Frag Fest 07

[RobTop]

Might be a bit of a hick, I know.
Might just be worth it though. Hitch a trailer to Dirk and come on down
This is going to blow you away. FRAG FEST 07
As of this moment we have 37 donors
Nearly $5000 is raffle items
And this is with out counting the frags that will be donated

Here is the short list

Over $500 worth of Gift Certs to several vendors including Dr Smith and Foster, Dr Mac, Reef Science, Roe's Marine World, Air water Ice, Fraggle Reef, Reefer Madness, Frag Island, more and more and more

Auto top off prodcuts from aqua hub, Auto Top off and Blue line

Food from Liquid Life, Omega Sea, San Fransisco Bay, Two Little Fish, and more

Lighting from Blue Line, Gieseman, 150w Sunlight supply pendent, An ORBIT light from Current

More products from Nu Clear, Rowa Phos, Polyplab, Aquarium Design, Anthony Calfo, Oceans Blend, and so many more

WHO WANTS IMAC FOR FREE? COME WIN A PASS OR MACNA TICKETS FOR $75

Need flow??? Pumps, yes plural pumpS from Iwaki, penductors, Ocean Motion goods

AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED THIS IS THE SORT LIST OF DONATIONS.

And they keep coming, another vendor just signed up, on a Sunday evening no less!
FRAG FEST 07

 

[ChurchBoy]

Is this a frag swap or just a raffle of dry goods & coral frags? Just wondering if there will be any rare or LE corals featured, sold, or raffled?

 

[RobTop]

It's a swap gone mad! It all started to be a swap, I'm a fan of Jakes and he was willing to come out, we wanted a raffle and it has gone from there. I know that there will be a ton of rare zoas for sure. I also know there will be rainbow danae frags, superman frags, and other not so common sps. I don't have a complete list, but one of the fraggers that is coming down from Wisconson only deals in less common, LE stuff. I'll see if I can get a list from him.

 

[ChurchBoy]

Robtop,

I appreciate the respone, but was wondering if you could give me more info as it sounds very interesting & promising. What are the rules for the frag swap? How many frags required, do they need to be labeled, etc. Do you also need to be a member of some club to participate? I checked out the website & it looks great. If you could get a list of LE corals that might be there I'd greatly appreciate it, thanks.

 

[RobTop]

I'll see what I can do on the list, if nothing eklse you can win cifrt certs to some company's that have great stuff. As for rules, no pintching, biting or hair pulling is allowed. Beyond that, buy sell trade, no frag limits, except to say 10 or more you need to get a table. Labled helps, a pic of it is better.

 

[ChurchBoy]

Thanks.

 

[RobTop]

Churchboy,
Check out this link. The store in bringing a ton of frags from this. The pic gives a taste, but is nothing compared to really seeing it. There is an acro in there, that is a creamy purple with intense purple corilites, and even darker purple poylps. I've never seen anything like it, frags will be there!
Tank Pic


Also the seller I mentioned above from WI, here his list
Here is what I will have for the swap:

LPS:
Pink Chalice 15.00
Turquoise Chalice w/Pink Eyes 20.00
Tyree LE Alien Eye Chalice 55.00
Non-Tyree Alien Eye Chalice 25.00
Red w/green center micro 60.00 sm, 100.00 lg
Rainbow Acan echinata 25.00
Blue Eye Acan echinata 15.00
Red and Blue swirl Chalice 20.00
Blue Ox Chalice 15.00
Neon Turquoise center subechinata (unique) 22.00
Tricolor Acan lord (green, white and red) 25.00
1 or 2 frags of ducansophyllia, 75.00 per frag
Metallic Green Tip Frogspawn 10.00 (1-2 heads)
Neon baby blue Platygyra sp.(awesome!) 18.00


SPS
ORA Scripps Acro 10.00
Purple polyp Green Encrusting Montipora 15.00
Purple Encrusting Montipora 10.00
Super Bright Metallic Green Acro 15.00
Bali Green Slimer 8.00
ORA Blue Tort 20.00
ORA Purple Tip Stag 12.00
Acropora- Purple Bonsai (purple w/neon green polyps) 14.00
Acropora efflorescens- purple w/blue tips 12.00
Thin branch metallic green acro 8.00
Pink Tip, Green Metallic Pocillopora 12.00
Pink Pocillopora 10.00
Pink Bird's Nest 10.00
Superman Montipora 20 sm 25 md 30 lg
Tyree LE Idaho Grape Purple Montipora undata 20.00


Softies
Bam Bam Orange Zoas 15.00
Safecrackers (clones, not originals) 15.00
Dragon Eyes 15.00
Tub's Blue Zoas 20.00 tiny 30.00 sm
Denim Zoas (green skirt with blue disk and orange mouth) 10.00
Super Zoas (green skirt, blue ring w/neon green mouth) 12.00
Grape PEs (green and purple) 2-3 polyp frag 15.00
Nuclear Dragon Eyes 15.00
Blue center palythoas 10.00
Giant Green Sundial Zoas 8.00
Pink Encrusting gorgonian 8.00
Knobby Candalbrum Photosythetic Branching Gorgonian, super hardy! 8.00
Neon Green Metallic Star Polyps 8.00
Green Fuzzy Mushrooms 4.00 ea



I'll try to get you more info
Rob

 

[ChurchBoy]

Rob,

That is simply amazing. Those prices aren't that bad either. Looks like I better start budgeting for this trip, thanks.

Meng

 

[RobTop]

We just added Hagen with a Fluvle 305 filter
Sea Swirl with a 1/2" device AND........
Aquarium Arts will be shipping some lucky winner

35 lbs of premium, hand picked, fully cured Fiji live Rock, shipped overnight to your door. This is worth $350!!!!! WOW!!!

 

[RobTop]

This is the link to were selleres will be listing what they are bringing. Currently there is a long list of what the raffle items. As the raffle continues to grow I will update it on this thread.

Looking forward to a huge event!

 

[auto_loader]

If anyone is still trying to decide whether to go to Rockford Frag Fest. There is a few updates to the Rockford Reefers web site you might want to take a look at.

If the $10,000 of raffle items isn't enough, then Grand Prize Raffle item just might put you over the "edge"

 

[ChurchBoy]

What's the forecast for that day? I've heard you guys are getting alot of snow this week was wondering if it might carry into the Frag Fest?

 

[RobTop]

Best I can do is a 7 day forcast. Tell me how to look farther out and I'll do it. And we never get it as bad as Chicago gets it.

 

[RobTop]

In just 24 short hours the madness will unfold. Vendors will arrive as will fraggers in a panic. Trying to set everything up for when the doors open just a short time later. As the crowed enters their eyes widen and jaws drop at all that has come together to make this event unbelieveable! Corals from several states, as well as vendors, prizes laided out across 6 tables and sellers holding a cup of coffee with blood shot eyes. The Frag Fest begins!
The only thing left to do is take out a low interest loan so you can buy everything you need.

As for weather it has changed several times since Thursday night. The forcast has been
100% rain
100% snow
now it is 80% wintery mix (what ever that means)

 

[RobTop]

Thanks to all who came out and made this a success!
Like most things there is good news and bad.
The good news is we had over 200 brave the blizzard and come out.
The bad news is there are reports of some zoa eatting pests.
If you got zoas in the raffle or from a seller and have not QTed your stuff or inspeacted it befor putting it in your dispaly, please go back and check things out.