DARC Frag Swap & Garage Sale - Sat 4/3, 12-4pm

[rmougey]

It's that time of year again, get ready for the D.A.R.C Frag Swap & Garage sale, held Saturday April 3rd from Noon - 4pm at the Highlands Ranch High School (HRHS).

The event is free to all attendees and has no fees for sellers. Bring your corals to sell or shop from one of the many Front Range coral vendors.

Have some used equipment sitting around gathering dust? Bring it to the swap and earn some money for new frags! It's Spring Cleaning time for the fish room!

We will be holding a raffle with all proceeds benefiting the HRHS Reef Club. We ask that sellers donate a frag to the school and/or the raffle. Interested in donating unsold equipment or corals to HRHS? All donations are tax deductible and HRHS staff will provide receipts for your used goods or coral donations.

Vendors can setup starting at 10:00 am, Garage Sale items can be setup starting at 11:00 am. The doors open at Noon.

What: D.A.R.C Spring Frag Swap & Garage Sale
Where: Highlands Ranch High School
9375 Cresthill Ln
Highlands Ranch, CO 80130
When: Saturday April 3rd, Noon - 4pm

For more information, post your questions here, send a club officer a PM or e-mail d.a.r.c@comcast.net.

Map to HRHS: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou....544228,-104.930935&spn=0.054604,0.09656&z=14

 

[SAZAMA]

ill be there with donations, you guys keeping sps? i have plenty to give

 

[rmougey]

Indeed they do! They have at least two tanks supporting corals, one is a dedicated reef with halides from Aquamedic (thanks to Jeremy).

-Rob

 

[freddie40]

I'll be there, looking forward to seeing everyone

Dave

 

[rmougey]

Raffle donations!!

We are starting to gather donations from LFS and from vendors. Please be sure to let your favorite LFS know that you appreciate them supporting DARC the next time you stop by. As of today, we have:

Lifereef Filter Systems:
- A certificate for a $423 protein skimmer w/pump, or you can apply that amount towards the purchase of another product (Sump, Ca Reactor etc)

IceCap Inc:
- 2 LunarLite LED Retrofits, one 24" and one 36".

Reef Nutrition:
- Several Reef Packs, including Phytofeast, Oysterfeast, Fuzzy Phytes and Arctipods

Wet Thumb Frags:
- Gift Certificate

Cherry Corals:
- Gift Certificate

SeaChem:
- Salt and other Seachem products

Aquamedic:
- Specific products TBD

More to come!!!

-Rob

 

[rmougey]

Raffle Update!

The local stores are stepping up to provide some great items. We have donations from:
- Elite Reef
- Todd's Tropical Fish
- Fish Palace

Thanks to 68rustang for doing the legwork of distributing fliers and speaking with the stores about donating to the raffle!

-Rob

 

[PotHuntR]

Sounds like it is really coming together well. Looking forward to it

 

[NatalieD]

No excuse NOT to go when its 5 minutes from home!!!

How exciting!!

"yeah honey... I'm just going for a run... see you in a bit..."

hahaha

 

[rmougey]

Indeed!!

Don't forget that you need to let us know if you want to sell frags so that we can set aside a table for you. Post your request here or send an e-mail to d.a.r.c@comcast.net.

There is no charge for sellers or attendees.

Raffle Update!
- Live Aquaria (Dr Foster's & Smith)
Two $25 gift certificates

Looking forward to seeing everyone there......

-Rob

 

[rmougey]

Updated Vendor and Individual seller list:

Vendors:
Reef Koi
Steel City Corals
Gonzo's Coral Frags
Fathom Aquatics
Mile High Aquatics
Elite Reef
Aquamedic

Individual sellers:
68rustang
Kirblit
blue71
xsocali
frickenfragger
68sting
MTS

If you'd like to join them, let me know so that we can plan enough space and tables for everyone!

-Rob

 

[rmougey]

It's getting closer!!

Raffle Update:

Bulk Reef Supply has donated a Deluxe BRS Reactor and a half gallon of GFO!

Reefs2go has donated 2 x $20 gift certificates.

We've also added a couple of individual sellers.

Save your pennies and come spend a great Saturday afternoon with us!

-Rob

 

[N-dog]

how much will raffle tickets be?!!!!

 

[rmougey]

$1 per ticket, I believe.......

 

[freddie40]

Haven't they been $2 in the past.

Dave

 

[N-dog]

Either way sounds like a GREAT deal to me!!!

 

[rmougey]

Thanks to all who attended.... the raffle was a success and raised lots of money for the High School.

A very special Thank You to Lifereef, AquaMedic, Seachem, Reef Nutrition, Foster's & Smith, Pacific East Aquaculture, Reefs2Go, Hamilton Technology, IceCap, Todd's Tropical Fish, Fish Palace, Neptune's Tropical Fish as well as the vendors at the show for their donations supporting the club and the HRHS Reef Club.

A good time was had by many!

-Rob

 

[PotHuntR]

It was alot of fun. Hope we can make it an annual event