July Meeting: 7/17 3-5PM

[AZ FRAG]

AZ FRAG July Meeting
Sat, July 17, 2021 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (MST)
Coral auction starts at 4PM
Location: Vivid Creative Aquatics, 2432 W Peoria Ave STE 1080, Phoenix, AZ 85029

Our next meeting is this coming Saturday, at Vivid Creative Aquatics, from 3-5PM.

For this meeting, there will be 2 parts:

1. The first hour will consist of a tour/demo of the VCA's 3D printing manufacturing facility.
2. Our coral auction will be returning in the second hour from approximately 4-5PM. Any registered club member can bring their corals/frags to sell in the auction; please use this thread to list your items. Pictures are helpful! We do ask that each member bring no more than 25 items. The cut-off for auction items is 7/16 @5PM.

If you've forgotten, details about our old meeting format and the auction can be found on our website.

If you are not currently registered with AZ FRAG, please see our website: azfrag.org

If you have any questions about the meeting please reply to this thread and ask!
We look forward to seeing everyone again!

-AZ FRAG Board of Directors

Auction list attached below:

 

[1ocean]

Awesome can't wait...

 

[KingFitz]

I just looked up the address and that's a two hour drive for me. I love Antonio, but I'm not sure if I'll make it.

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

Looking forward to hosting everybody for the next meeting. The team here at VCA is already planning on ways to make it an enjoyable visit for everyone. I'm just hoping we can all fit - LOL

@KingFitz if you can't make it, i totally understand - 2 hour drive is a bit much. However, if you're ever goign to be in the area and what to stop by - just send me a message and we would love to give you a personnel tour.

 

[Ef4life]

Here’s my coral list

edit - $5 starting bids for all coral, except for #15 and #16 - those 2 frags will start at $30

1 - utter chaos 6 polyps
2 - sunny d’s 6 polyps
3 - super limited ultra krptonite lime green monti cap with red cap also growing under it 2-3 diameter
4 - clove polyps orange/teal
5 - clove polyps orange/teal
6 - wwc blood suckers 4 polyps
7 - wwc blood suckers 5 polyps
8 - Rasta zoas 10+ polyps
9 - green discosoma mushroom approx 1/2 dollar sized
10 - orange bam bam zoa 8 polyps
11 - armor of god palys
12 - montipora spongodes (encrusts, plates, and branches all in one monti)
13 - 2 small ricordea Yuma - tank raised. Both approximately dime sized fully inflated.
14 - green blue acro - large frag with no fancy name but very hardy and fast growing, darker green body with blue tips, changes color quite a bit under different lighting from dark green to an iridescent brown in the body and the tips go blue to purple with light green colors at some of the polyps
15 - cultivated reefs electric myagi tort - fully encrusted into a 1.5” square tile, short stubby frag exploding with new growth.
16 - cultivated reefs electric myagi tort - starting to encrust into the 1.5” tile, but it already has a fully encrusted base. Very tall 2 inch frag that’s branching out fast.
17 - ponape birsdnest
18 - ponape bitdsnest
19 - large frags of Ora birds of paradise - this is a seriatopora with a green body and purplish silver polyps.
20 - large frag Ora bird of paradise
21 - green montipora digitata
22 - bubblegum montipora digitata

 

[sisterlimonpot]

I just looked up the address and that's a two hour drive for me. I love Antonio, but I'm not sure if I'll make it.

ahh come on!!! It's always great to see your face at these events. we know that you always win the commute award, what's a little extra on the drive time??? Maybe Antonio will sweeten the deal if you make the trek.... VCA hint hint

 

[evolved]

Here’s my coral list

1 - utter chaos 6 polyps
2 - sunny d’s 6 polyps
3 - super limited ultra krptonite lime green monti cap with red cap also growing under it 2-3 diameter
4 - clove polyps orange/teal
5 - clove polyps orange/teal
6 - wwc blood suckers 4 polyps
7 - wwc blood suckers 5 polyps
8 - Rasta zoas 10+ polyps
9 - green discosoma mushroom approx 1/2 dollar sized
10 - orange bam bam zoa 8 polyps
11 - armor of god palys
12 - montipora spongodes (encrusts, plates, and branches all in one monti)
13 - 2 small ricordea Yuma - tank raised. Both approximately dime sized fully inflated.
14 - green blue acro - large frag with no fancy name but very hardy and fast growing, darker green body with blue tips, changes color quite a bit under different lighting from dark green to an iridescent brown in the body and the tips go blue to purple with light green colors at some of the polyps
15 - cultivated reefs electric myagi tort - fully encrusted into a 1.5” square tile, short stubby frag exploding with new growth.
16 - cultivated reefs electric myagi tort - starting to encrust into the 1.5” tile, but it already has a fully encrusted base. Very tall 2 inch frag that’s branching out fast.
17 - ponape birsdnest
18 - ponape bitdsnest
19 - large frags of Ora birds of paradise - this is a seriatopora with a green body and purplish silver polyps.
20 - large frag Ora bird of paradise
21 - green montipora digitata
22 - bubblegum montipora digitata


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Starting bids on these guys? You should be able to edit your post and add them.

 

[Ef4life]

Starting bids on these guys? You should be able to edit your post and add them.

Done

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

ahh come on!!! It's always great to see your face at these events. we know that you always win the commute award, what's a little extra on the drive time??? Maybe Antonio will sweeten the deal if you make the trek.... VCA hint hint

Sure - I think that's a great idea

VCA/AZFRAG CUMMUTER AWARD!
The Commuter Award is for up to $80 for VCA product to whoever commutes the furthest to join the meeting. Qualifying modes of transportation include Train, Plain and Automobiles

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

Just wanted to make a quick announcement and make a request

First- we will be providing some lite snacks/food and drinks for the meeting. So all you need to bring is yourself and a cooler to hold all the coral you'll score.

