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BAR Regional Swap February 13th @ Chabot College

Bay Area Reefers Summer Regional Swap

The BAR regional frag swap is intended to promote the propagation, sharing and ‘backing up’ of corals within the reefing community. In this event, BAR values a spirit of generosity in support of the hobby and all its participants.
This swap is open to everyone. Meet and hang out with your fellow hobbyists. Share and enjoy the diversity of corals grown by your fellow reefers. Learn more on how to care for the corals you pick and the corals you currently have.




Never been to a swap before?

No problem! We have a newbie welcoming committee that will be there to help. There will even be a newbie's corner with discussions designed to improve your reefing skills.

How the swap will work

• Corals will be placed on tables with a family of corals (I.E. Zoas, soft corals, LPS, SPS - sticks, SPS - plates, other)
• You will receive a name tag with a group letter
• letters will be called in this order: A;B:C:D;E;F;Z;Z;F;E;D;C;B;A;A...
• When your group letter is called, in the first round, you will have a few minutes to select a coral
• Successive rounds will be shorter and you will be able to grab more corals.


“That sounds neat, how do I participate?”

• Entry fee: Prepay $5 for 2010 registered BAR members and $10 for nonmembers, last minute registration (between Feb 9th and 5pm on Friday February 12th)
$15, or $20 at the door, please use PayPal for payments by sending money to paypal@bareefers.org (or use the paypal button below) be sure to include your full name and as well your BAR forum handle if you are a 2011 BAR member in the box below before hitting the "pay now" button.







BAR handle (if 2011 member) or participant name







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Entry fee covers the cost for corals purchased from our sponsors to be added to the swap by BAR, along with advertising the swap outside of the regional club scene [the paid swap participant list is located here xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ]

•Show up for Registration 11:00-12:30
•Bring three or more different strains of coral (BAR members are known for bringing dozens of corals, so don't feel like you only need to bring 3), also see below for corals that will not qualify you for the general swap*

Important Information


•The swap will be held on February 13th in the cafeteria bldg number 2300 at Chabot College map and campus map
•Chabot College charges $2 for parking. you will need to purchase a daily permit at on of the machines in the parking lots.
•Swap registration is 11:00-12:30, anyone coming late to check in automatically is placed into the last picking group
•The swap starts at 1:00 hard
•The raffle will be held during the swap, so keep your ears open, although winning numbers will remain posted after they’ve been called
•We ask that you package your corals in deli containers similar to these, or these NO ZIPLOCK BAGS. Not only can you see the corals better, they do not leak all over the place so we can return to Chabot for future swaps. If you show up with substandard packing you will be asked to purchase deli containers and repackage and label your corals. There are some handy frag packing tips in this thread This Thread, feel free to add any suggestions.
•All containers shall be labeled with the coral type, your name and internet handle and growing conditions if they are not labeled you will be required to label them on the spot, see This Thread for pre-made blank BAR Avery labels
•There will be food and beverages available for purchase during the event
• Any corals that are deemed unhealthy or freshly fragged will not qualify you for the swap, it is against our mission to reward poor propagation techniques.
•There will be a raffle of items donated by our sponsors. Tickets will be on sale at the event. $20 buys you as many tickets as $20 buys you!


Non-Qualifying Corals

*these organisms have been deemed too common in the hobby. They will be placed on a separate table from other corals at the swap. If you only bring non-qualifying coral that are on this list you will be restricted to only picking from the common table for the first two rounds.


Green Star Polyp (GSP)
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Brown Protopalythoa (sea mat)
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Xenia
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Anthelia

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Encrusting Gorgonian (brown GSP)

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Kenya Tree

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Colt Coral

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Brown Toadstool Leather

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Macroalgae (California legal varieties)
 
Hi, You guys mentioned volunteering work.
What skills does one need to have and what kind of schedule do you have in mind?
I'd be up for volunteering.
Send me a pm

Roberto.
 
This will be the first swap where I won't be picking anything up because I have no more room. I'll be giving a ton of stuff away (Finally!).
 
It will almost certainly be over by then. Most of the really good stuff gets taken after 3 or 4 rounds so you won't be missing too much if you have to leave before the whole thing ends.
Patrick
 
I'll be posting u p a swap help thread ASAP, I need to do a badly needed water change first though or I won't have any corals for the swap :D
 
tuberider said:
I'll be posting u p a swap help thread ASAP, I need to do a badly needed water change first though or I won't have any corals for the swap :D

Cool. I was about to pay but not sure if this is considered purchase or personal in paypal. I'll wait for your post Jeremy.
 
jeremy, if you want to distribute a stick frag, after you cut it, how do you "store" it in your tank to allow healing without the aid of a frag plug?
 
Temp. glue it to your rack. I used to do that when I would run out of plugs and wouldn't have any for a week or two.
 
The temp glue works great, you can have a dedicated rock to do that as well, or I'll place a deli container at the bottom of the tank with a few small pieces of rubble and place a few frags in there. I cut the frags off the plugs most of the time before I add any corals to my tank.
 
Entry fee paid, labels printed. Last fragging of donations to occur before Wednesday.
Donations to include, ultra green candy cane, ultra green ultra hairy mushrooms, assorted special zoas (Armor of the Gods, ultra green/orange, steel blue center) and, of course, bright green bird's nest!

Hot-cha-cha-cha-cha! :)
 
There is a thread here on them as well as sources in the "Local Business" directory on the left side of the screen.


here: http://www.bareefers.org/home/businesses
 
http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/7582

http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/7586

http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/7583

http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/7584

http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/7585

http://www.bareefers.org/home/node/7581
 
I haven't needed to yet, but will now that I am out, but I hear that Safeway is a good source for them. I'll head there tonight and can let you know (on the way home)
 
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