Jan 30, 2011

NCPARS/That Pet Place frag swap 2011

North Central Pennsylvania Aquarium Reef Society and That Pet Place had their annual frag swap yesterday. Hundreds of reefers, dozens of fraggers, and nine speakers (including Tony Nista of UPG and Randy Reed of Reed Mariculture), showed up for the event.

Let's start with some eye candy from the swap right away.

Jason Fox's frags are hot right now. There are a lot of online frag stores nowadays that are selling "LE super radioactive insert made up trade name here" for boatloads of money, so I'm always skeptical of designer frags. I always say, "You can't photoshop in person." Well, Jason Fox doesn't have to; his frags might really be radioactive.

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Here's your eye candy. Jason Fox Fruit Loop Zoas

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The Jason Fox tank was a big hit!
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Dan Rigle, the president of NCPARS had huge crowds around his gorgeous frags

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my new setosa is the one on the far left

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Red Planet Acro
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Montipora setosa the Orange Setosa were HOT sellers. I got one!
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Tricolor valida

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TFP was crawling with hundreds of reefers

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Reed Mariculture's new Mysis Feast. Can't wait to try it on my seahorses

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UPG's new Reef Capable LED lights. LED's are the future of our hobby!



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Seachem products

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Two Little Fishies products

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Brightwell Aquatics products

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Brightwell and PE Mysis vendors working hard

The rest of these photos are display tanks and live stock from That Fish Place/That Pet Place. They had a lot of nice freshwater fish, a pretty nice selection of saltwater fish (that room is expanding), an impressive reptile room, and probably the best selection of small animals/rodents I've seen.

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That Pet Place entrance

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A Cardiff bullet tank at TFP. Remember my old Cardiff reef?

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TFP Red Head Goby

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Another TFP display tank

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Closeup of the clownfish inside above tank

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TPP has amazing reptile and small animal rooms

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TFP Periclimenes imperator

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rare Australomussa coral

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Meat coral Acanthophyllia deshayesiana

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Maxima clams

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clownfish hosting in long tentacle anemones

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Garden eel Heteroconger cobra

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Green carpet anemone Stichodactyla haddoni

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Corythoichthys pipefish

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Powder blue tang Acanthurus leucosternon
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TFP Plum Crazy Acro look alike
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TFP Red Planet acro look alike
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TFP had some nice freshwater fish too
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Chocolate Chip Mollies
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 Rainbows
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OB Peacock Cichlid

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Peacock Cichlid

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Peacock Cichlid

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Albino Kribensis cichlid


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TFP Ray petting tank

2 comments:

  1. There are some very nice shots there. You seem to have missed the people from 5 Star Reef Bar though. It's a great new product on the market for feeding your entire reef! You should check it out!

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  2. She handed me a pamphlet, but was talking to someone else about it at the time. I haven't had a chance to go over that yet. Are you affiliated with 5 Star Reef Bar? Shoot me an email if you'd be interested in being featured on this blog.

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