I hope you have better luck than me. I've got 2 hammers that I bought locally that were orange and cost $150/head. I saw them in person so I know they were orange. They slowly lost a lot of the orange color in my tank. They are healthy because I have probably 70 heads now but just not the same color as when I bought them. For some reason I can't keep nitrates in my tank so that may be the issue.
Check out zooanthids.com for his Goni's. He has a good selection. If you see one you like just IM Brandon and I'm sure he will make sure he brings it to the show.
I've bought a few things from them which were pretty nice and as advertised. I talked to him for a while at RAP last year and he seemed like a good guy, very willing to give advice/suggestions on coral care.
Brandon is great. 10 to 15 years ago he actually came to several of the small swaps in Dallas, including the club held ones. I think he just sticks to the big ones now. I'm sure he hates to see me coming, I will bother him for hours if he isn't busy.
I always bring an insulated lunchbox type cooler for the shows. I keep a bigger one in the car in case I fill up the regular cooler. Unless you are buying colonies most stuff will be in small containers/bags. At the last swap me and my son had between 15 and 20 bags in the lunchbox I was carrying around.
I will be there Saturday, not sure if it will be at the opening or if we'll wait. My son works nights so he took off Saturday night so we could go on Saturday. He works Friday night so timing will depend on if he needs to take a few hours nap before heading to the show. Luckily I live up by Frisco so it is a quick trip for us unlike most of the frag swaps.
I plan to go Saturday. Those plans, as always, are subject to interruption by my wife.
It’s 11:30 and my son says there are probably 300ish people here
