Guest Post: 2014 Frag Farmer's Market

thefuz

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Greetings everyone. I'm sure many of you have already seen this post in other forums but I'm happy to repost here to support this awesome event. I'll definitely be going again this year - it's a great time!

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Here it is, the 2014 FFM announcement. I have a bunch of the old sellers already signed up and a few new ones have already contacted me to get in on the FFM. As usual the event will be at the school and similar to previous years. The raffle gets bigger each year and I will be doing more of the Frag Farmer Gift Certificates as part of the raffle. I'm hoping to do them every 1/2 hour this year! I do have a few other new tricks to make this year better than last. I am looking into expanding into more rooms to make more room for more sellers and spread out the tables we have per room.

I am also looking to get more of our local farmer's to set-up tanks and sell their stuff. The set-up fee is low and the set-up is very informal to make it so that the little guy, or girl, can set up a tank and sell their corals next to some of the bigger stores. The whole idea behind the FFM was to give you guys a chance to sell your stuff no matter how small your set-up is. We had over 500 people come last year, and that was with a blizzard the day before, so I am looking forward to even more this year. If you are interested, shoot me a PM and I can give you details.

Lastly, if you guys could do me a favor and SPREAD THE WORD. I don't really advertise the event but rather rely on word of mouth to let people know about it. I'll be posting it in most of the local boards in the next few days and getting word out that way, but feel free to post it anywhere you don't see it. Just check and make sure the club, or group, is cool with you posting the info first.

I'll post updates as we get closer to the date.
Let me know if you have questions-
Jon
 
As of a few days before X=mas, the FFM seller spots are all full. The market will top out at a whopping 50 coral sellers this year, ranging from a number of small scale hobbyists to a few bigger names in the "local" coral business. It will definitely be the biggest FFM yet, and certainly worth taking a ride out to check out. I am still working to clean up the list so that I can post it up here. I'll get that up in a little bit!
 
Lookin' good, UI. Can't wait 'til FFM!

If anyone else has more awesome warez to hock - please feel free to post here (even if double - though most of us stalk the CTARS threads too :P ).
 
I just got an update on another sale that John from Affordable Aquatics will be running for the FFM (see the Announcements thread for the previous one - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2350892&page=2 ) . Here is the info he gave me:

We are going to offer a 20% discount on all frozen or live foods pre-ordered.

Use coupon code "FFMFrozen" at checkout for this offer.

I will be selling a large variety of frozen and live fish foods at the FFM. Due to freezer space limitations on site, we strongly suggest that you pre-order your food now so that you are guaranteed its availability at the show. In fact if you pre-order your food, your order will be packaged individually, on ice, in coolers or thermal bags to make it easy to take home.

We will have the best frozen products from:

Rod's food
Hikari
Piscine Energetics
Pro Salt
Ocean Nutrition
San Francisco Bay Brand

We also have the entire line of Reef Nutrition fresh and live foods including LIVE Tigger Pods, Live Phyto, and Oyster Eggs etc.
Because of their fragile handling requirements, it is strongly suggested that you pre-order these items as well.

This offer is available only those attending the Frag Farmer's Market. Please order early to guarantee your order's availability.
 
Hey there.. Somethings we'll have at the FFM.

We'll be in the same room as useful_idiot.. So make sure you check out some of his beautiful sps too.
 

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Here it is, the raffle list as of this morning. This only represents the things that I actually have right now but I have a bunch of things that will be coming in this week, including some HIGH end stuff. I also have a bunch of places that said they were sending stuff out but I have not see it yet! I will post updates and pics as I get things. As in previous years, ALL of the proceeds of the raffle go directly to helping to fund/run the coral propagation project at the school. Here is what I have for the raffle so far...

Affordable Aquatics $20 GC for Frozen Food at FFM (2)
Affordable Aquatics $20 GC (4)
Affordable Aquatics Precision Marine Skimmer
Aqua Dreams $25 Gift Certificates (4)
AquaFx 100 GPD Barracuda RO System
Aquagenesis Robosnail Automated Tank Cleaner
Aquatic Life 36” Edge LED Fixture
Avast Marine Top-Down Porthole, Smartphone Edition
AZNutty’s Coral Connection Coral Frag
Bob Smith Industries Reef Glue Gel
Boston Aqua Farms Fragging Supplies
Boyd Enterprises Chemipure Elite (Bundle of 3)
Boyd Enterprises Chemipure (Bundle of 3)
Brightwell Aquatics Supplement Pack
Bulk Reef Supply ½ gallon BRS 2 Part with Dosing Pumps
Carribsea South Seas Base Rock (2)
Carribsea ARK Refugium Kit (2)
Carribsea Purple Up
Carribsea Rubble Zone - Frag Rocks (3)
Champion Lighting Box o’ Crap
Cobalt Aquatics Cobalt MJ900 Pump
CoralVue 36” 6 Bulb T-5/LED Fixture
Cultivated Reef $25 Gift Certificate (4)
Dankecedium Coral Frag Pack
Designer Corals High End Frag Pack
E.O Smith Coral Project $25 Frag Farmer’s Gift Certificates (6)
E.O Smith Coral Project $50 Frag Farmer’s Gift Certificate (3)
E.O Smith Coral Project $100 Frag Farmer’s Market Gift Certificate (1)
Emmesier Ceramic Frag Plugs
Frag Freaks $50 Gift Certificate
Greenwich Aquaria Gift Certificates
Hamilton Tech Royal Blue LED Lighting Strip (2)
Hamilton Tech 20K LED Lighting Strip w/ Timer
Jason Foxx JF Coral
JGRAZ Montipora Frag Pack
LIRA NERAC Conference Tickets with Dinner! (2)
Love the Reef $25 Gift Certificates (2)
MadTanks Acrylic Frag Tank
Marco Rocks Base Rock
Nutrakol Nutrakol Food Pack
Ocean Wonders Coral Propagation Kit
ORA ORA T-shirts
OSRAS OSRAS Conference Tickets (2)
Pieces of the Ocean $30 Gift Certificates (2)
Precision Marine 13.5” REVERSE FLOW SUBSTRATE REACTOR
Rapid LED Aurora LED puck kit
Reef Breeders LED Light Fixture
Reef Chicks $50 Gift Certificate (2)
Reef Radiance Seneye Reef PAR Meter
ReefGeek Gift Certificate
Reefsuds Reef safe soap
Rod’s Food Rod’s Food Multipacks
Sea and Reef Designer Clownfish Pairs (4)
Sea-Swirl Multi-swirl Unit
Totally Exotic Corals of Oregon $25 Gift Certificates (4)
Tropic Marin 200 Gallon Salt Mix

See you all in a week!
-Jon
 
Glad to hear it. It is cool to get so many of the local clubs together for the day. I see a ton of familiar faces at the FFM every year and that makes it worth it.
 
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