Which Frag Swap do you want to attend?

[Steven Pro]

There are a ton of frag swaps coming up this fall and I wanted to gauge interest in them and see if we should be arranging car pools for one or several of them.

 

[Steven Pro]

 

[Steven Pro]

 

[Steven Pro]

Cincinnati info:

We are pleased to announce the 5th annual Cincinnati Reefkeepers Society Frag Swap.

When:
Saturday October 18, 2008 from 10am to 3pm

Where:
The Underground
1140 Smiley Ave.
Forest Park, OH 45240
(513)221- 4888

Guest Speaker:
We are pleased to introduce Mark Vera from Aqua-Tech Co.
Mark will be giving two talks during the day:
- Adding refugia to your reportoire, how to design and build a refugium
- A plethora of plankton, how to culture phytoplankton at home.

Mark's Bio:
Mark Vera has been keeping marine aquariums since 1991 during which he has worked in many capacities of the aquarium business. He has also worked on various personal and public research projects and spent two years breeding H. reidi. Being an active Divemaster Mark travels extensively diving lakes, rivers, and oceans throughout the world. Between travels Mark owns and operates a specialty aquarium installation and service company as well as volunteering his diving and husbandry skills at the John G. Shedd Aquarium. Mark is also the creator of the Phyto2 and Zoo2 product lines and continues research on the value of Plankton in the captive aquarium.

Stop by to share or gain knowledge of reef keeping and buy, sell, or trade coral frags!
Check out local vendors and club sponsors!
Free raffle ticket to win a multitude of door prizes when you pay the $5 admission fee!
Plus main raffle!!!

 

[Steven Pro]

Google says the Columbus swap is 3 hours and 10 minutes away,
http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=P...,-80.001755&sspn=0.23766,0.615234&ie=UTF8&z=8

NCPARS - 4 hours 50 minutes
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sad...0.325608,-77.739258&spn=2.005901,4.921875&z=8

Cincy 4 hours 39 minutes
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sad...9.854938,-82.260132&spn=2.019818,4.921875&z=8

 

[Steven Pro]

Here are some other "regional" events that I didn't think to include in the original poll until I figured out how far away some of those swaps were.

 

[Steven Pro]

I will be attending Hudson Valley's Reefstock and the New Jersey Reefers event for work.

 

[Eggs]

I'm heading to Columbus, but I did see some nice things on fragswapper for NCPARS.

 

[TomNeely]

wish the Columbus frag swap used fragswapper.

 

[Steven Pro]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13504923#post13504923 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TomNeely
wish the Columbus frag swap used fragswapper.

I am surprised they don't. They have used it in the past for their other swaps.

 

[Steven Pro]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13505777#post13505777 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Steven Pro
I am surprised they don't. They have used it in the past for their other swaps.

Looks like they are trying to get their event listed/registered. Just hasn't happened so far.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1483553

 

[o0xerog0o]

Columbus frag swap is now on fragswapper, with plenty of nice corals already listed there...

 

[albert817]

I will be going to the Ohio Frag Swap.

 

[Steven Pro]

I asked for some clarification on the Columbus swap because I didn't understand the admission policy. I was told that everyone is free. Buyers. Sellers. Everyone. The only people that have to pay for admission is if you want to setup an aquarium to display your frags. To do that, it is $20 for a 1/4 table space. A big styrofoam full of rags is still free, though.

 

[TomNeely]

Could we create a car pool for the Columbus swap to save on gas and fees? 3 1/2 hour drive....

 

[raynist]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13517909#post13517909 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by TomNeely
Could we create a car pool for the Columbus swap to save on gas and fees? 3 1/2 hour drive....

Hey Tom,

Al and I will be driving down. We will most likely meet in bridgeville, we should have room.

---Ray

 

[Steven Pro]

Anybody going to NCPARS swap? A guy up there wanted me to send him some sand.

 

[Norm R]

<a>Originally posted</a> by Steven Pro
A big styrofoam full of rags is still free, though.

Just FYI, my understanding is that if you want to set your cooler down at a table space, that is a $20 fee also. If you are content carrying it, it's free. I suppose you could lug an aquarium around also if you chose...and it would be free.

BTW Steven, love the sand I got from you a couple swaps ago.

 

[Steven Pro]

Thanks for the heads up, Norm!

Glad to hear about the sand.