*OFFICIAL* [GVRD] 2nd Annual Reefers Meet & Greet at Mezz, NOV 08 SATURDAY! BEER & CO
 

[GVRD] 2nd Annual Reefers Meet & Greet at Mezz, NOV 08 SATURDAY! BEER & CORAL!

Official Thread (Date Set)

Hey everyone! Once again this year Albert and I would like to host a frag swap for all of us locals in the GVRD area. Last year was a huge success and everyone had a great time!
The venue which we used last year was kind enough to once again agree for us "reef nerds" a place to host the swap again! They have relaunched the Mezz lounge upstairs and have a large selection of yummy food and beer :mrgreen:

Just like last year, we will have (1), (2) or perhaps (3) tanks setup this year which will showcase all the corals for trades/swaps/sale.

Please, please comment on this thread or PM albert or myself if you plan on bringing corals which you would like to put into the tanks. Last year we QUICKLY ran out of space and we could not house all the corals. This year we would like to accommodate for everyone and have everything more organized. * you are welcome to bring used equipment as well*

We currently have (4) sponsors.
Oceanic Corals
Island Pets
Big Show Frag
Fiji Reef Rocks

(if you would like to donate or sponsor some prizes please send me a PM)

Date: Nov 8th, Saturday. 2014
Time: 11:30am (come enjoy lunch and grab a beer while tossing some frags :wink:)
Location: The location will be the same as last year at the Mezz Lounge located upstairs of Badminton Vancouver (yup, that big badminton place you see driving south on Knight st. bridge - http://goo.gl/maps/9PkXu):
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Prizes
 

Prizes and Draws:

We will have draws every hour start from 12:00 (noon)

EVERYONE is welcome to attend, you don't need to purchase or swap or trade corals to be entered into the draw. Just come and have a look, browse around, chat and meet fellow reefers.

I know many people don't have things to trade or swap, perhaps you could purchase the coral or even trade for a beer or some food etc.
Once again you do NOT need to bring anything to come to this event, everyone is welcome. Its also family friendly event so bring everyone!


Once again big thanks to our sponsors.
Oceanic Corals
(https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ocean...s/177989278191)
Paul at oceanic has generously donated the following:
- Coral Frag Package(up to $100 value)
- 3x $25 Gift Certificates

Island Pets
(http://islandpets.ca/)
Hoang at Island Pets has generously donated the following:
- Ultra Maxima Clam 3-4"+ ($200+ value)
- 3x $25 Gift Certificates

Big Show Frags
(http://www.bigshowfrags.com/)
Dave at Big Show Frags has generously Donated the following:
- 3x $40 Gift Certificates

Fiji Reef Rocks
(http://www.fijireefrock.com/)
Eli at Fiji Reef Rocks has generously donated The following:
- Bunch of Live Rock
- Care Package (Carbon, GFO, etc)

Is anyone bringing any rare/fancy euphilia?


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Going to be bringing my gold / rainbow wall hammer. Focusing on SPS will be sad to part with :cry:

I have some pretty premium Euphyllias.

Wait there's rainbow hammers?!,!!,

IL bring Some zoa frags mabie a blue wall hammer if i decided don't wana keep it

Im bringing some larger neon green fuzzy mushrooms, frogspawn frags, purple and green hammer, and some zoas; saltedagaves, hornet, xmen, rpe, wolverine, sunny d , etc

While I won't be at this frag swap, I thought I would just throw out some caution about AEFW. That has always been my biggest fear, and hope everyone is aware of not only dipping and prevention with corals brought home, but also safe handling and display at a frag swap.

Personally, I would not buy an SPS frag from a community frag rack. I much prefer to see corals kept in bags in a community tank. Of course private tanks there with known sources of the frags are OK.

And when you bring them (SPS) home, snap them off the plug and dip them. I also QT any corals that I buy and dip a few times just to be extra safe.

Hope you guys, Albert and Thomas, do whatever you can there to promote safe reefing. This is a great hobby, and hate to see people shut down tanks due to AEFW, or any other pest related frustration. And it is bad business for LFS's if people leave the hobby.

Walter thanks for the heads up. No matter lps or sps. It'd always recommended that you dip. Aefw aren't the only pest around that could potentially destroy tanks. That being said there's beautiful tanks and stunning setups, but little do you know they have Aefw infestations going on. They are just in a controlled environment . So doesn't matter if your buying from a swap or someone's house where you've personally seen their tanks just dip. I'd dip even if I bought from you Walter (no offence) :)

However in the end it is up to the hobbiest themselves to decide weather to dip or not. Everyone's read and heard about the stories.

Here are a few things which I'll be bringing for trades:
darth maul zoas
orange maul zoas
night mare zoas
hornets

Aussie acans
micromussa
blastos

few frags of sps
few chalice frags
1x RR rainbow dynamite chalice
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2x Frags of this
OG Green Hulk Acro:



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Frag of this.
1x Oregon Tort:
http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/...pspyaxfn32.jpg

I'm just not gonna bring any SPS :)

EZ PZ

I want that rainbow chalice!!! :eek:

Yup, absolutely. This is just a good opportunity to remind everyone about proper safe coral buying practices.

