BAR regional Frag Swap, February 11, 2006

[Thales]

Hey guys,

The swap is coming up and of course you are all invited. Instead of cluttering up your forum, here is a link to the swap info:

BAR Frag Swap thread (http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=750399)

Let us know if you have any questions!

Rich

[Thales]

Hey guys,

We have run into a logistical snafu regarding registering non BAR members to the BAR message board. So, if you would like to post on the BAR forum, please do so as a guest, otherwise, if you have a rare coral for consideration please post it to this thread (http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=753115).

Sorry for any inconvenience.

:D

[Thales]

Hi again!

Rich asked me to post this info here so y'all wouldn't have to click all over the place to read it. Thanks Rich! :D


It's Frag Swap Time Again!!!!

February 11, 2006 Northern California Regional frag swap

Bay Area Reefers invites you to join us for this regional event.
Any member of any non profit marine aquarium hobbyist organization is welcome to attend.
This event is free to all reef club members (not just BAR members) with current membership bringing coral to swap, and $20 for club members not bringing coral. (Your $20 dollars will be used by BAR to purchase corals for this event).

The swap will be held at Aquatic Specialties and Pets (ASAP) (http://bareefers.com/ASAP%20Directions.aspx)in Hayward California, and as usual, ASAP will not sell anything to the public.
Registration and frag check-in is from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, with the swap proper beginning at 1:00 pm

If you are joining BAR for the first time, or need to make your membership current, we encourage you to sign up for BAR membership online here (http://bareefers.com/memberupdate.aspx?newmember=True) before the swap using Paypal. If you need to sign up for membership the day of the swap there will be a 10 dollar late sign up fee in addition to the 20 dollar membership fee.

Please bring your corals:
1) Pre-fragged
Preferably pre-fragged with enough time to encrust/attach onto something. If the frags you are bringing are fresh cut, please frag the coral the night before to give the frag time to stop sliming and sloughing, and to improve survivability before packing it to bring to the swap
2) In a plastic container or double bagged
We are suggesting Glad MiniRounds (or larger size if needed), Rubbermaid Take Alongs, or another appropriatedly sized resuable container because reusability is nice! If you put a bit of plastic bag in the bottom of such container, the frags seem to do less rolling around than in plastic bags. Double bagged LFS bags are fine as well, but please no ziploc bags.
3) Labeled
Several labels are available here (http://bareefers.com/bar/viewtopic.php?t=701) for download. Fill in the blanks using Word, print, and waterproof by covering the label with packaging tape, and attach to your frag containers.

Also - we suggest you bring some kind of ice chest or other container for the corals that you pick during the swap.

The picking
Each participant will be given a number and that is the group with whom they pick frags.
Corals will be grouped according to type.
Groups will rotate through the picking area with each person picking 1 coral.
Bonus tickets will pick first in each round.
The order of groups picking will go up, then down. For example, if there are 3 groups the order would be:
bonus, 1, 2, 3, (...)
bonus, 3, 2, 1
bonus, 1, 2, 3

Bonus round/bonus tickets
Bonus tickets are obtained by bringing 'rare' corals, or by bringing multiple other corals. For each Bonus ticket, you get one pick in a Bonus round which is in place of your normal picking group in that round. If you have multiple bonus tickets, you can only use one in each bonus round. Once you are out of bonus tickets, you will revert to your regular picking group for the next round. If a bonus round has too many people in it, it will be split into two just to make the picking area less frantic.
One bonus ticket is given for each of the following:
2 'rare' frags
10 mounted, encrusted/attached 'normal' frags
20 unmounted frags


To save time at the swap please post pics to this thread (http://bareefers.com/bar/viewtopic.php?t=702) for consideration before the swap. If you are a member of a club other than BAR, you can still post to this thread (http://bareefers.com/bar/viewtopic.php?t=702) as a guest (please use your first name or your RC handle), or post to this thread on RC this thread (http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=753115).

Family Memberhsips
If you have a BAR family membership, each member of the family that brings frags or pays the $20 No Frag Fee can participate in the Picking Rounds.

Sponsors and Raffle
Our raffle for this event is going to be huge, including:
• ER-cs6 skimmer donated by Mermaid Aquarium and BAR, and corals, dry good and gift certificates from:
• New Alameda Aquatics
• Reef Nutrition
• Atlantis Aquarium
• Aquascene
• Tropical Reef Oasis
• Dolphin Pet Village
• Aquarium Concepts
• Aquatic Gallery
• Aquatic Collection
• Wesley Reefs
• A registration package for the Western Marine Conference (WMC)
as well as corals donated by BAR.

