Wow! Sorry! Thanks! ABC Reefs swap

[Capt_Cully]

Wow, lots of folks with tanks set up and tons of frags for sale! The expanded store sure came in handy!!!! Looked like a great turn out.

Sorry if I ran through too quick and didn't catch up with, say hi, or goodbye to some framiliar faces or new faces in the crowd. I was happy just to make it there, being that I'm working this weekend.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to those I got frags from. People were far too kind!
Amazing stuff!

Mark

 

[FSU3NOLES28]

Sorry! I couldn't make it. Sucks because all I'm hearing about is how awesome it was. :-/

Next year for sure.

I look forward to seeing everyones new pieces.

 

[der_wille_zur_macht]

Awesome event for sure. It was telling that I had to make three trips from car to house to bring it all in once I got home.

 

[xxxbadfishxxx]

it was great meeting you guys today, got some great zoas, acans, and some nice fish and inverts from the store.

 

[pimpinitup6969]

Thank you got the orange crush mark! It looks great! Hows the bgm?

 

[Capt_Cully]

Glad you like it Matt. BGM looks amazing under actinics. Thanks!

 

[Stusdesktop]

I'll repost this from earlier up here too,

Thanks to everyone who took frags to the swap, was fun (but crowded) looking for new and interesting frags for the tank.

We didn't get too many names but the other half picked up a gorgeous hammer from someone, I got a bunch of zoas from Steve, some unknown orange centered (possibly gorilla nipples) polyps and a frag of RPE's

 

[reefjunkie42]

it was an awesome swap! Glad i could make it and get a few things!!

 

[716mer]

Debated making the 2 1/2 hour drive out but since we made a couple of the past swaps and had a good time we thought we would go for it. Really glad we did. Bought a bucket load of frags, seen some new faces, and had a great time. Thanks to all and especially ABC for hosting. - Mark

 

[gary greguire]

Thanks ABC for an incredible day!!!!!! It was great to see everyone and I got some awsome frags. Thanks to everyone.

 

[davidpesce]

For those of us who couldn't make it.... Let's see some pics!

 

[Krypt1979]

I wish I could've made it out there. Sounds like it was frag heaven out there! Next year I'll make it for sure.

 

[Stusdesktop]

A few of the frags we picked up,

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54005523@N03/6366838111/" title="11-19-11 new corals 022 by Em & Stu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6119/6366838111_15fa99af85.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="11-19-11 new corals 022"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54005523@N03/6366839963/" title="11-19-11 new corals 126 by Em & Stu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6036/6366839963_62bd746ce2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="11-19-11 new corals 126"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54005523@N03/6366838379/" title="11-19-11 new corals 039 by Em & Stu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6239/6366838379_6dc9683e86.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="11-19-11 new corals 039"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54005523@N03/6366838871/" title="11-19-11 new corals 070 by Em & Stu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6110/6366838871_3c59c0efb7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="11-19-11 new corals 070"></a>


<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54005523@N03/6366838623/" title="11-19-11 new corals 053 by Em & Stu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6037/6366838623_afd2fbfb1f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="11-19-11 new corals 053"></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/54005523@N03/6366837567/" title="11-19-11 new corals 002 by Em & Stu, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6092/6366837567_776e357355.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="11-19-11 new corals 002"></a>

 

[RCBrooke]

Awesome swap. I wasn't planning to get any new coral but just couldn't resist.

For some reason no one looked like their avatars!

Randy

 

[Gravesj1s]

I owe a huge thanks to a lot of people.ABCreefs entire crew, great guys,all of them.Pascal for loaning us the light fixture,Brandon for reconfiguring -resetting my tank up before I even got there.All the nice folks that stopped by to chat and/or buy frags ,it was a real pleasure to meet you.

A special thanks to Dave & Tim. Dave chose my daughter to draw the main raffle give away ticket,she was real happy about that.On top of that,near the end of the night I helped move like 3 tables,taking like a whole 5 minutes of my time,held a door open for a few poeple to carry things out as I was leaving ,and Dave walks up to me with 2 ***free 200gal buckets of RC salt***.I couldn't believe it! I still cant believe it....All I can say is thanks so much and, Tim,Ha! this guy makes the best dam coffee west of S.Salinia St.and Midland ave ,actually brought it to me ,too.:beer:

Food was great,water chestnuts wow! dipped in a whorechestersire/ brownsugar recipe ,wrapped in bacon with I think bbq sauce before baking ,I thought they were really good.Im going to attempt a batch myself at home.

FWIW-Anyone have trouble with frags of mine ,concern,possible mixup,whatever the case pm me.I cant remember everyone so if somethings not right just let me know.
Thanks again to everyone,
-Steve

 

[jacksonpt]

Big thanks to everyone involved in making this happen! I met a few folks, saw some really cool stuff, just wish I could have stayed longer (and bought more), but other obligations...

Thanks Tim and Dave!

 

[Gravesj1s]

I purchased this chalice from abcreef.

 

[Hiltonc57]

Had a great time! just wondering how the corals are doing for the people that picked them up from me.

 

[rjmayes34]

wish we could have made it out, but i was working this weekend and we've been very busy lately. Sounds like it would have been well worth the drive to chat and browse /buy/see another Upstate fish store!
Glad to hear everyone had a blast and judging by the couple pics that are here some real great stuff was floating around!

 

[der_wille_zur_macht]

I need to add a big thanks to ABC, too. Their staff were very helpful, and did a great job of making sure people were taken care of even in the midst of the huge crowd. Great food, too. And the livestock discounts were much appreciated.

It's really awesome to see the community grow so well in the Syracuse area. I can remember frag trades 6 or 7 years ago where we'd be thrilled if 5 or 6 people showed up.