I'm sure you'll all have a great reef swap meet. Wish I could be there... Have fun.

Can't wait to see the rainbow hammer! PM me a pic sangoken please :)


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Looking forward to meeting everyone and definitely in :biggrin:

Coral hoarder - plz bring blue wall hammer :)


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Ill bring some acan frags and Ora pearlberry :mrgreen:

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Just to alleviate some people's concerns, here are the steps Thomas, Tyler and I are taking to help prevent the spread of pests in this and future frag swaps:

1. All corals will be carefully inspected before they are placed in the system. If a dip produces any parasites, they will not be allowed into the system and the seller will be expected to withhold from offering them to other members.
2. Dip (Coral RX) will be provided on site.
3. All racks will be made from black eggcrate, further increasing visibility of the corals.
4. We will separate different types of corals from each other using a "wall" of non-parasite compatible corals from another category, ie, splitting rows of acros from other acros using a couple rows of zoas, or Euphyllias, etc.

While not 100%, we trust that these measures should produce trading and purchasing conditions which are, at the very least, better than any you'd get buying from an LFS or even another reefer.

Wow!! awesome frags!! Can I bring my 2 young daughters ( 6 and 8yrs olds)?? Especially, my oldest one really wants to attend this... I saw somewhere that it is family friendly event but wanted to confirm!

Yup, absolutely family friendly!

Everyone is welcome. Also don't forget to bring some runners and your badminton rackets to play some games :)

Did you book a court? if so, i will bring my gears.... but i can only play for an hour... :lol:

It's drop in yo, no need :D

Here's my list of Frags..
Don't have alot of space in my tank but still wanna join in the fun :razz:
- 2-4'' across green fuzzy mushrooms
- branching frogspawns and hammers
- Salted agaves zoas 2polyp
- true purple Hornet Zoas 5polyp with small ones emerging
- xmen zoa
- wolverine zoa
- sunny D's
- candy cane
and whatever is lying around.

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See you all there, I'd love to trade or sell some of my stuff! :mrgreen::mrgreen:

Not to be that guy but Thoes r magician's and
True hornits have alternative skirts and the same color ring and skirt

We will have votes about the names of the corals in the day of.
No fighting boys!

My mistake, What kind of hornets are those? There's a few different kinds on there

The deel with hornits is theres four kinds blue purple red and black

Thoes are a blue macaw basically a wild hornit still realy cool and on my wishlist sorfy for going so off track herr Thomas lol

little Teaser what im bringing , just let me know what ur all interested and I will try to bring them over. Might also bring some rainbow aussi Acan but dont know if ppl will buy.

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also got tons of nice zoa like red people eater, X-men, forest fire etc.

ACANS!!!!! :biggrin: is anyone bringing nice plate corals?? :)

Right... But you guys will be busy anyway...

I'll bring a nice big orange one if you want it. Let me know.

I'm sure we can sneak in a game or two. Or we could always play when we close up as well.

Some frags I will bring
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Few more frags from this piece
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We already have an Orange plate. Thanks though :)

Np.
Wow great looking frags Ryan!!

Thanks Thomas nothing to special But all decent sizes and will be priced to sell :biggrin: see everyone there.

frag trades
 

just wondering anyone interested in rbtas think I can bring in atleast a dozen if anybody wants to trade me for whys? fancy zoas, lps,dendros etc. sorry no sps had a huge wipeout not too long ago kinda turn me off from them.

Here's what I'm bringing:

FRAGS

Chalices:

• Rainbow
• Electric Orange
• Neon Orange w/ Electric Green Streaks
• Bazooka Joe (True)
• Tyree Watermelon (True)
• Watermelon (Non-lineaged)
• Trash Mummy Eye
• Copper w/ Neon Pink Eyes

Acans
• Aussie Reds
• Aussie Rainbow (Orange)
• Red Bowerbanki
• Orange Echinata
• Teal w/ Orange Eyes Subechinata
• Lime Green w/ Red Rings Indo Lords

Other LPS
• Neon Green Candycane
• Mint Green Candycane
• Dragon Soul Favia
• Green Torch
• Orange Torch
• Meteorshower Cyphastrea
• Tyree Green Cyphastrea Japonica

Palys & Zoas
• Sunny D
• Candy Apple Red
• Space Monster
• Strawberry Wine
• Panama Blues
• Armor of God
• Red People Eater
• Eagle Eye
• Utter Chaos
• Fire and Ice
• Assorted Awesome Unnamed Zoas

SPS
• Bird of Paradise (Not ORA)
• ORA Green Birdsnest
• Rainbow Acropora Austera
• Electric Blue Mille


Other Softies
• Japanese Green Toadstool
• OC Ultra Blue, Ultra Fuzzy Rhodactis
• OC Fireball Mushrooms
• Metallic Orange Ric Yumas
• Pulsing Xenia
• Green Star Polyp


COLONIES

• Frogspawn
• Torch
• Wall Hammer
• Blue Goniopora
• Green Alveopora
• Tons of assorted Brains
• Bali Aquacultured SPS

I'm probably missing a bunch -- suffice to say, there will be a TON of variety!