Thank you
 

Brad, thank you for your hospitality and it was great to see the familiar faces the and also meeting some new ones at the frag swap. I wish I had brought more money as there were many nice frags at the meet. Brad, your tank is amazing as always! Sorry for drooling all over your floor...

Thank you to Shelley, Christy, Ronnie, Brad and Dan for all the nice frags! I will surely be busy tonight! :wink:

Rich, it was great meeting you the next time I am coming over to the Mainland I will certainly pm you as I would love to see your tank as well!

Good to Meet and talk to everyone.

Brad I forgot a frag that i wanted to give you, we'll have to meet up soon so i can give it to you

Nooooo, no more room :P Between the incredible pieces I got from Tim T, Shelley and Christy, I have no idea where I'd put it. I guess the frag tank, if you really want to give it to me :)
Sorry, didn't' get to talk to you much, Rich and Chris were trying to empty my tank -lol
All around good time today, thanks everyone for coming out, we'll have to do it again!

Thank you everyone, Especially to Brad and his wife Christy for hosting and supplying my wife with all the "healthy" chocolate she could eat. :wink:

Brad your tank... omg.. omg..

I got some amazing frags and probably doubled the amount of rare and beautiful SPS in my tank.

Great to meet/see everyone.

See you next time!!

:mrgreen::mrgreen:

Thank you Brad, Christy and little E for inviting us into your home. Lots of nice coral and a table full of munchies. What a nice way to spend a Saturday!

Thanks guys! I had a great time! Got rid of all my stuff and would you look at that, came home with more (no idea what though :razz:).

Thanks Christy for the chocolate fix! I am good for another few months and will be adding that chickpea brownie recipe to my repertoire (who needs choco chip cookies when you have those?!?)

When's the next one? :wink:

We can do another one here over the summer sometime.

While Tim was unable to make it over, he did send me the frags I wanted. I left them bagged in the sump until everyone left. Once I added them to the tank, I'm super impressed. Especially the pink and blue milli....just an amazing piece. Thanks Tim!

P.S. Nobody collected money for you, so we'll need to arrange payment...

Thanks Brad and family for having us invade your home. Thanks to all my fellow reefers as well for making the huge efforts to make it to the swap and to bring such an amazing assortment of goodies for us to drool over.

Probably the best one I've ever attended for the number of ppl attending and the huge number of frag available. Everything is settling in nicely - and Shelley, the 6 line just ate like a pig so all is good with him:)

thanks everyone. I'm in for next time.

Great to meet everyone and many thanks to Brad and Christy for hosting. It was my first frag swap and a great intro. Already thinking of planning one for Nanaimo :). Hope everyone enjoys their frags... looking forward to seeing pics,
Dan

Just got everyone acclimated and in the tanks. I can't believe it, this is the first swap I've returned from and not had to add a frag rack to the tank! I'm down to 2 frag racks instead of 3 as well! Score!! (yes, one day I'll get them all mounted but that day is not today :razz:)

I can host the next one As long as we bring more of those chickpea brownies:mrgreen:

Rich, it was great meeting you the next time I am coming over to the Mainland I will certainly pm you as I would love to see your tank as well![/quote]

Great meeting you too Wayne, anytime you are in the city please do stop by. :biggrin:

Brad, your tank is amazing! Thank you and Your family for being amazing hosts, my wife and I had a blast! I really enjoyed meeting everyone and finally putting a face to the name. I can't wait till the next frag swap so I can be more prepared!:mrgreen: Have a great weekend everyone

Rich, thanks for coming over, it was great to finally meet some of the people I've been talking to for so long. I'm going to try and plan a trip over this summer just to see some of the great tanks. Your's will need to be on that list :)

Christy

Thank you again for the frags (more like colonies) lol.

There beautiful, that Oregon tort is freaking amazing!! Best colour in my tank!

That blue tipeed slimer, what colour is the body? I saw some lime green polyps before the lights went out... and my mh lights dont turn on till 3 pm..

:mrgreen::mrgreen:

lol yeah some of them were kind of big. The blue tipped slimer has green polyps, the main body greenish and then blue tips. And it gets super slimy if you touch it (and sometimes during water changes).

Thanks again for the zoo frags! They're pretty big too! All are out and happy in my nano :biggrin:

Hey, all-- a great frag swap! Thanks to everyone who came, and as everyone else agrees on, good Brownies...yum! And of course great to see everyone and meet some new fish heads. Thanks again all. And Christy that Marshall Is. Tricolor is SICK!!!! I love love love it-thanks a bunch. And Brad WOW like I texted u, I am so lovin the lemonaide, I wasn't excepting u to cut it just yet- thanks to Chris and Rich from Van getting u all scissor happy. ;0) LOL. I just can't keep my eyes off those two pieces (just incase they start growing before my eyes) now for things other than my blueberry, green slimer and purpley/blue/green acro to grow.......oh come on, grow big like the others.
Cheers Ronnie
:biggrin:

thanks for having us all over to your house brad & christy had a great time. All that eye candy is making me speed up my tank plans :lol:

thanks Shelley and Lori for the frags

Your welcome!

