Fragging Demo & Swap - November 9th

[Collinrb]

Definitely glad we stopped by. Ended up getting a great deal on a pearl bubble coral, keep it up Joe! and great job sass.

ps Joe, keep me posted on that half moon tank. Im. smelling FOWLR in the basement

 

[chevy4w]

....thanks! I learned something today about fragging and that's a good thing. Also nice to meet some of the club members. And where else you going to go and get 5 frags for $10?


Had a good time!:bounce1:

 

[sassAwrasse]

Just wanted to say thanks for everyone that attended!
Thanks to Jas for helping me out (we would've been doing all zoas/palys if not for you..lol)
Thanks to Joe and Andrew (the Wlfd APC Manager) for hosting.
Thank you to CTARS for pitching in and allowing us to have this fun event.

And thanks to Jas, Mason, uskram (mark) and Ross for bringing stuff in to contribute to our goodies!! (If I forgot anyone, I am very sorry but it's been a long day..so thank you to you too!)

Walked away with a bunch of cool frags from the event as well as two nice pieces from Joe after the fact.

It was great to see those I know and great to meet the new ones!

 

[sassAwrasse]

Acan echinata

 

[sassAwrasse]

Hawaiian ding dangs & RPE

Dragon soul favia


Leptastrea (bad pic)

 

[Masedaddy]

Nice looking stuff!! That Toadstool frag looks familiar It was good to see you today. I look forward to the next meeting. Thanks again for setting this up. It was great to see familiar faces and meet some new ones!!

 

[sassAwrasse]

This is what our leptastrea looks like if yours have not opened yet..
http://www.barrierreefaquariums.com/productcart/pc/catalog/OrangeLepthastrea2-60md.jpg

Care requirements for those that are curious

Acan Echinata: http://www.pacificeastaquaculture.com/Articles_Product_Care.asp?idNews=23

Leptastrea: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=835168

Cup Coral (These pictures are not the same, but the CARE should be about the same):
http://www.marinelifeuk.com/caring-for-turbinaria.html
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+321+521&pcatid=521

Rhodactis Mushroom:
http://www.ehow.com/info_12185696_rhodactis-mushroom-care.html

Zoanthid/Paly: http://www.pacificeastaquaculture.com/Articles_Product_Care.asp?idNews=5

 

[RossTheReefer]

Thank you! Alanna and I had a great time, nice to meet everyone. Glad to be part of the club!

 

[LeslieP]

Hope you picked up your chaeto Ross. Sorry I missed you but I had to bolt.

 

[uskram]

Thank you for a great day. Nice job bringing everyone to a great LFS with a bright future. Events such as this one are the core of a strong club. Hats of to everyone that organized and participated today. It was especially nice to see 6 reefers from Western Mass at the second session!

 

[PL-Reef]

Sass, thanks for putting this together for all of us, it was a lot of fun. I also like to thank the staff at APC for our first club function at the store, hopefully not the last. It was nice seeing everyone there today. I'm glad everyone got to go home with some cool new corals. Be sure to let me know how they do (good or bad). I tried to cut most of the frags on the bigger side, hopefully that will aid in survivability. Make sure you baby the fresh cut frags for a few days to help them heal. Best to start them off low in the tank in calmer water, then raise them to their final resting place after you feel they have been acclimated to their new surroundings. You can try to feed the LPS as soon as they settle in. The Duncans Acans and Leptastrea I brought home today already are open and I spot feed them mysis shrimp. Hopefully they do well for everyone!

 

[PL-Reef]

Also want to thank CTARS for the generous donation for this event! Looking forward to seeing everyone at next weeks meeting.

 

[RossTheReefer]

Leslie I did. Thank you! Hopefully meet u soon

 

[Collinrb]

Everything open and awaiting their morning meal. Even my zoa frags popped open this am

 

[sassAwrasse]

Everything open and awaiting their morning meal. Even my zoa frags popped open this am

Glad to hear!

If anyone has any issues with the zoas/palys let me know and I'll see if I can make you a new frag..

 

[EvilMel]

Thanks a lot for having me. I had a good time and got some neat stuff.

I greatly appreciate everyone's efforts.

 

[SteelerMike]

Had a great time . Thanks to Nicole and Jas and everyone else. Great see some new faces and meet everyone. APC looks like its going to turn into something good, hopefully we can do something there again. Hope to see everyone again next weekend!

 

[sassAwrasse]

How are all your frags doing?

So far so good except for the leather that came off of the toothpick.

The dark purple speckled zoa frag I have actually has a whitish gray/blue paly on it too. 2 for 1 Haha.

 

[tompdesc]

All of ours seem to be doing good so far also except the armor of gods hasn't opened yet. The polyps are still nice and big they aren't withering away or anything just haven't opened yet. We moved them into a little more shade yesterday to see if that helps at all.

 

[chevy4w]

...sorry to say my Armor of gods didn't make it! Also that flat, hard coral(I can't remember what you said it was!!:hmm6didn't make it. That disappointed me but what can ya do!It never opened and started turning grayish in color. I was hoping that one would do well.
All the others did well!