CT Frag Farmer's Market, March 13th 2010

[fitch4]

Thanks to Pnut for giving me permission to post this here:

Jon from the E.O. Smith Coral Project here up in Storrs CT (and from CTARS)! As some of you know I have organized and run the Frag Farmer's Market up at the school I teach at in CT for the past few years and here is the information for the FFM for this coming spring. I thought I would send out the info early so people could save the date and arrange for carpools to come up! The market is not a "meeting" of any group per se, but rather a chance for reefers to get together and sell/buy aquacultured frags. My motivation for running it is two-fold. 1. All the "buy in" funds go directly to fund the 1200+ gallons of salt water I maintain at the school so kids can do work on coral aquaculture. You can check out our "larval" website at www.eocoralproject.org 2. I started the whole project at the school because I feel like it is our responsibility as reefers to make sure that the hobby becomes self sustaining. I feel that aquaculture is going to be key. The FFM offers a venue for people to stock their tanks with aquacultured corals and encourages hobbyists to frags thier stuff and make it available to other reefers. I digress...



Last year's FFM was AWESOME in terms of the corals that people brought and the number of people who came to look and buy. We had people from all over New England and NY come and this year already looks to be bigger. It is a great chance to make a few $ for your Reefing Habit (it is not a hobby...) or a chance to get some VERY nice home grown frags for very reasonable prices. We had everything from mushrooms and zoas to high end SPS and LPS.

If you would like to sign up to sell your stuff, let me know. I am doing the same deal as last time, $25 donation to the school project to set up a tank. I will provide counter space, a powerstrip and heated water if you need it. I also have a few tanks (10's, 15's and 20's) that people are welcome to use but it is first paid in get dibs on them. You can pay me at via Paypal at swansonjl@hotmail.com. If you have questions about the FFM, or just want to chat, feel free to PM me here or as Fitch4 on reefcentral or post Q's here.
If you just want to come, it is free! Just show up, have a good time and make sure to stop by and say hi!

FYI-The school is about 1/2 hour east of hartford just a hop off I-84. It is a great chance to either sell some of your frags or buy some new ones!

Thanks and happy farming!

Jon

[fitch4]

Only a month away! Looking forward to meeting some of you guys when you come up for the market. It will definitely be bigger than last year with over 20 "farmers" already signed up and I always get a rush the last few weeks as people's calendars open up. Plenty of sweet deals on nice frags to be had, and a few other items as well (tank bred bangaiis, sea horses, etc...)

I have been sticking pictures of some of the stuff I will have at the meeting in the CT forum and I thought I would share here as well. Just to clarify, these are not for sale...yet!