MARS Frag Swap Dec. 2008

[boviac]

Posted from MARS Forum by Funman1...

Frag swap will be on December 6th 2008
The MARS frag swap will be at 2719 K st in downtown Sacramento.

Everyone needs to give Ron(midtownstomp) a HUGE THANK YOU!!!!!!
It is almost right across the street from Sutter fort park.
We will have tons of room!!!!!!

More details will be posted here for official information, like rules and such.

[reefer334]

We are proud to announce the MARS Winter Frag Swap,
but first I would like to thank all of the hard working Frag Swap Committee members that made this possible!!!!!


MARS 2008 Winter Frag Swap/
Canned Food and Toy Drive
Presented by MidTown Stomp

Saturday December 6, 2008
2719 K St
Sacramento, CA 95816
Check In starts @ 10:00 AM
Frag picking starts @ 11:30 Am

Entry fee will be $12.00 prepay by pay pal and $20.00 at the door for swappers and $7.00 dollars for non swappers(to cover food costs). Pre Pay deadline is 12-3-08, please include in your payment if you are a club member and that the payment is for Frag swap admittance. All Prepaid entries will receive Blimpie Sub’s, drinks and snacks. We will do our best to have food for people that pay the day of the swap, but no guarantees as we have to preorder the food. Kids 12 and under are free with paid adult admission, all adults must pay entry fee.
So Please Pre pay!!!
Please Prepay at www.Paypal.com to the following address Paypal@MarineAquarist.org
Raffle
The Raffle for the Frag Swap is going to be awesome, we have 10 LFS donating to the Raffle as well as MARS, Reef Nutrition and MidTown Stomp!!!You are encouraged to be member of a Aquarium club. All Aquarium Club members will get 5 free raffle tickets at check in, but you must sign up for a club by 12-3-08 so we have time to acquire a member’s lists from neighboring clubs. If you are not club member by the deadline, you can sign up for the MARS club at the swap, but we strongly encourage you to sign up before the Swap. Raffle tickets will be for sale to all that attend for $2.00 each(this is to encourage you to bring in Toys and canned food). Everyone that brings in a canned food will receive one raffle ticket per 2 cans of food at check in. All Club Members that bring in a new toy will receive 5 raffle tickets per toy (toys must be $5.00 in value or more and be brand new in there original packaging) at check in.
Rules
You must Bring 3 Frags to participate, they can be a mix of LPS, SPS, Softies and Zoas.
If you do not have 3 frags to bring you can pick some up at a LFS for around $30.00, but we strongly encourage you to buy them from our LFS that are sponsoring the event, they have all agreed to have 3 frags available to you for around $30.00 or less.
All frags must come in hard containers and clearly marked with your RC handle, name of coral(scientific or common name),Genus (LPS,SPS,Softy,Zoas,Paly’s etc…), lighting , flow and any special feeding requirements. We would suggest using labels and putting them on a place on the container were they will not get wet.
If you do not bring frags in a hard container they will be available at check in for $1.00 each, labels will also be available at check in, but PLEASE have them pre labeled and in hard containers as check in will go much faster that way!!!
We also suggest to bring a cooler to bring your frags in and to store them after your picks.

You can also see info on the Frag Swap here http://www.marsfragswap.org


Recommended Frag Sizes
Zoas & Paly’s
Should be at least 5 polyps or more
SPS
Vertical growing sps 1 inch or more, encrusting or plating sps 1 square inch
LPS
At least 2 heads equaling 1 square inch or more
Softies
At least 1 square inch.
Exceptional Frags
Sizes will be determined by the exceptional frag panel.

Picking Rounds and Bonus Round Qualifications

The picking order will be chosen randomly at check in.. The number of groups and group sizes will be determined the day of the swap before picking begins.
The order will be as follows
Round 1-bonus,A,B,C,D,E,F,
Round 2-bonus,F,E,D,C,B,A
Round 3-bonus,A,B,C,D,E,F
Round 4-F,E,D,C,B,A
And so on until there are no more frags left.

To qualify for the Bonus Rounds you must bring your 3 entry frags plus the following
2 exceptional frags= 1 bonus round ticket
10 regular frags= 1 bonus round ticket ( the 10 frags must be no more than 5 of the same sp for example 10 brown birds nest frags not ok,5 brown birds nest frags and 5 purple birds nest frags ok)
4 exceptional frags= 2 bonus round tickets
2 exceptional frags and 10 regular frags= 2 bonus round tickets
20 regular frags=2 bonus round tickets
6 exceptional frags= 3 bonus round tickets
4 exceptional frags and 10 regular frags= 3 bonus tickets
2 exceptional frags and 20 regular frags= 3 bonus round tickets
30 regular frags= 3 bonus round tickets

The exceptional frags will be agreed on by a select panel of experienced reefers.
To find out if a coral will qualify for exceptional there is a separate thread for that at this link http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...readid=1506251. They will reply to your request there.

For any questions or additional information on the Frag Swap can be asked at this link
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1506261

MARS would like to thank all of are Frag Swap Sponsors!!!

Event Sponsors
AquaLife
AquaWorkz
Exotic aquarium
Jo Jo aquarium
Kalypso Aquatics
MARS
MidTown Stomp
O Street Aquarium
Paradise Aquarium
Underwater Paradise
Your Reef



Raffle Prize’s Donators
AquaLife
AquaWorkz
Blue Moon Corals
Exotic aquarium
Jo Jo aquarium
Kalypso Aquatics
MARS
MidTown Stomp
O Street Aquarium
Paradise Aquarium
Reef Nutrition
Underwater Paradise
Your Reef



Thanks from all the frag swap committee member's and we hope to see you all there!!!!!

[boviac]

I'm going!!!

[reefer334]

The Raffle Grand Prize will be a hand caught pair of Flame Wrasse's!!!!

So bring in lots of canned food and toys for those raffle tickets!!!

[gem]

One more week from today till the frag swap!! Can't wait. Get your frags ready!! And don't forget canned food donations and toy donations!!!

[Twisted]

Matt, My wife, and I will be going, hopefully we all got frags to get atleast the first bonus round.

Chris make sure that By the night of the Frag swap we have a "What did you bring home thread"

[boviac]

It will be good to see you guys from RDD again!!!

Anyone can post a NEW THREAD either here or on CRC site. I don't think I want to make this an independent forum. But certainly something should be there with links to photos!!!

All please use your best judgement to ensure you QT and/or dip your corals.