fierce.

:lol: I didn't feel like going 'birdcage' that day.

Jesus needs to shave it again. Bald is beautiful.

I definitely have to check out the SoCal version. If I can just convince my buddy to just fly this time. I hate driving long distances

 

[GreshamH]

IMO flying is cheaper. My time is worth more to me, then 12 - 16 hours down time + gas. Even if you value you time as low as $10 an hour, your still saving by flying

 

[Quatro]

True. Plus with Southwest's cheap airfares, you could get away with an inexpensive (appx. $69) special one way flight from NorCal to SoCal if you book at the right time. I drove because Sacramento isn't that far