Hi all I will be in the East Nashville Area visiting family and wanted to know if there was any LFS that I should check out. My tank is primarily SPS with a few chalice and some blastos, and acans for good measure just to give an idea what I would like to look at and maybe bring back up North.
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My wife would kill me if I attended a swap as we had our on the March 8th. I will be down in late June anyway just trying to map out my plans.
roadrashpaul
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Coral selection at LFS is not the best around here but you can check out Emerald Bay East, Aquatic Critter and Emerald Bay in Old Hickory.
fishdoc11
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This…you might find some good stuff at one of the LFS depending on what you are looking for and your timing but around here the best selection is typically fellow reefers
I just found out yesterday it will be the last week in July that Iam coming down. I just got permission to go to a swap in Boston but not sure I want to make that drive today.
I would be really curious how your guys swap goes.
This is from ours this past Mar. 8th. it is held at a high school here and took up I think 7 or 8 classrooms and the hallway along those classes. Vendors are both commercial and hobbiest, including some of the big name guys Jason Fox, etcc.
A HUGE FFM Thanks, and a teaser...
Now that the dust has settled (kinda...), I wanted to extend a few special thanks.
This was one of the best FFM's for me because I had so much help for the days leading up to it.
First, thanks to the old school CTARS guys for helping me out so much in getting ready the night before and cleaning up the day after. Jas, Pat, Scott, Brian, Keith, Toni. We basically emptied all of the rooms the night before and then moved everything back into them the next night. Thanks to Brian, Scott and Keith for selling raffle tickets during the day. I could not ask for a better selling crew, better looking maybe, but not better! I also want to thank Keith for running the door the whole day and being responsible for not only keeping the masses out till 11am but also counting of people as they did come in. Final count was 820 people, and that doesn't count a few of the vendors who did not get a wrist band (ex. I didn't get one). Having these guys around to help out makes the whole thing happen.
I also want to extend a thanks to all of my students, present and past, who helped out for the FFM. The crazy part this year was that the students who are currently working on projects with me were either off on trips or working on their science fair projects so just about all of the kids who helped out are previous students who came back to help out! Having Alix, Anna, Brian, Ethan, Emma, Kelsey and Nate all there to not only do jobs I gave them but also to fix problems, even before I found them. They were a HUGE help and made this the most stress free day at the FFM for me, which is great!
Lastly, I want to thank all of the companies who came out, or donated things into the raffle. That table was full of a ton of great stuff and that is all donated to the FFM in support of the school project. Without the generous donations from all of those places, that raffle would not be nearly as fun. If you saw something cool in the raffle, buy one and let them know you saw it at the FFM.
If anyone took any pictures from the FFM, people, set-ups, etc..., could you send them along to me so I can include them on the project website, I would appreciate it.
I suppose you want your teaser...
Next year's FFM is on:
I have some ideas for tweaks to make it even better than this year. See you all next year!
I would be really curious how your guys swap goes.
This is from ours this past Mar. 8th. it is held at a high school here and took up I think 7 or 8 classrooms and the hallway along those classes. Vendors are both commercial and hobbiest, including some of the big name guys Jason Fox, etcc.
A HUGE FFM Thanks, and a teaser...
Now that the dust has settled (kinda...), I wanted to extend a few special thanks.
This was one of the best FFM's for me because I had so much help for the days leading up to it.
First, thanks to the old school CTARS guys for helping me out so much in getting ready the night before and cleaning up the day after. Jas, Pat, Scott, Brian, Keith, Toni. We basically emptied all of the rooms the night before and then moved everything back into them the next night. Thanks to Brian, Scott and Keith for selling raffle tickets during the day. I could not ask for a better selling crew, better looking maybe, but not better! I also want to thank Keith for running the door the whole day and being responsible for not only keeping the masses out till 11am but also counting of people as they did come in. Final count was 820 people, and that doesn't count a few of the vendors who did not get a wrist band (ex. I didn't get one). Having these guys around to help out makes the whole thing happen.
I also want to extend a thanks to all of my students, present and past, who helped out for the FFM. The crazy part this year was that the students who are currently working on projects with me were either off on trips or working on their science fair projects so just about all of the kids who helped out are previous students who came back to help out! Having Alix, Anna, Brian, Ethan, Emma, Kelsey and Nate all there to not only do jobs I gave them but also to fix problems, even before I found them. They were a HUGE help and made this the most stress free day at the FFM for me, which is great!
Lastly, I want to thank all of the companies who came out, or donated things into the raffle. That table was full of a ton of great stuff and that is all donated to the FFM in support of the school project. Without the generous donations from all of those places, that raffle would not be nearly as fun. If you saw something cool in the raffle, buy one and let them know you saw it at the FFM.
If anyone took any pictures from the FFM, people, set-ups, etc..., could you send them along to me so I can include them on the project website, I would appreciate it.
I suppose you want your teaser...
Next year's FFM is on:
March 7th, 2015
I have some ideas for tweaks to make it even better than this year. See you all next year!