my new additions:pics
 

In between house chores and other stuff I was able to squeeze a bit of time to get some pics of my new additions from the frag swap. Tank is really looking crowded... starting to look like a tank of "China"... crowded and limited on real estate...:lol:

From Shelley:
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_73.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_74.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_77.jpg

From Ronnie: (looks like it will be one of my new favs) :biggrin:
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_66.jpg

From Dan:
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_67.jpg

From Brad:
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_71.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_70.jpg

From Christy:
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_69.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_68.jpg

I have more frags than this but just not able to get the lens in certain spots...:neutral:

It was a pleasure to finally put faces to the names also a big thanks to Brad and Christy for putting up they're place for us to hold the frag swap and meet. I had a fun day and spent a few hrs unbagging corals when we got home.

It was a fun event and I am thinking of organizing a frag swap on the mainland mid summer....

[quote=Rice Reef;705803]In between house chores and other stuff I was able to squeeze a bit of time to get some pics of my new additions from the frag swap. Tank is really looking crowded... starting to look like a tank of "China"... crowded and limited on real estate...:lol:

From Shelley:
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_73.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_74.jpg
http://i406.photobucket.com/albums/p...012/DPP_77.jpg
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Glad you like em Wayne! Nice pictures!!:mrgreen:

No kidding, Wayne u should or could teach a macro photo taking class...or maybe I'll just pick ur brain for some tips on white balance......it has always stumped me.
Cheers Ronnie

Agreed, those are some pretty awesome photos :cool:

Sure are! Hey Christy I owe you for the pink lemonaid frag.. I totally forgot about asking for it.. And have no clue how it got into my box! Lol remind me when we settle up on the frozen food... How's that going?

Wow is right Wayne, those are some nice shots. I am heading over to bestbuy today to check out some cameras unless if you want to upgrade to the expensive unit and sell me your old one...:mrgreen:

Can i get the recipe for the chick pea brownies from someone?:biggrin:

http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/05/31/deep-dish-cookie-pie/ :biggrin:

aren't those freaking good??

They have become my go to dessert.

Now I need the link to the butter chicken and Christys mango salsa

Thanks! Ask Christy where I can get
2 tsp tandoori masala*
1 tsp garam masala*
I have no clue what they even are:idea:

Garam masala at most stores in the ethnic section. Tandoori masala is harder to find around here so we make our own. I'll get her to send it on FB...

Guys, Thanks! I'm sure you all can do much better... You're just being nice to me. Don't know if I can really pass any good camera tips but I may be able to talk to a good friend of mine to give us all a demo. He is a professional photographer and he also freelances with the local papers in town. Some of his acheivements includes a nice UFC photo spread in the Sports Illustrated and he was also hired as one of the photo managers during the winter Olympics in Vancouver. I don't think I can post his name on the forum, right? But I'll talk to him later this week and see if he can teach us a few lessons.

Rich, I am really thinking about getting a Canon Mark III body. I was at a local camera shop playing with one... problem: how can I justify spending $4 grand on a camera ( and that is just body alone!). I am currently using a Canon 60D and Lens and Shutter is currently selling the body for $899. I'd recommend you try both Canon and Nikon, they both have lots of different lens options and the resale value are very good.

Actually I think Ronnie brought the mango salsa and yes we need the recipe for that :biggrin:

He he he this thread is quickly turning into a recipe sharing thread....lol
Any who, yes i did bring the salsa- glad you all liked it. :razz:
its super easy...

Mango Salsa
2 mangos, peeled, cut up
8ish roma tomatoes (depending on how much salsa you are making, big batch more tomatoes, small batch less-you don't want the tomatoes to over power the 2 large mangos)
1 large red onion chopped up
1 jalapeno (seeds in or out-you decide how hot, the batch i brought, i put half the seed in)
BIG handful of cilantro, chopped
lime juice of one lime (lean into it and roll it on the counter to loosen juices)
Pinch of salt

chips, scoop, Yummmm!

PS. its super yummy on BBQ'd salmon, there's something about the smoke from the grill and the sweetness of the mango that works so well together.


And Christy what about your yummy spinach and crab dip????

well lets face it, if theres one thing we do right its stand around a fish tank stuffing our faces as we admire it. We only stop eating long enough to stake a claim to frags we want with a loud "MINE" (and its a talented person that can do that with a mouthful of food while not showering the glass with it :razz:).

No crab in that dip, its on the back of the knorr vegetable soup package :wink:

2c sour cream
1c mayo
1pkg knorr vegetable soup (NOT the cream one)
1pkg frozen chopped spinach
optional 1c chopped waterchestnuts
optional 3 green onions chopped

So true so true!!!!!tee hee hee
Love it thanks R