Cali Kid Corals

[May 23rd] NVR 2015 Open Swap




Where: 217 Fyffe St. Stockton, CA

When: Saturday, May 23, 2015

Shopping: Starts at 10:00a.m. come check out the goodies from the vendors listed below

Registration: 11:30-12:45pm

Swapping: 1:00pm until we run out of corals

Entry Fee: $5 NVR Contributing Members
$10 for members of another reef club with current membership card(you must have your card!!!!!!!!)
$15 anyone else who wants to swap

+ 3 coral frags.

Spectators are allowed (no admission charge) and will be able to shop and buy raffle tickets.

Why: Sharing the brightly colored stick, squishy, or poisonous things we all love to stare at.



Requirements:

To participate in the frag swap, all you will need is three different frags. Frags must be at minimum 1” for SPS, 2 polyps/heads/eyes per LPS, and 3-5 polyps minimum for zoas/palys.

Example of participation: 1 Ponape Birdsnest, 1 Red Digi, 1 yellow zoa frag or $20.

To acquire a bonus round ticket(s) you will need to provide 3 bonus round eligible frags per 1 bonus round ticket.

Example of 3 bonus round frags: 1 (3)polyp frag of MaryJane zoas, 1” frag of ORA Red Planet, and 1 (3)polyp frag of Utter Chaos zoas.

Bonus list will be posted.

To keep things fair, only up to ONE set of doubles are accepted towards your bonus round ticket.

For corals that are considered bonus round eligible as well to submit corals that you may want to add to the list. If your coral is considered for the list we will give you the minimum frag standard in that thread.

Corals that are excluded from the swap entirely: Kenya Tree, Xenia, Purple Clove Polyps, Green or Yellow Star Polyps, Anthelia, brown button polyps. You may bring these items for freebies, but they will not work towards your entrance requirements. If you are questioning your corals please ask here to see if they qualify.

Please have all coral in individual, clear water tight containers. NO STYROFOAM CONTAINERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Clear food containers and lids can be found at Smart and Final for like $5 for a sleeve of 50 cups and 100 lids. Clear cups help people see what coral is inside without having to take off the lid. If you bring your coral in a non clear container it will be moved into a clear container at registration.

Label each cup with you name along with information that clearly identifies the coral, light requirements, hardiness, and flow. If you do not know the given name for a coral, a small description will work just as good. You can use tape and paper, mailing label stickers, but just please make it legible to read your writing. We would prefer you to have your labels printed if possible.

To protect the integrity of frag swaps and to avoid any conflict during coral check-in, you are required to write down your name and handle just in case a half-dead coral slips past us during check-in. This is not an event to pass on your half-dead corals to get healthy corals. This event is for people to share within the community. Many are appreciative to those who bring in corals listed as bonus round corals, so it's highly discouraged and frowned upon to mislabel your corals to obtain more bonus round tickets.


Frag Label: NVR_Frag_Label.pdf 66.89K 94 downloads

Example of what should be on a label: Green Acro with Blue Growth tips. Strong lighting (MH) and strong flow. Considered easy with proper SPS levels.

Swapping:

Registration will open at 11:30am and close about 12:45pm. Swapping will start estimated around 1:00pm. So don’t be late…

Each person that meets the requirements to participate in the swap will be issued a colored bracelet during check-in. The color and the picking order will be announced 15 minutes prior to picking (estimated 1:00pm). Please make sure to check-in and get your picking bracelet, this is your entrance into the swap area.

Picking order…Those that qualify for the bonus round will receive a ticket for each qualifying 3 bonus round frags. There is no limit on how many bonus round tickets you get, as long as you meet the requirements for the bonus round ticket.

The Bonus Round will be broken down into 2 rounds. Anyone who has a Bonus Round ticket will have 4 minutes to pick from the tables and redeem 1 ticket per frag picked. Everyone must exit the picking area. After the first round anyone who still has bonus round tickets will have another 4 minutes to go and pick frags for the rest of their tickets.

After the bonus rounds are up, the general swap will then begin. Picking order will follow the standard up and back orientation (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10) then back (10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1) then back (1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10) repeat until all frags are gone. Each group will have three minutes to pick their frags. This formation will continue until all frags are cleared from the tables.

No one will be allowed in the swapping area except swap volunteers. This keeps the curiosity going to what hidden treasurers there are and keeps it fair to those that may arrive closer to the 1:00pm deadline.

We will also have a raffle with some nice goodies during the swap, memberships will be available for purchase as well . Please tell all your reefing buddies, and spread the word. This swap is open to anyone and everyone.

Vendors attending:
1. California Reef Company
2. jestersix
3. Aquariumtek
4. Legendary Corals
5. Coralicious Frags


If you would like to volunteer please PM me. We can always use the help.
 
