Foster/Smith fragswap

Mr.Firemouth · Jul 3, 2007

For those of you that missed it, Drs. Foster & Smith host an annual frag swap at their facility in Wisconsin every year. It is an awesome, well organized event. They gave each frag seller a Bio-cube aquarium and goodies! They also had a store wide 10% off sale all weekend. They also had educational tours of the facility and how it all works. Very Cool!

Here are some pics of the weekend...

Mr.Firemouth · Jul 3, 2007

ficklefins · Jul 3, 2007

I always wondered what it was like. Thanks and if you have any more pics please post.

Azurel · Jul 6, 2007

Looks awsome, I have some in-laws up that way about an hour from there place. I need to check it out one of these times.....Please post more pics if you got them....

James

gooch · Jul 6, 2007

I was there on Saturday. It was a lot of fun.

gooch

Mr.Firemouth · Jul 6, 2007

Yes, The bio-cubes were free!

da6d2003 · Jul 7, 2007

Now THAT'S a frag swap!!!

Acro76 · Jul 7, 2007

Was that all you could sell out of? A bio-cube? Seems kind of small!

I usually bring a 45 gallon "breeder" - 48 x 18 x 12 when I go to swaps.

gooch · Jul 7, 2007

With about 70 traders and around 600 attendee's there was plenty of coral for trading/swaps. There were guys that set up different systems or had more than one spot. I helped my buddy last year when he took a boatload of frags down and had a hard time selling them. This year we both traded and both brought a lot less. He sold out fast this year and I brought mostly common stuff. I ended up selling stuff for $5 a frag at the end just to get rid of it. A bunch was given away too. Soft corals are a big hit up there, but I gotta say sps are gaining ground. It was probably the last time(first time for me) I trade corals there. I am gonna go again next year but I want a crack at some of the nice stuff people bring. By the time I got to look around I just ended up with four frags. (a pink lemonade, a monti confusa, ORA miami orchid(gift) and a green acro that rtn'ed on me.

They were aquapods. They also had auctions/silent auctions and a bunch of stuff at the store. By the time I was done trading(I stopped at about 1:00) most of the good stuff at the store was picked through.