Frag swap 3 in Madison, WI

[Meisen]

Madison's 3rd Annual Frag swap is coming! Our club will be hosting a swap on Sunday, January 28th from 1-3 pm. There will be raffles, coral trading, demos and more!

All are welcome to attend. You do not need to be a member of the club to attend, swap, sell or buy. All captive-propagated corals and tank-reared livestock are welcome as are used pieces of equipment, chemicals etc. The admission to support the MARS club website will be $5.00 at the door. Last year we had nearly 80 people turn out, this year we are going to break 100!

The swap will be held at Creative Comfort, 2211 Industrial Drive in Monona, WI just off the beltline and minutes from downtown Madison.

Those planning on bringing more than 10 frags should pm me to register and get the swapper info.

See you there!

[sticky]

PM sent. I think I may have more than ten.

[sarduci]

Sounds good!

[Meisen]

Yeah its going to rock this year! 50% attendance increase for the past two years....lets keep it going!

[sarduci]

Never mind, can't go.

[Meisen]

bummer man,

I am hoping that we get a few contingents from other parts of the state like last year. This swap is going to have some great sellers and traders present so it should be well worth the trip.

[specsirl]

Count me in please. Only as a buyer though. I actually have off that weekend!

[ronkent]

i will probably tag along with sticky as well.

[sarduci]

Back in. Six year olds don't really care too much about what day their birthday party is on, especially since it really wasn't Sunday anyway.

[Finland]

I'll be there as a buyer. Probably have my son tagging along too.

[Meisen]

cool, I look forward to meeting you guys if I havent already.

[cyclops23]

count me in! probably just as a buyer, though. maybe i can ditch the girlfriend so i won't have her yellling at me for spending so much money.

[sidd129]

I'm going to try and make it as a buyer, I have to work midnights that weekend but specs convinced me to hike up the skirt and go. Now I just have to convince my wife (which really means check with her if my schedual is clear because I don't keep track of that stuff so well).

[Meisen]

well great! sounds like we are going to have a group coming from central Wi.

Its looking like it will be a great swap and lots of fun. In the next week or two, we are going to announce the raffle prizes and hopefully some of the guys bringing frags will begin posting pics.

[sticky]

Meisen, where should we put the pics?

[Meisen]

Hey Sticky and all,

Folks can post what they have to swap here in this thread:

mars swap thread (http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=992750)

If you are signed up on the actual club forum (madisonreef.com), you can feel free to post there as well.

[Meisen]

bump

[Meisen]

Folks can post what they are going to have at the swap or check out what others are bringing here:


whos bringing what to the fragswap (http://www.madisonreef.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1770)

[Meisen]

bump, updates coming soon!

[sarduci]

Got a friend coming along with me. Depending on how things go, I may have room in my car to bring things back if people need some extra space.

[Meisen]

All right folks, the swap is just a few days away! We are going to have some sweet door prizes (no purchase needed, just the suggested entry donation!) including items from Magnavore, Algae Free, Fosters and Smith, 2 coral frag packs and more!!! We are expecting a super group of swappers with tons of cool frags for trade/sale.

Remember that swappers are allowed in at 12 pm for one hour of setup and trading only. Everyone else gets in at 1 pm.

See you there!

[Meisen]

For anyone who didnt get these off mapquest, the directions are:
From Interstate 90/94
Head west on Hwy 12/18 (the Beltline) - exit on South Towne Drive - turn left (south) and take the second left onto Industrial Drive - about 2 blocks on the right side of the road you will see Creative Comfort (heating/AC place). We'll have some signs up for you too once you get off the Beltline.

If you have problems finding the place on Sunday, you can call Steve on his cell phone, 608-213-7879 and he'll talk you in.

[Meisen]

We have added two last minute sellers to our great lineup. One will be bringing some high end SPS frags and the other will have a lot of really cool zoanthids.

Come check it out!

[sticky]

Sweet success. Alot of people...great frags. Organized as alway. Great group of people down there.

[Meisen]

Ha ha, we organize by not organizing.

Glad you all came!!! I was psyched that people came from all over Wi (Rhinelander, LaCrosse, G-bay and Milwaukee) as well as Illinois and Indiana.

[sarduci]

Was a good time. Found some nice rics, both yuma and florida. My friend picked up a bunch of stuff and filled his 29g tank full of stuff. Would have loved to have a sps tank and been down there......

[specsirl]

I picked up some great sps frags....more like colonies. I cant wait for them to settle in and start taking off in my tank.

[keyhole]

Happy to hear that you had a good time.

See you next time.