Kudos on the swap

Great job on the swap this year...Thanks go out to Cammie, Garrett and Phil for the great organization. Thanks!

Made it home safe. thanks for setting this up guys and gals. And a special thanks to mrnorth for helping with the jump, people are really nice had 2 people stop and offer to jump us, sorry you ran home and didn't have to.

Thank you. Center was a great place for this. We all had a great time.

Sucks that i had to miss it

I had a good time at the swap. Thanks for putting this on Cammie, Garrett and Phil.

Thanks to everyone that came up, it was alot of fun.

Yeah ME!





and everyone else that helped me look great.


And to Matt.

It was a great first swap for me.

I think it was a great swap also..especially the fragging demo and the breeding presentation...thanks to all who helped make it successful!

Yes thanks to all!!!
I got a bunch of nice frags yesterday and an anemone that has found his spot after a full lap in my 55. It's great that you guys give us the chance to swap coral locally but even better to have people to share the hobby with.Thanks again!
Tinkerman, Not a problem,I live 1 mile from the HSC .I'm just glad you guys took the time to drive up...er over here.

Thanks for all the kind words. That HSC was a great location. It was very generous of them to let us use their space free of charge and to allow us a group rate for admission to the exhibits. (It worked out well for them too as I think they have many new corals in the 210 and we did raise money for equipment needs, etc through the food sales and raffles.)

Thanks to:

Matt for making the drive and sharing his knowledge with us. It sounds like it was very well received and appreciated.

Riverside Corals for making the drive and bringing up some nice corals that would have been harder for us to get our hands on being way up here in the middle of nowhere.

Phil for giving a whole new meaning to group orders at NMRC and for graciously being the MC. I think adding the MC part made a big difference at the event.

Thanks also, to Susan who took care of the food arrangements and made the door prize as well as the desirable fragging demo apron. (I believe pics are in order here!)

Also to Jolene and John that helped set up, take down and with food!

A special thank you to everyone that donated baked goods, frags, raffle prizes. It adds a lot, don't you think? I thought the frags in the raffle was fun and think we should make sure to have that at each event.

It took a lot of people to pull this off - I hope you guys are able to have many more events like this in the future. I'm really pleased to see everyone contributing where they were able to!

FWIW, know that as a "member" of Frozen Ocean, I'm happy to continue to come and speak in support of one of my new "home clubs" And I'd encourage other Frozen Ocean members to develop their own presentations to give at events like this, afterall, most all of my presentations are about fish and fish breeding so far!

Anyone know how much was raised for the Science Center? I gotta say, I loved the space and was very happy to help do what I could to support it! They were a wonderful host!

Oh, and BTW, I was floored by everyone's gratitude - a) "You're all welcome" and b) "THANK YOU"! I have NEVER ever received a signed card from the members of a club or event that I've spoken at before! Feeling very welcome and at home in my new home, good 'ole Minnesota! (Go Bulldogs!)

Matt,

I forwarded your email regarding the chiclids to James who is in charge of freshwater fish at HSC. I thought he would find it of great interest. Maybe we can do more with some of the other fish too than we are now.

We didn't keep real close tabs on what we raised for funds, most expenses were absorbed by club members so money could go to the tank. It had to be close to $300- spent some of that on corals for the tank , and were able to bank $180 towards some more halide bulbs.

The best part was getting new people in to the center and giving everyone a chance to see the tank. We are pretty proud of it.

Thank you so much to everyone!

Susan

Yes, that would have been my next question to you- where do we find good homes for any baby fish we are fortunate enough to raise?

Probably won't have to worry real soon, but you never know.

glad to hear it went will, wish i could have been there.

I am excited to be involved with a group that makes the effort to organize and put on events for themselves and the community. Coming in late with car full of live rock from ND I missed the presentations, but did manage to meet a couple of members and even went home with two little frags of starters from ms blennylover. So far they are happy as could be!!!

All of my frags are doing great! Thank you so much for a very enjoyable day. Meeting you all was wonderful. The fragging workshop gives me confidence to try this on my own. I intend to try to get a pair of fish and try breeding eventually. A laurel, and hardy handshake to everyone that made the day so educational and enjoyable.

So again, so floored by the generousity of the club - it was totally unnecessary to not only give me a hand signed thank you card (again, a TRUE FIRST from any club/event), but the HD gift card, wow. You'll be happy to know I used some of it today to get some Super Glue Gel, Masking Tape, and OUTDOOR HEAVY DUTY TIMERS - not waterproof, but 15 amp timers that are "weatherproof" and will certainly be used in the future fishroom! You guys rock! Thanks again!

Welcome to Minnesota.