Second - we have more floor space than we do seating - so if you don't want to stand, please bring a folding chair or show up early and grab on before they are all gone

Looking forward to hosting everyone here at VCA!

 

[guntercb]

Antonio, I am looking forward to the tour of Vivid Creative Aquatics. I will see you on Saturday.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[AZ FRAG]

3 days left to list your corals for auction!

You don't have to provide pictures, but they do tend to help your sales.

 

[NoOneLikesADryTang]

Below are the Frags we’ll be bringing. Sorry some of the zoas were cranky when moving them to the rack for pictures.


Blood Sucker $5
Bam Bams $5
Tubbs Blue $5
Blue Atmosphere $5
Punk Rockers $5
Halle Berry $5
Yellow Brick Road $5
Fruit Loops $5
Dragon’s Breath Macroalgae $5
Red Grape Branching Macroalgae $5
Green and Purple Blasto $10
Twizzler Morph $10
Scrambled Eggs $10
Devils Armor $10
Blue Hornets $10
Lemon Lime Hydnophora $10
Large Yellow w/Maroon Polyps Monti $10
Pink Zippers $15
Legendary Corals Antimatter Zoa $30

 

[1ocean]

Here’s my coral list

edit - $5 starting bids for all coral, except for #15 and #16 - those 2 frags will start at $30

1 - utter chaos 6 polyps
2 - sunny d’s 6 polyps
3 - super limited ultra krptonite lime green monti cap with red cap also growing under it 2-3 diameter
4 - clove polyps orange/teal
5 - clove polyps orange/teal
6 - wwc blood suckers 4 polyps
7 - wwc blood suckers 5 polyps
8 - Rasta zoas 10+ polyps
9 - green discosoma mushroom approx 1/2 dollar sized
10 - orange bam bam zoa 8 polyps
11 - armor of god palys
12 - montipora spongodes (encrusts, plates, and branches all in one monti)
13 - 2 small ricordea Yuma - tank raised. Both approximately dime sized fully inflated.
14 - green blue acro - large frag with no fancy name but very hardy and fast growing, darker green body with blue tips, changes color quite a bit under different lighting from dark green to an iridescent brown in the body and the tips go blue to purple with light green colors at some of the polyps
15 - cultivated reefs electric myagi tort - fully encrusted into a 1.5” square tile, short stubby frag exploding with new growth.
16 - cultivated reefs electric myagi tort - starting to encrust into the 1.5” tile, but it already has a fully encrusted base. Very tall 2 inch frag that’s branching out fast.
17 - ponape birsdnest
18 - ponape bitdsnest
19 - large frags of Ora birds of paradise - this is a seriatopora with a green body and purplish silver polyps.
20 - large frag Ora bird of paradise
21 - green montipora digitata
22 - bubblegum montipora digitata


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wow beautiful....IWe are looking forward to our first meeting and making new friends......we could not make last month since we had to be in Ohio for my wifes moms funeral that weekend......This is our wedding anniversary weekend so I know I will be bidding on some zoa's (aka salt water flowers as we call them) for my girl....

 

[1ocean]

Thanks

Starting bids on these guys? You should be able to edit your post and add them.

for the advice to start bidding Hunter, I am a NY boy so cash in hand talks....We are so looking forward to this first meeting and making new friends....We postponed our wedding anniversary party this weekend moved it to next weekend so we can make the AZ FRAG event....

 

[1ocean]

Sure - I think that's a great idea

VCA/AZFRAG CUMMUTER AWARD!
The Commuter Award is for up to $80 for VCA product to whoever commutes the furthest to join the meeting. Qualifying modes of transportation include Train, Plain and Automobiles

does rescheduling your 33rd wedding anniversary weekend party, after it was already scheduled in early May to next weekend July 23rd so that we (wife and I) can attend our first meeting count as an commute award hahaha.....

 

[NoOneLikesADryTang]

wow beautiful....IWe are looking forward to our first meeting and making new friends......we could not make last month since we had to be in Ohio for my wifes moms funeral that weekend......This is our wedding anniversary weekend so I know I will be bidding on some zoa's (aka salt water flowers as we call them) for my girl....

I love zoas also! They come in so many colorful varieties. Sounds like she would like rock flower anemones as well. Happy Anniversary! Looking forward to meeting you!

 

[sisterlimonpot]

We postponed our wedding anniversary party this weekend moved it to next weekend so we can make the AZ FRAG event....

Now that's commitment!!!

 

[evolved]

Thanks

for the advice to start bidding Hunter, I am a NY boy so cash in hand talks....

Uh, not bidding advice, but rather a request for Ef4 to specify his starting bids on each item.
Our auction style is a modified traditional approach - one item at a time, but we just keep running up the bid until only one person is left.
Then, at the end, everyone pays up and checks out. We can take cash or cards, but we do have to charge 3% extra for cards.
Therefore, the only advantage of cash is avoiding that transaction fee.
azfrag.org/about-us for a bit more.

 

[Vivid Creative Aquatics]

does rescheduling your 33rd wedding anniversary weekend party, after it was already scheduled in early May to next weekend July 23rd so that we (wife and I) can attend our first meeting count as an commute award hahaha.....

possibly - LOL

If not, it has to be worth something ;-)