NWRS/UPMMAS Frag Swap April 9th

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The members of the Northern Wisconsin Reef Society (NWRS) are happy to announce our 3rd annual Frag Swap that will be held on April 9th, 2011, co-hosted by our neighbors: the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Marine Aquarium Society (UPMMAS)!

Where: Quality Inn (Formally Holiday Inn), Rhinelander, WI.
When: Saturday, April 9th, 10:00am - 3:00pm cst. (Coral Trader setup, Friday, 4:00 - 8:00pm & Saturday, 8:00 - 10:00 am)

WHY ATTEND
The 2011 swap should be bigger and better than last year.

Coral-
- The Coral Swap will have an amazing selection of coral, all at tremendous prices for you to purchase from our Traders—all coral experts, in their own right, always willing to answer questions and give you suggestions on how to take care of your coral purchases.

- Silent Coral Auction - Again this year, one of our major sponsors Foster & Smith’s Live Aquaria is donating coral from Diver’s Den for our silent auction.

- Divers Den Coral - Drs. F&S LiveAquaria will be allowing attendees to preorder from their Divers Den and pickup your items the day of our event. You can save shipping charges on any item that is normally shipped from Drs Foster & Smith Aquaculture Coral & Marine Life Facility in Rhinelander Wisconsin. Now is your chance to purchase that Coral(s), Fish, Clam or Invertebrate, and the money you save on shipping, you can spend on Frags at the Swap!

Receive and Win Great Items -
- There are 4 ways in which attendees and coral traders can receive or win great items! Last year our prize & giveaways totaled $6,700.!

1) There will be Free Goody Bags to anyone who registers as an attendee. The giveaway items are of limited quantity and are on a "first come - first receive" basis.

2)Coral Trader Gift certificates Drawing. Free to all attendees. The certificates can be redeemed at the Coral Traders Table.

3) Door Prize Drawings will be held every hour staring at 11:00am cst.

4) Grand Prize Drawing will be held at 3:00pm cst. The grand prize will be a pair (2) of Vortec MP10w ES. Other prizes to be announced soon.

More information & Updates can be found on the links below:
Frag Swap Information
Coral Trader Info & Registration

Rob (Ontosrob)
NWRS
admin@nwreefsociety.com

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We are getting a good response from coral vendors so far! Tables are going fast so register soon!
We have commitments from the following:

House of Coral
Sula
Meisen
Mark Moeller
2FarNorth
Paul's Corals
The coRal nuT
Pet Stop Crew
UPMMAS (Club Tank)
John& Dawn/Ontosrob

If you are interested in being a Coral Vendor for our Swap go to our Coral Vendor Link.

We will start a Coral pre-sale thread, as we get closer to the event.

Rob (Ontosrob)
NWRS
admin@nwreefsociety.com

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Here is our updated list of Coral Traders!

Clcampuz
House of Coral
JimsReef (2FarNorth)
JohnandDawn/Ontosrob
Limpit's Reef
LSMAC (Club Tank)
Mark Moeller
Meisen
Paul's Corals
Pet Stop Crew
Polyp World
UPMMAS (Club Tank)
RuppertsReef
Sula
T and Z Aquatics
The coRal nuT
Tom n' Mary

You can find for info about our event HERE

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Quality Inn Special Room Rates for the Swap

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The Quality Inn (our host hotel) is offering rooms for vendors and attendees a rate of $67.99 per double occupancy for Friday night. To get this rate call 715-369-3600 and ask for the "NWRS Frag Swap" room rate. There is a limited number of room at this price. So if you are planning to come up to Rhinelander Friday evening, I would suggest you make reservations soon.

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10% Drygoods Discount at Drs. Foster & Smith Retail Store



The Drs. Foster & Smith Retail Store will be offering a 10% discount on dry-goods purchased the day of our swap!

If you have never shopped the Retail Store, you may not know this. But, if you don't see it in the store, you can order any dry-goods out of the catalog or their website that you want. When you are ready to check-out, tell or show the friendly person at the front counter what you want and they'll run back to the warehouse and get it for you!! It is like the World's largest pet store inventory to choice from.

