Frag swap pictures thread

[sfsuphysics]

Ok, decided not to clutter up the offical announcement and just start a thread for what you're bringing type pictures, just something to whet the appetite (although not terribly much from my pictures, I just felt like taking a bunch and now you have to suffer through them!)

Thanks goes to www.imageshack.us for supplying the bandwidth

Thought of bringing a few of these, but Norm seems to have more than enough zoanthids to cover.. still might bring a few, these go into my "maybe" catagory (ie can I get to them without taking out the rock that pretty much barely fit into the tank and that was without stuff growing on it)

Some of this stuff is definately going, that's the beast of a colt, thing doesn't sting anything but man it grows, to give an idea of scale the tank is 24" tall and that particular frame is probably 3 feet wide. Oh yah Fred is right next to it on the left.

Love/hate relationship with these guys, very bright green, however they do grow very readily

Now that the softie crowd is taken care of, some hard stuff.. (hrm.. bad choice of words)... anyways some of the specimins in this picture

And in this picture...

This guy was so pretty I thought he deserved a close up.

Again in the catagory of "if I can get to them", I know there's a lack of LPS corals, but I'm sure they will be appreciated, this is the tip of the iceberg, there's about 10x as many polyps on the other side.

Mike's infamous gangrenous grey zombie lords! Again.. If I can get to them.

 

[Elite]

I love your green slimmer man..

Yeah I hate Norman's zoa collection.. Make mine looks really bad ;D ..

 

[bareefers]

Hi guys I am wondering I just got my 180 going about 6 weeks ago and it has a zoa and 6 clowns so far I have been taking things slow... But my question is that I would like to attend the Frag Swap since I missed the December event and was wondering how I would trade frags being I don't have any I read the $30 buy in what does that get me exactly; I just want to be fair and not feel like a mooch but on the same token I do not have a lot of free money to spend on a ton of frags quite yet and you know there is a lot of space in an 180 ;D Thanks for any input.

 

[dswong01]

Instead of bringing frags you pay $30 for not having any frags.

 

[Elite]

You also have to be a club member to join the swap.
Click here to join BAR

 

[bareefers]

And there will be no joining on the day of the swap from what I understand. But seriously, even if you pay $25 to join the club and $30 for a no-frag buy-in, $55 is a still a bargain. People are bringing awesome stuff, and I can assure you that you will go home with more than $55 worth of goodies (heck $55 barely would cover shipping from an online order), the potential to win raffles and door prizes. Not to mention all the xenia and kenya tree you would ever want...

 

[Elite]

It's only $20 for single membership and $30 for family ..

Frags swap is not about what/how many you can bring home ..

The BAR regional frag swap is intended to promote the propagation and sharing of corals within the reefing community.

With that said, the amount you bring home will be more than what you can get at any stores for $50. ;D

 

[bareefers]

lol sorry if that came across as how much do I get for the money I am very interested in the meeting of people in my area and making new friends, I just was not sure if the $30 covered bringing home a few frags for not like I said I want to be fair and not feel like I am mooching off of anyone... I do need ot join and will do so shortly I tried last month but the site was having trouble then got sidetracked and did not do it... This sounds like a great thing and I look forward to bringing home some new stuff for the new tank. Thanks everyone!

 

[bareefers]

ok done deal I am offically a paid memeber ;D let the swaps begin lol

 

[bareefers]

and yes, it is a fun group of people! I call it the nerd club! But seriously, there are all different types of people from all walks of life and the common thread is reef keeping in an ethical, environmentally friendly way. It's awesome to be part of something like this! I've been guilty of being off the radar for about 2 years (marriage will do that to you) but I can't wait to see everyone again.

 

[sfsuphysics]

FYI if you do not have frags to bring, you NEED to pay the $30 prior to the swap via paypal.

 

[Apon]

Mike I am not sure that is true....I know we aren't taking new memberships at the swap, but I think we are taking the fee at registration. Like last year, but I could be wrong. I don't think that has been confirmed......Norm?

 

[sfsuphysics]

Sorry, I thought I read something that mentioned paypay pre-reg for no-frags from Dudley.. could have been a dream

 

[capescuba]

Ok,
Here's what I am probably gonna take the blade to ... Unfortunately, there is a good chance of Aiptasia making the journey too :-(

Capnella

Caulastrea

Echinophyllia

euphyllia

Tubipora

Zoanthid

 

[capescuba]

Looks like my pictures are too big ... ???
You have to scroll all the way to the bottom to get to the scroll bar

 

[bareefers]

you could host them at flickr, which automatically resizes them into like 4 different sizes. that euphyllia looks especially cool close up though!

 

[capescuba]

Does that Candy cane look familar too?? It's going nuts in my tank!

 

[bareefers]

That particular strain grows amazingly fast doesn't it?

 

[Raddogz]

We need to make sure the next time there is a raffle that there be two dozen peppermint shrimp for your tank Dave ;D

 

[capescuba]

[quote author=Raddogz link=topic=1621.msg14661#msg14661 date=1168580162]
We need to make sure the next time there is a raffle that there be two dozen peppermint shrimp for your tank Dave ;D
[/quote]

Yeah - Or those Nudibranch thingies ;-)

I've tried everything on the list - Peppermint Shrimp, Joes Juice, Super Kalk, Copper Band Butterfly ... but they just don't work for me.