Frag Swap Update!

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What: 4th Annual MTRC Frag Swap! (http://www.mtrc.org/meetings/fragswap/fourthannualfragswap.html)
When: January 19, 2008. 12:00 - 4:00 PM Central Time.
Where: Pleasant Green Recreation Center in Goodlettsville, TN.

Admission:
Admission is $5 for the general public or $3 if you can show current membership in a reef club, FREE for children under 12. Each person admitted will receive a coupon for a free appetizer at the Aquarium Restaurant at Opry Mills (while supplies last), and a door prize ticket.

http://www.mtrc.org/misc/fourthannualfragswap.jpg

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Door Prizes:
• Baensch Marine Atlas, Volume 1 (Tunze USA)
• Frag Plugs, and Frag Disks (OceansWonders)
• $30 Gift Certificates (Air, Water, & Ice, Inc.)
• $10 Gift Certificates (Premium Aquatics)
• $10 Gift Certificates (Emerald Bay)
• Reef Iodide (Seachem)
• Frag Swap T-shirts (Middle TN Reef Club)
• Digital Timer (Hamilton Technology)
• PC Actinic or 10K blubs (Hamilton Technology)
• Coral Frags (BlueWaterAquaFarms.com)
• ORAGlo Fish Food (ORA Farms)

[mikemartinez]

I thought it was Free for members of MTRC?

[NeveSSL]

It is. Where do you see otherwise?

Let me specify its free for MTRC members, $3 for people who can show membership in other clubs, and $5 otherwise. :)

Brandon

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Raffle:
Red Sea MAX Aquarium Setup, including Tank, Stand, and Reef Starter Kit from Red Sea (approx $950 value).
5 Cool Corals from ORA: ORA Duncan, Dustin's Deep Water Acro, Phil's Granulosa, ORA Montipora Spongodes, AND a brand new ORA coral that was just released on FRIDAY -- The Hawkins Blue Echinata!!! (approx $500 value) Each winner of this raffle will get their pick of what is left until these baby's are gone!
Reef Nutrition Sampler Packs (Phyto feast, Roti feast, Tiger Pods, Arcti Pods) (approx $60 each)
"The Cube" 150 gpd RO/DI from Air, Water & Ice, Inc. (approx $239 value).
$150 in gift certificates from Air, Water & Ice, Inc.
Oceanic Biocube 14 + Stand donated by the Aquatic Critter (approx $300 value).
Tunze Nanostream 6025 from Tunze USA (approx $70 value).
Reef Optix 150 HQI Pendant from Sunlight Supply (approx $140 value).
MRC Fluidized Chamber Reactor from My Reef Creations (approx $130 value).
48" 2x54W T5 HO Retrofit Kit from Reef Geek (approx $130 value).
SpectraPure MaxCap D1 Deionization Add-on Stage (approx $80 value).
2 250W Hamilton 10K (SE) MH Bulbs from Hamilton Technologies (approx $180 value).
$100 gift certificate to Emerald Bay Reptiles and Fish in Nashville.
$50 gift certificate to the Aquarium Restarurant in Opry Mills Mall.
$50 gift certificate to Saltwaterfish.com.
Mixed Zoa Rock from BlueWaterAquaFarms.com (approx $60 value).
Seachem Reef Supplement packs (Reef Plus, Reef Carbonate, Reef Complete, etc.) -- (approx $40 value each pack).
DT's Pure Reef Elements -- 32 oz of each from DT's Phytoplankton (approx $60 value each pack)

[eyebedam]

Are the folks working the swap gonna be wearing MTRC tshirts again this year or is it just come as you are?

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Pics of some of the ORA corals (these pics are from ORA):

the BRAND NEW Hawkins Blue Echinata!
http://www.starmerville.com/crumbletop/images/swap2008/ORA-Hawkins-Blue-Echinata.jpg

The Phil's Granulosa:
http://www.starmerville.com/crumbletop/images/swap2008/ORA-Phil's-granulosa.jpg

[gsusfreak]

oh great....now i gotta hold myself back from spending too much money for the raffle tickets!!!....

[eyebedam]

Its a conspiracy i tell you

[NeveSSL]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11607077#post11607077 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gsusfreak
oh great....now i gotta hold myself back from spending too much money for the raffle tickets!!!....

Exactly!

That new blue ORA coral is beautiful!

Brandon

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Floor Layout:
http://www.starmerville.com/crumbletop/images/swap2008/Frag-Swap-Layout3-2008.gif

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T-shirts
We'll have t-shirts at the swap for $10 each that will look roughly like this:

http://www.starmerville.com/crumbletop/images/swap2008/T-shirt-2008.jpg

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Disclaimer:
I'm doing the best I can. I have tried not to make any mistakes or typos with the prizes, etc -- but that is always a possibility. Before you drop some $ on the raffle tickets, check the items out in person :)

[eyebedam]

The shirts look nice.

