PSU frag swap - Aquarium Advice

ccCapt · 02-05-2008, 06:34 PM

If anyone is interested, NCPARS is holding a frag swap at the Penn State main campus on April 12. You can check out the 500 gal PSU reef tank. The director of Dr F&S Live Aquaria Divers Den will be the guest speaker.

Here's some info on the swap meet.

ccCapt · 04-12-2008, 07:25 PM

Just got back from the frag swap. Lots of great coral available. I picked up a purple tricolor validia frag.
The guest speaker was Kevin Kohen of Divers Den. Great guy with lots of very interesting info regarding the collection and transportation of coral and fish from around the world. Sanjay Joshi was there also and there were tours of the 500g PSU reef.

cmor1701d · 04-13-2008, 12:00 PM

Picture(s) please

I missed your original post. I would have enjoyed the outing.

ccCapt · 04-13-2008, 01:15 PM

It was a good time. Kevin Kohen was very interesting and the PSU reef is something to see, especially behind the scenes.

I tired to take a few pics and they came out like crap....lol. Went to do a few more and my batteries died. I'll try again later.

You going to the Anniversary Sale at ThatFishPlace next weekend? Steven Pro will be there Sat. and Sun, Chris Brightwell on Sat. and Anthony Calfo will be there Sun.

ccCapt · 04-14-2008, 09:33 PM

This is the best I can do with my camera. Dunno...just can't get good pics.

Here's the validia. It's a little more than 2" tall, Y shaped . Hard to see the colors, but the base is redish/purple, tips are deep purple and bright green polyps.

And towards the end of the swap, a guy had some broken frags he was selling for $5. I think this is an a.nana or a.tenius. It's really hard to tell them all apart. This has a orange colored body with some green tips and some purple tips and green polyps. Awesome colors for $5

It's real hard to get a good pic. It's about 1 1/2".

cmor1701d · 04-15-2008, 09:43 AM

Nice pickups! Let us know when you're ready to frag them

ccCapt · 04-15-2008, 11:57 AM

Here's a few pics from the swap someone posted on RC. I'm in the 2nd pic......somewhere...lol. (I have on a flyers sweatshirt)

cmor1701d · 04-15-2008, 06:46 PM

Oh yea Larry. Picked you out in no time

Just can't miss that Flyers sweatshirt behind the counters.

Awsome pics of the tanks though.

What are the dates for ThatFishPlace? Is it this weekend (12/13) or the following weekend (19/20). I can't go this Saturday but next week is open right now. I saw Calfo at SomethingFishy a couple of years ago. Great demo on fragging.

ccCapt · 04-15-2008, 08:01 PM

It's this weekend (19-20). I'm not sure which day I'm going yet, but I will be there.

cmor1701d · 04-16-2008, 06:12 PM

I can't make it out there this weekend. It's about a 2½ drive for me and I have family obligations this weekend.

02-05-2008, 06:34 PM	#1
ccCapt SW 10 & Over Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Northeast PA Posts: 1,467 Images: 2	PSU frag swap If anyone is interested, NCPARS is holding a frag swap at the Penn State main campus on April 12. You can check out the 500 gal PSU reef tank. The director of Dr F&S Live Aquaria Divers Den will be the guest speaker. Here's some info on the swap meet. __________________ 125g reef See My Tank Info Check out The build project Last edited by ccCapt; 02-05-2008 at 09:54 PM.

04-12-2008, 07:25 PM	#2
ccCapt SW 10 & Over Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Northeast PA Posts: 1,467 Images: 2	Just got back from the frag swap. Lots of great coral available. I picked up a purple tricolor validia frag. The guest speaker was Kevin Kohen of Divers Den. Great guy with lots of very interesting info regarding the collection and transportation of coral and fish from around the world. Sanjay Joshi was there also and there were tours of the 500g PSU reef. __________________ 125g reef See My Tank Info Check out The build project

04-13-2008, 12:00 PM	#3
cmor1701d Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Belle Mead, NJ Posts: 3,733 Images: 43	Picture(s) please I missed your original post. I would have enjoyed the outing. __________________ Click here to Vote for Aquarium Advice on AquaRank . Vote EVERY day! Click Here for a list of commonly used acronyms and abbreviations. ____ Cmor

04-13-2008, 01:15 PM	#4
ccCapt SW 10 & Over Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Northeast PA Posts: 1,467 Images: 2	It was a good time. Kevin Kohen was very interesting and the PSU reef is something to see, especially behind the scenes. I tired to take a few pics and they came out like crap....lol. Went to do a few more and my batteries died. I'll try again later. You going to the Anniversary Sale at ThatFishPlace next weekend? Steven Pro will be there Sat. and Sun, Chris Brightwell on Sat. and Anthony Calfo will be there Sun. __________________ 125g reef See My Tank Info Check out The build project

04-14-2008, 09:33 PM	#5
ccCapt SW 10 & Over Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Northeast PA Posts: 1,467 Images: 2	This is the best I can do with my camera. Dunno...just can't get good pics. Here's the validia. It's a little more than 2" tall, Y shaped . Hard to see the colors, but the base is redish/purple, tips are deep purple and bright green polyps. And towards the end of the swap, a guy had some broken frags he was selling for $5. I think this is an a.nana or a.tenius. It's really hard to tell them all apart. This has a orange colored body with some green tips and some purple tips and green polyps. Awesome colors for $5 It's real hard to get a good pic. It's about 1 1/2". __________________ 125g reef See My Tank Info Check out The build project

04-15-2008, 09:43 AM	#6
cmor1701d Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Belle Mead, NJ Posts: 3,733 Images: 43	Nice pickups! Let us know when you're ready to frag them __________________ Click here to Vote for Aquarium Advice on AquaRank . Vote EVERY day! Click Here for a list of commonly used acronyms and abbreviations. ____ Cmor

04-15-2008, 11:57 AM	#7
ccCapt SW 10 & Over Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Northeast PA Posts: 1,467 Images: 2	Here's a few pics from the swap someone posted on RC. I'm in the 2nd pic......somewhere...lol. (I have on a flyers sweatshirt) __________________ 125g reef See My Tank Info Check out The build project

04-15-2008, 06:46 PM	#8
cmor1701d Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Belle Mead, NJ Posts: 3,733 Images: 43	Oh yea Larry. Picked you out in no time Just can't miss that Flyers sweatshirt behind the counters. Awsome pics of the tanks though. What are the dates for ThatFishPlace? Is it this weekend (12/13) or the following weekend (19/20). I can't go this Saturday but next week is open right now. I saw Calfo at SomethingFishy a couple of years ago. Great demo on fragging. __________________ Click here to Vote for Aquarium Advice on AquaRank . Vote EVERY day! Click Here for a list of commonly used acronyms and abbreviations. ____ Cmor

04-15-2008, 08:01 PM	#9
ccCapt SW 10 & Over Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Northeast PA Posts: 1,467 Images: 2	It's this weekend (19-20). I'm not sure which day I'm going yet, but I will be there. __________________ 125g reef See My Tank Info Check out The build project

04-16-2008, 06:12 PM	#10
cmor1701d Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Belle Mead, NJ Posts: 3,733 Images: 43	I can't make it out there this weekend. It's about a 2½ drive for me and I have family obligations this weekend. __________________ Click here to Vote for Aquarium Advice on AquaRank . Vote EVERY day! Click Here for a list of commonly used acronyms and abbreviations. ____ Cmor

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