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NVR Swap Prize List



1- Kessil A360WE Tuna Blue

1- Vertex Omega 150 skimmer

1- Tunze Osmolator ATO

1- Seaside Aquatics Dosing Container Set (Donated by California Reef Co)

1- Brightwell Aquatics Supplement Pack (Donated by California Reef Co)

2- $50 Gift Cards (Donated by California Reef Co)

1- Bulk Reef Supply dual reactor with pump

2- Aqueon Evolve 8 aquarium kits (Donated by Aqueon)

3- 64oz bottles of Kent ChromaPlex (Donated by Aqueon)

2- CoralLife 2900 Circulation Pumps (Donated by Aqueon)

2- CoralLife 750 Circulation Pumps (Donated by Aqueon)

1- Hanna Alk checker

1- Hanna Cal checker

1- Hanna Phosphate checker

1- Ecotech Vortech MP10

1- BRS Refractometer

1- Red Sea Foundation test kit

5- Rods Food multipacks (Donated by Rods Food)

1- Seachem Reef Pack fundamentals kit

3- Reef Nutrition Sampler kits (Donated by Reef Nutrition)

3- TDO-Chroma Boost Small Pellets (Donated by APBreed)

3- TDO-Chroma Boost Medium Pellets (Donated by APBreed)

3- TDO-Chroma Boost Large Pellets (Donated by APBreed)

1- Drs. Foster & Smith $25.00 Gift Card (Donated by Drs. Foster & Smith)

1- Drs. Foster & Smith size large T-Shirt

2- Aqualife $25.00 Gift Cards

3- Your Reef $25.00 Gift Certificates

4- Reefs2go $25.00 Gift Cards (Donated by Reefs2go)

1- 4 Stage Value Plus RODI (Donated by BRS)

1- Lifegard Quiet One Aquarium Pump 2200 (Donated by Lifegard Aquatics)

1- Lifegard Marine 24" Ultra Slim LED Light (Donated by Lifegard Aquatics)

1- Fluval Sea 90 gallon Circulation Pump (Donated by Hagen)

1- Fluval Sea 50 gallon Circulation Pump (Donated by Hagen)

1- Fluval Sea 15 gallon Circulation Pump (Donated by Hagen)

1- The Portal (Donated by Innovative Viewing Systems)

1- Julian's Thing (Donated by Two Little Fishies)

2- AcroPower 500ml bottles (Donated by Two Little Fishies)

2- Goniopower 1oz bottles (Donated by Two Little Fishies)

1- Bleeding Apple Scoly (Donated by Coralicious Frags)



More will be added as we get closer
 
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Question....it say you can get in for $10 with another Reef Club Membership Card.....Does BAR give out membership cards????
 
All you need is proof of membership.

So either log onto BAR on your smart phone and show them your Supporting Member title below your username. (Do this before you register so you don't slow the line down)

OR

Print out a screenshot of your supporting membership status and bring it with you.

BAR does not have membership cards nor do we plan on getting cards at the moment.
 
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All we need to see is proof of membership and that will get you a discount, all we ask is you have it ready to show us as check in can take awhile otherwise.
 
Also please check our forum for the bonus coral list and feel free to make suggestions if you think we missed something, will check into it and adjust the list as needed.
 
jestersix Pre-orders
If you are looking for something in particular, I would encourage you to PM or email me (jestersix@gmail.com) to discuss a pre-order...


I'm working seriously hard on having a great selections for the swap, I will have some of the following:


Single space FragDomes ($10 for 4)
MiniDomes ($15 per dozen)
PicoDomes ($5 per dozen)
ChaliceFlats ($10 for 6)
7 Deadly FragRacks ($20)
Perfect 10 Frag Racks ($25)
Lucky 13 FragRacks ($35)
BlackJack 21 FragRacks ($45)
BlennyBottles ($15 - $30 depending on bottles)
Misc small prebuilt 'scapes ($15 and up - depends on build)
A couple MagFrags ($20 and up - depends on build)


That said, some of these will be in limited quantities. If you have your heart set on something or are interested in a special/custom order, pre-order is the way to go. As usual, pre-paid guarantees your goodies.



I don't usually travel with Emaco kits anymore - they are just a PITA to haul around. If you want an Emaco kit, please pre-order and I'll be happy to bring the kit along.
 
Are many Bar Members going? I might go again - but I get dirty looks looks when I show up...something about me winning to much raffles. Also Damn bridge is closing again so traffic on Bay bridge will suck again.
 
I hope you make the trip out, we have a ton of raffle prizes and door prizes, so everyone should get something at least. Plus there will be awesome coral to find out on the swap tables.
 
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