[Mikeyjer]

Those tee-shirts do look nice,,,but I hope their not over-sized like last year,,,,those were wayyy too big for me.....lol

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We ordered smalls, mediums, larges, xtra larges, and xtra xtra larges. I don't remember how many of which, but there should be something that fits you :)

[Mikeyjer]

Awesome!!! :D

[chadfarmer]

I glue animals to rocks -- my girlfriend had that on a shirt last year-- lots of people liked it


dont worry about putting me in the back

i need those ora but would like to pick them up instead of waiting till available

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Lots of people will get back there by you, chadfarmer :) You guys are bringing awesome stuff and I'm sure people are marking the spot. People pretty much get around the whole place pretty easily and we left a little extra space in the isles this year.

Yeah, those ORA frags are awesome!

[cee]

Yeah, what time's the drawing? I gotta leave a bit early but would like to get in on that echinata.

Dave

[waynesworld]

Dave if you have to leave and want something in the Raffles I will keep you ticket if you write your name on it and then we can work out a way for you to get it. Door prizes are different you have to be there to get them.

[mikemartinez]

It is. Where do you see otherwise?

I didnt see anything at all to be exact (Unless there is something I am not seeing) that why I asked cause I know I had heard it was free to MTRC members...

I just wanted to make sure..

Thanks

[waynesworld]

Oops I apologize the poster did not clarify that but it is free to MTRC members.

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Folks actually have to be present to win any of the items. The raffle is scheduled for 3:30 but we will hopefully be starting that around 3 as long as the fragging demo goes smoothly.

If you want to work something out personally with another person (such as Wayne) for the raffle, you can do that. MTRC will not hold on to items, and we will draw another ticket if no one steps up to claim with a matching #.

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Another Door Prize :)

$25 Gift Certificate to Drs. Foster & Smith

[RevHtree]

Hey will we have name tags at the swap?

Thanks for all the hard work. I know what a pain it can be as we do this once a year here it Chatt town. You guys have a good one going!

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Yep. Name tags -- at least for the first 300 people ;)

[Fanof49ASU]

How many did we have last year?

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We had around 300+

Mammagoose is going to look for more tags tonight. We bought out the walmart the other day :D

[SRT80]

just the stick on name tags? I'll check when I go to wal-mart. Can't have too many as they are good for meetings too...

Steve

[RevHtree]

Man I am sooooo excited about this swap. Normally I don't get to enjoy a swap like i'll get to this time.

[chadfarmer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11611520#post11611520 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by crumbletop
Lots of people will get back there by you, chadfarmer :) You guys are bringing awesome stuff and I'm sure people are marking the spot. People pretty much get around the whole place pretty easily and we left a little extra space in the isles this year.

Yeah, those ORA frags are awesome!


i was just playing forgot the :p

[eyebedam]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11608618#post11608618 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mikeyjer
Those tee-shirts do look nice,,,but I hope their not over-sized like last year,,,,those were wayyy too big for me.....lol
No guy should ever wear a tight t shirt anyway. You wouldn't want to be known as tight tshirt guy.

[Pickupman66]

:p :D :lmao: at EBD.

are the shirts free for MTRC?

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11615625#post11615625 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pickupman66
:p :D :lmao: at EBD.

are the shirts free for MTRC?

A few will be used as a thank you to the volunteer helper-outer-people on c_stowers schedule. I forgot to mention that we ordered an xtra-xtra-xtra-small for mikeyjer, but it shrunk in the wash and now I can't find it. I guess he'll have to settle for a loose shirt :p

[gsusfreak]

you guys are terrible!!!....LOL

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2 more days!!!!

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The Fragging Demo is brought to you by Emerald Bay Fish and Reptile in Nashville. We'll have a mixed zoa rock and a nice green tabling acro to frag. They sent me some pics of the corals and say they look much better in person because they couldn't get the white balance right.

For follks who are interested in a frag, the tickets for the demo will be $5 each and can be purchased at the Swap.

Here are the pics:

http://www.starmerville.com/crumbletop/images/swap2008/TableTop3.jpg

http://www.starmerville.com/crumbletop/images/swap2008/Zoas1.jpg

[eyebedam]

thats a very nice Acro. Looks pretty large.

[skirossi]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11620283#post11620283 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by crumbletop
[B]The Fragging Demo is brought to you by Emerald Bay Fish and Reptile in Nashville. We'll have a mixed zoa rock and a nice green tabling acro to frag. They sent me some pics of the corals and say they look much better in person because they couldn't get the white balance right.

For follks who are interested in a frag, the tickets for the demo will be $5 each and can be purchased at the Swap.



Just making sure I'm understanding this correctly....We have to pay to watch the fragging demo? Or is the $5 to buy a frag of those?

[waynesworld]

I beleave it is you can watch it you need to pay the $5 for the frag.

[DMBillies]

Yeah, anyone can watch, but if you want the resulting frag you need to pay $5.

[eyebedam]

Its $5.00 time in Tennesssee

[waynesworld]

It will be cutting time in nashville sat it is time for my finger leather to lose some weight at the demo too. So chtiss you bringing a sharp blade to the swap.

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The Red Sea Max is in (dropped of yesterday). Today the corals from ORA are supposed to arrive via fedex!

[forensicdoc]

I am hoping to make the swap tomorrow. Can I renew my membership at the swap?

Bruce Levy

[waynesworld]

Yes if you want to or if you prefer PayPal you can do it there too I will check in the am for ones who did it last min.

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The ORA shipment is in!!!