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I just wanted to let people know that this whole thing is going to have a happy ending.
Both The Coral Reef and Aquadreams have offered to give Ethan a replacement clam to make him whole again. He just needs to decide which shop he will take up on the offer. I showed him the threads today and...
Now that the dust has settled, for the most part, I wanted to extend a thank you to all of the vendors and attendees. The vendors this year brought the sweetest stuff I have ever seen at an FFM. They truly brought their A game and I was just sorry that I didn't get to stop and see half of...
I just got back from the school (okay, I might have slept for a few hours...) and about 1/2 the people came to set-up last night. I have to say that the stuff people brought this year, compared to previous years, is amazing. Just walking around, I saw quite a few things that I had never seen...
I just got a note that Logan from Reefbreeders will be offering a few specials for the FFM this year.
First, he is throwing a Superlux LED fixture into the raffle, to go with the dosing pump he was already putting in. He is also offering:
$20 off all Jaebo pumps, at the FFM only. He NEVER...
Time to start talking raffle and giveaways....
I just sat down and tallied up all the FFM gift certificates for this year and I am throwing in over $700 in Frag Farmers Market gift certificates this year. They will be given away and raffled through out the day and can be used at ANY of the...
Here is the updated list as of this morning, with a few cancellations and a few additions. My apologies to any of the "vendors" whose home locations I mixed up...
AC Corals (CT)
Alex's Advanced Aquatics (CT)
ARKSC (CT)
Aquadreams (MA)
AZNnutty's Saltwater Connections (OH)
BareBottom Corals (NY)...
Lou Elkus, from Tropic Marin and a huge supporter of the school's project, and I had been talking about the range of the crowd at the FFM- from legendary reefer to complete newbie. Lou mentioned that he gives a number of talks about reef chemistry. Having talked to Lou a number of times about...
I just added:
Dan Rigle
Long Island Sound School
I have gotten a TON of emails asking for clarification on how the FFM works so I thought it might be easier to just post the general info for people who have not been in the past.
The FFM is on March 7th and the doors open to the public at...
People have been harassing me mercilessly to release the seller list for this year, so here is the preliminary list. I apologize ahead of time for the people that I did not get the origin correct (in parenthesis next to the name). This is only the coral sellers. I have quite a few more dry...
Thanks for the good word Jgraz. I just topped the 50 vendor total and I completely agree that the shops are great but the hobbyists can be the diamond in the rough at the FFM. I have a bunch of new ones this year from all over the Northeast!
I wanted to reach out to my “southern” reefing brothers and sisters to extend an invite to the 2015 New England Frag Farmer’s Market on March 7th at E.O. Smith High School in Storrs CT.This is the 8th edition of the FFM and it has grown into the biggest coral show in the Northeast. I used to...
Glad you enjoyed yourself! We were talking about which event has more corals and I think Frag Farmer's has more coral, but not much else. MACNA has a lot more than just coral, but I think in terms of just coral frags for sale, there are more at the FFM. See you next year March 7th 2015!
Seriously, here are the updates from the FFM...
Unique Corals has just swapped into a spot that someone had to drop out of - bummer... Which means that Justin Credible will be in attendance as well!
I have added the following to the raffle...
Something Fishy Gift Certificates
CTARS 1...
Its a drive but it is the largest assembly of corals you will see at any show I have been to. 54 coral sellers and another 10 or so dry goods tables to go with that. I can say that the people who come out once, put the date on their calendar for the following year.
I also just added an APEX...