Frag Swap

[Mr Cob]

I like to grow frags of zoas and other stuff. Here's my dilemma, I show up with a small tank, set up a rack, put the corals in, and let them open. The frag swap starts and I man the tank. Most of the people that come visit the tank have cash and say how much for that? It's hard to make it around to other tables to make trades or deals when you need to stay by your setup. ... adn they stay by theirs. That's one reason why some of us choose to setup deals before the swap. Zoaheads unite!

Great point. Something that should definitely be considered.

[profntbtr]

man that is close to the birth of my second child. the due date is march 18, so i hope i'll be able to make it, but i have very little that is fraggable. zoas have never done well in my 55, and my 2.5 fell off the wall a long while ago, oh yeah and i've got some sort of extremely pestilent algae that i'd prefer not to pass on, so for me, i'll have cash in hand. next year, after i get the cube i just bought up and running, i'll hopefully have much to swap.

[Bill S]

I think most folks know how I feel, but what the heck.

A frag swap is supposed to be a gathering where people swap/trade/buy/sell things that they have produced from their tanks. As a frame of reference, when the frag swap is over, your "mother colony" shouldn't be any smaller than it was when you obtained it. If it is smaller, than you got a coral, fragged it up, and sold it - and you are a retailer, you just aren't admitting it.

JMHO - and it is NOT the opinion of the Board.

[Mike]

Bump... this is coming up and we should keep the discussion/ideas going...

[kkiel02]

I like to grow frags of zoas and other stuff. Here's my dilemma, I show up with a small tank, set up a rack, put the corals in, and let them open. The frag swap starts and I man the tank. Most of the people that come visit the tank have cash and say how much for that? It's hard to make it around to other tables to make trades or deals when you need to stay by your setup. ... adn they stay by theirs. That's one reason why some of us choose to setup deals before the swap. Zoaheads unite!

Good point I was thinking of a sign up sheet at my table with the frags I have available and then if someone was interested they could contact me with what they have. I was also thinking of putting what I was looking for on the list to give people an idea.

Just brainstorming out loud.