Official RAP NY Photo Thread!!

[Daniel@R2R]

For those of us who can't make Reef-A-Palooza this weekend, please, please, PLEASE!! Let us live vicariously through those of you who do!! Post up your photos and videos of RAP NY in this thread!!

We wanna see EVERYTHING!! Show us the show!!

 

[J.chemicals]

This is my first time attending RAPNY.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Saw this video on Instagram! Look at that line!!!

 

[JumboShrimp]

Great— let’s get this thread cookin’ !!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Saw this video on Instagram! Look at that line!!!

Woahhhhh....

That looks extremely peoplely..

 

[TCK Corals]

 

[squidarcher]

Walked in and the first thing I see is Than! SO MANY MEAT CORALS! Also, some pics:

 

[revhtree]

Sorry for all the Bingley photos! HA!

 

[kados]

#NJ : RAP, Giants, Jets, Redbulls

Jersey standup

 

[Paul - LakesideReefer]

Had an awesome day today at RAP with my daughter.

 

[shakacuz]

my phone sadly died on me so i was unable to take pictures… my corals are in my DT.. will definitely edit this post with a new DT picture

 

[TCK Corals]

Sorry for all the Bingley photos! HA!

I missed him! Looks like he's really enjoying the event! Wish i could have met Mr. Bingley!

 

[AydenLincoln]

Sorry for all the Bingley photos! HA!

Such an amazing time it was so very nice meeting you!! The event was awesome and I can’t wait to get more things tomorrow (possibly…I’m even more addicted now).

 

[AydenLincoln]

All I can say is wow! This was my first and it was so memorable and amazing. I got so many goodies, spent way too much money lol, had a great time, and met some amazing people. I can’t wait to pick up my special request tomorrow and possibly other things!

 

[Fishnut]

I got a great deal on a 45LB box of ‘Real Reef” rock.

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Walked in and the first thing I see is Than! SO MANY MEAT CORALS! Also, some pics:

Based on price, were they there to show off, or sell?

 

[AydenLincoln]

Based on price, were they there to show off, or sell?

Everything was for sale or at least 99% of things. On average the cheapest you find is 60ish for a teeny tiny little frag (other than zoanthids/very common/soft corals) and lots of $1,000-2,000+ frags!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Everything was for sale or at least 99% of things. On average the cheapest you find is 60ish for a teeny tiny little frag (other than zoanthids/very common/soft corals) and lots of $1,000-2,000+ frags!

I was meaning more priced to sell, or priced to show off. Sounds like priced to show off nobody's under $60

 

[AydenLincoln]

I was meaning more priced to sell, or priced to show off. Sounds like priced to show off nobody's under $60

Oh definitely showing off especially the scoly corals but very few people absolutely still bought them I asked some vendors about it. Because unless you are Andrew Sandler I’m pretty sure you aren’t going to these shows to spend $3,000 on a small frag/scoly coral so here’s my thinking…the vendors spend several thousands of dollars for a booth for two days it’s super expensive…so they have to raise their prices a bit. However, it was still a lot cheaper than online overall for the customer because of around $50 extra in shipping you’d pay. And most things from big companies other than coral like saltwateraquarium.com, Red Sea etc. it was 10% off with no tax. I can think of two places who I bought from who were super popular and who had the same corals at significantly lower prices when compared to everyone else and believe me I asked how much things were A LOT and I learned the sign ASK means VERY EXPENSIVE when asking especially with hammers…omg they were expensive. Some were $1,000+ for a small 2-3 inch hammer frag and some frags weren’t even an inch and selling for that. So honestly it really depended what it was. Even the clams were averaging $100. My steal though was my golf ball sized rainbow bubble tip anemone for $45 which is much cheaper than other places I’ve seen. I hope this explains it sorry for the long explanation just things I noticed.

 

[AydenLincoln]

I was meaning more priced to sell, or priced to show off. Sounds like priced to show off nobody's under $60

The ironic part to me was that World Wide Corals who to me is like the Gucci of the coral world is way more expensive online and definitely cheaper in person.