Hints on shopping the Drs. Foster & Smith Retail Store the day of the Swap:

1) I usually shop the catalogs and/or the Drs. Foster & Smith Aquatics website and make a shopping list before I get to the store. It will save you a lot of time!

2)To make your Swap day trip to the F&S Store quick and convenient, I would suggest you email your order to the F&S Crew before 3 PM on Friday and They will have your order ready and waiting for you on Saturday. This will prevent any long waits for your order to be shopped from the warehouse and then brought to the retail store. This doesn't mean you can't shop for items at the store or make a order at the Store. But if you can, order ahead of time. The F&S Crew will be swamped at current times on the day of the Swap. More importantly, it will get you back to the Swap quicker so you wouldn't miss any of the drawings, silent auctions or great coral buys!!

3)Also, in order to get your discount on dry-goods please present your “10% Coupon” before your purchase. Foster & Smith will not be able to give cash refunds after the you have paid for your purchase and everybody behind you will get mad while you are trying to make a fuss about forget to use your coupon!

4)Don't forget to enter F&S Retail Outlet's in-store raffle for a Cardiff Aquarium. The drawing will be held (the day of our Frag Swap) April 9th. 3:00pm. cst. You can get more info: HERE

5)IF you have any questions about living creatures that the retail store sells, please call Drew, the Aquatics Coordinator at Drs Foster and Smith Retail Store @ 715-369-9312.

Below is a map to get to and from the Frag Swap to F&S Store & a copy of the discount coupon and rules.




Get "printer Friendly" copy of the discount coupon and map: HERE


Here is a link to the Retail Store:Foster & Smith Retail Outlet

Please visit: NWRS/UPMMAS Third Annual Frag Swap on Facebook and add to yourself to the "Attending" list!

Please visit: Drs Foster and Smith Retail Store on Facebook and add to your "like" list!

Please visit: Drs Foster and Smith on Facebook and add to your "like" list!

The major supporters of our club and this event are:

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- The Silent Coral Auction Again this year, one of our major sponsors Drs. Foster & Smith’s LiveAquaria is donating coral from Diver’s Den for our silent auction.

Last year’s auction resulted in unbelievable bargains for the winners and this year will be better than ever.

Here's the Coral!!

DFS Alien Eye Mycedium (Mycedium sp.)



DFS Lemonade Nasuta (Acropora nasuta)


DFS Meteor Shower Cyphastrea (Cyphastrea sp.)


Sanjay’s Leprechaun Beard Acropora (Acropora sp.)


DFS Reverse Superman Montipora (Montipora sp.)


DFS Super Blue Tenuis (Acropora tenuis)


DFS Red and Green War Coral (Favites pentagona)


DFS Purple Caribbean True Sea Fan (Gorgonia sp.)


DFS Neon Polyp Purple True Undata (Montipora undata)


DFS Flame Red Blastomussa (Blastomussa wellsi)


DFS Mandarin Setosa (Montipora setosa)

Here are the instructions & rules:

1. The silent auction is open to all attendees, traders and swap staff members. This years auction will be a "blind" auction.

2. Bidders will fill out a bid sheet with their name and bid amount clearly marked on the bid sheet. The completed bid sheet will then be inserted in a sealed "blind" bid box that corresponds to the coral they wish to bid on. All coral will have a minimum start bid. You can bid as often on the same or different coral as you like, but your highest bid is your final and binding bid!

3. Auction end times will be listed on each the bid sheet. Auction end times will be approximate times; 11:30, 1:00 & 2:30. Auction closings will be divided into (3)three groups, and continue until all of the coral is sold. So stay sharp with your bids!

4. Winning bidder must be present to win and must pay for their winning coral immediately after winning bid announcements. If not claimed within 15 minutes the next highest bid will win. Winning bidder must take possession of coral at the time of payment.

5. All Frag Swap staff decisions on winning bids are final!

6. The NWRS will determine what to do if any corals that are left at the end of the auction.

7. The club will not be responsible for any coral or prizes that are left behind. All items are the responsibility of owner/winner.

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I would like to thank everybody from Wisconsin Reef Society that participated as vendors & attendees at our Swap!! It was great making new reef friends and spending time with old friends!

Thanks again for helping make our event a success!

Rob