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and our raffle list as it stood 5 days before the evnet
Affordable Aquatics $20 GC for Frozen Food at FFM (2)
Affordable Aquatics $20 GC (4)
Affordable Aquatics Precision Marine Skimmer
Aqua Dreams $25 Gift Certificates (4)
AquaFx 100 GPD Barracuda RO System
Aquagenesis Robosnail Automated Tank Cleaner
Aquatic Life 36” Edge LED Fixture
Avast Marine Top-Down Porthole, Smartphone Edition
AZNutty’s Coral Connection Coral Frag
Bob Smith Industries Reef Glue Gel
Boston Aqua Farms Fragging Supplies
Boyd Enterprises Chemipure Elite (Bundle of 3)
Boyd Enterprises Chemipure (Bundle of 3)
Brightwell Aquatics Supplement Pack
Bulk Reef Supply ½ gallon BRS 2 Part with Dosing Pumps
Carribsea South Seas Base Rock (2)
Carribsea ARK Refugium Kit (2)
Carribsea Purple Up
Carribsea Rubble Zone - Frag Rocks (3)
Champion Lighting Box o’ Crap
Cobalt Aquatics Cobalt MJ900 Pump
CoralVue 36” 6 Bulb T-5/LED Fixture
Cultivated Reef $25 Gift Certificate (4)
Dankecedium Coral Frag Pack
Designer Corals High End Frag Pack
E.O Smith Coral Project $25 Frag Farmer’s Gift Certificates (6)
E.O Smith Coral Project $50 Frag Farmer’s Gift Certificate (3)
E.O Smith Coral Project $100 Frag Farmer’s Market Gift Certificate (1)
Emmesier Ceramic Frag Plugs
Frag Freaks $50 Gift Certificate
Greenwich Aquaria Gift Certificates
Hamilton Tech Royal Blue LED Lighting Strip (2)
Hamilton Tech 20K LED Lighting Strip w/ Timer
Jason Foxx JF Coral
JGRAZ Montipora Frag Pack
LIRA NERAC Conference Tickets with Dinner! (2)
Love the Reef $25 Gift Certificates (2)
MadTanks Acrylic Frag Tank
Marco Rocks Base Rock
Nutrakol Nutrakol Food Pack
Ocean Wonders Coral Propagation Kit
ORA ORA T-shirts
OSRAS OSRAS Conference Tickets (2)
Pieces of the Ocean $30 Gift Certificates (2)
Precision Marine 13.5” REVERSE FLOW SUBSTRATE REACTOR
Rapid LED Aurora LED puck kit
Reef Breeders LED Light Fixture
Reef Chicks $50 Gift Certificate (2)
Reef Radiance Seneye Reef PAR Meter
ReefGeek Gift Certificate
Reefsuds Reef safe soap
Rod’s Food Rod’s Food Multipacks
Sea and Reef Designer Clownfish Pairs (4)
Sea-Swirl Multi-swirl Unit
Totally Exotic Corals of Oregon $25 Gift Certificates (4)
Tropic Marin 200 Gallon Salt Mix
Affordable Aquatics $20 GC for Frozen Food at FFM (2)
Affordable Aquatics $20 GC (4)
Affordable Aquatics Precision Marine Skimmer
Aqua Dreams $25 Gift Certificates (4)
AquaFx 100 GPD Barracuda RO System
Aquagenesis Robosnail Automated Tank Cleaner
Aquatic Life 36” Edge LED Fixture
Avast Marine Top-Down Porthole, Smartphone Edition
AZNutty’s Coral Connection Coral Frag
Bob Smith Industries Reef Glue Gel
Boston Aqua Farms Fragging Supplies
Boyd Enterprises Chemipure Elite (Bundle of 3)
Boyd Enterprises Chemipure (Bundle of 3)
Brightwell Aquatics Supplement Pack
Bulk Reef Supply ½ gallon BRS 2 Part with Dosing Pumps
Carribsea South Seas Base Rock (2)
Carribsea ARK Refugium Kit (2)
Carribsea Purple Up
Carribsea Rubble Zone - Frag Rocks (3)
Champion Lighting Box o’ Crap
Cobalt Aquatics Cobalt MJ900 Pump
CoralVue 36” 6 Bulb T-5/LED Fixture
Cultivated Reef $25 Gift Certificate (4)
Dankecedium Coral Frag Pack
Designer Corals High End Frag Pack
E.O Smith Coral Project $25 Frag Farmer’s Gift Certificates (6)
E.O Smith Coral Project $50 Frag Farmer’s Gift Certificate (3)
E.O Smith Coral Project $100 Frag Farmer’s Market Gift Certificate (1)
Emmesier Ceramic Frag Plugs
Frag Freaks $50 Gift Certificate
Greenwich Aquaria Gift Certificates
Hamilton Tech Royal Blue LED Lighting Strip (2)
Hamilton Tech 20K LED Lighting Strip w/ Timer
Jason Foxx JF Coral
JGRAZ Montipora Frag Pack
LIRA NERAC Conference Tickets with Dinner! (2)
Love the Reef $25 Gift Certificates (2)
MadTanks Acrylic Frag Tank
Marco Rocks Base Rock
Nutrakol Nutrakol Food Pack
Ocean Wonders Coral Propagation Kit
ORA ORA T-shirts
OSRAS OSRAS Conference Tickets (2)
Pieces of the Ocean $30 Gift Certificates (2)
Precision Marine 13.5” REVERSE FLOW SUBSTRATE REACTOR
Rapid LED Aurora LED puck kit
Reef Breeders LED Light Fixture
Reef Chicks $50 Gift Certificate (2)
Reef Radiance Seneye Reef PAR Meter
ReefGeek Gift Certificate
Reefsuds Reef safe soap
Rod’s Food Rod’s Food Multipacks
Sea and Reef Designer Clownfish Pairs (4)
Sea-Swirl Multi-swirl Unit
Totally Exotic Corals of Oregon $25 Gift Certificates (4)
Tropic Marin 200 Gallon Salt Mix