More donations to will be listed in here (http://bareefers.com/bar/viewtopic.php?p=6278#6278).

There will be bbq for sale and drinks supplied by BAR. There will also be IC-gel for sale at the swap.

And, we'd like to thank Bob and Robert at ASAP for their continued support!

If you have some juice to help out at the swap, please post here (http://bareefers.com/bar/viewtopic.php?p=6327#6327)

Remember the spirit of the swap - give more than you take! :D

[thereefgeek]

Stickied, and thank's Rich. I'll be there for sure.

[duec22]

Got a bunch of animals glued to rocks over the weekend, they should all be good and encrusted by the swap.

[Thales]

Sweet!

I am a little bummed because my tank is down - everything is in the under house sump, so I am not sure how much I will be able to bring. Sad Lefty.

:D

[Reefugee]

Rich (Lefty),

What happened to your tank? You had one of the nicest tank I have ever seen. It's a real bummer to hear that it's down.

Minh

[Thales]

:D Thanks!

Home remodel - putting a new floor in the room with the tank. Its giving me a chance to redo the mess o plumbing and electrical cords. I am actually kind of happy about it, and am going to hard pipe everything.

[thereefgeek]

Don't forget, if you're a MARS member and want to come to the swap you should have already renewed your membership at the January meeting. I'm sending January's MARS roster over to BAR. Hope you're on it!:D

[tropoasis]

Hi,

My list of available corals for the BAR Swap road trip has just gone out

If you didn't receive it and would like to peruse it, just PM me with your request

Thanks
Frank

[lilleahseafreak]

will new MARS members be able to get a membership at the swap? i am going to tell my new fish buddy at school about the swap but she is not a member yet. can she join MARS at the meeting? if not then she will have to join BAR inorder to partipate in the swap, which may be just fine with her....

too bad i cannot come, saturday is booked, and since my dad works saturdays i likely will never go!!! (and there is no way my moms gonna do it or let some one else take me! man i need to get a permit!)

[duec22]

Why did I have it in my head that it was on Mar. 11... hope the Marmot can still go..that's my ride.

[GreshamH]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6674876#post6674876 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lilleahseafreak
will new MARS members be able to get a membership at the swap? i am going to tell my new fish buddy at school about the swap but she is not a member yet. can she join MARS at the meeting? if not then she will have to join BAR inorder to partipate in the swap, which may be just fine with her....

too bad i cannot come, saturday is booked, and since my dad works saturdays i likely will never go!!! (and there is no way my moms gonna do it or let some one else take me! man i need to get a permit!)

There will not be any MARS sign ups at the swap that I'm aware of. Since Rich posted he's sending over the roster, I'm indlined to belive that if your not current, your not on the list (no new sign ups)

BAR is asking that anyone that wants to join BAR, to please do so before the day of the swap. This can be done with paypal thru our website, www.bareeefers.org . In the case that some one comes and wants to join the day of, we're adding a $10 day of sign up fee to our $20 normal membership. If your not bringing any corals, there's another $20 fee, bringing the total to $50 for a non coral carrying sign up the day of the swap person.

BTW< Tru Vu has donated a refugium/sump to our all ready large raffle.

[jimsar]

Please come hungry and a bit early. http://emergencybbq.com/ will provide no-host BBQ. They'll have their gig downstairs.

[duec22]

Did you have to link that page...now I'm drooling for BBQ and lunch isn't for another couple hours.

[bookfish]

Island Marine Tropicals from the Kingdom of Tonga has sent 75 aquacultured mini colonies and 2 boxes of wildstock corals as our donation to the swap. Have a great time!-Jim

[GreshamH]

Sweet, Thanks Jim, and of course Eddie and kole :D You Island Boys rock :)

[duec22]

That is a very generious gift from you guys. I'm definantly going to try and pick one of them up. Thank you...

[bookfish]

I'm particuliarly impressed with the way the pink stylo's have colored up.
Look for them at the swap but bring your sunglasses, they practically glow in the dark!-Jim

[GreshamH]

FYI we only got two of those IIRC, and they'll be in the raffle.

Now the nuclear green acro trulyn does glow in the dark, that piece is insane!

[thereefgeek]

Great Show yesterday guys, and thanks as usual for inviting MARS out to participate. You know of course we will be stealing some of your good ideas for our next swap! Well organized, and good fun for all. Thanks to all the BAR BOD and volunteers who worked their arses off to make it come together!