Hello and welcome to the Marine Aquarium Club of SW Florida.

[drawman]

This isn't like Reef-a-Paloosa in Orlando, which is stuffed full of hardware vendors. IMHO it's about 69% livestock and 40% other aquarium related vendors (which may not even be hardware).

I bought a Black Widow BTA there 2 years ago and now I have 5 of them. It split 1 to 3 the first time and then the original nem split 2 mores times after that. They have all been healthy and growing in my 40g aio tank which is fishless, but has some other inverts like serpent stars, rock boring urchins, yellow sea cucumber, snails, hermits and small clams (all collected from the Florida Keys).

Any chance you'll be going? I know one other R2R Reef Squad member will be there.

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Man it's tempting I think I'm going to be out of town this weekend but I'll let you know if my plans change. I think this would be a good one to go to.

 

[Ron Reefman]

OK, now I'm 100% sure I'm going to the Frag Swap in Lakeland this Saturday. I've always enjoyed the drive there and back using back roads in my Miata. But now I have my 2025 Toyota Supra and I can't wait to do a road trip with it!

I don't have any specific needs for my tank. In fact I don't have much unused space in the tank. But if I can find a 'special' RFA or a nice sps colony for a fair price, I'll buy. I'd also be looking for other inverts I might like.

 

[Ron Reefman]

I drove up to the Lakeland Frag Swap on Saturday. It was a good event. I got 5 frags and 1 medium size colony of coral. They are all in my 40g aio tank now. When they all settle in I'll get a few pics.

 

[drawman]

I drove up to the Lakeland Frag Swap on Saturday. It was a good event. I got 5 frags and 1 medium size colony of coral. They are all in my 40g aio tank now. When they all settle in I'll get a few pics.

Wish I could've gone too Ron hopefully next year!

 

[Ron Reefman]

We just got back from a week in Yellowstone National Park. It's the first snow I've been in for over 5 or 6 years. But I'm OK with driving in the snow as I grew up in Detroit, MI. The snow coaches were a ball to get around in. The drivers have to be on top of the game all the time as they slip, slid around on the deep hard pack snow.