Event 2022 New England Frag Farmer's Market Invite - March 5, 2022

[Phinfan]

That show in RI was hosted by the RI club for a couple of years before Scott took it over.

 

[fitch4]

Just finishing up the first draft of the vendor list for this year. I'll post it up later today!

 

[mlivvy]

FFM BC (before covid) was one of my favorite shows. Scored great deals on corals, fish, and won a radion at the auction. Can't wait!

 

[fitch4]

Okay, took me a bit longer than I hoped but here is the preliminary list of vendors for the 2022 FFM:

AC Corals
Agcore
Alex's Advanced Aquatics
Aquatic Creations
Aquadreams
Aussie Aquariums
Backwoods Reefs
Blake's Aquaden
Boston Aqua Farms
Boston Reef Society
Blue View Aquatics
Capital Corals
Champion Lighting
Chandler Rocks
Cheesy Corals
Coral Reef Connection
Coral Vue
Corals Unlimited
Covey's Coral Cove
Crazy Corals
CTARS
Dan Connor
Dan Rigle’s Corals
Doghouse Corals
Donovan Stout
Dr. Salomon Corals
E.O. Smith Coral Project
MoFo Corals
ESV
Exotic Fish and Corals
Fifth Alarm Corals
Frank Kolak
Fritz
Frost Corals
Golden Basket Corals
Greg Demos - Aquacultured Acropora
Greg's Corals
Hall High School
Hall Memorial High School
Headie Corals
Homegrown Reef
Jason Fox
Jeff Bednarek
Kevin Wong
Kimmies Cupcakes
Lenny Lee
Marine Science Magnet School
Marc Fishtank
MR Reefs
Mod Corals
Mosreef
Motor City Corals
Natchaug Elementary School
Neptune Systems
Norwich Free Academy
NY Reef Aquatic
Ocean State Aquatics
Paul Spinnato
Pieces of the Ocean
Pop Corals
Reef Assist.com
Reef Breeders
Reef Crazy Coral Propagation Center
Reef Creations
Reef Junkies
Reef Nutrition
Reef Rax
Reef Trends
Reefs.com
RozArt Corals
Sea Gardens
School of Fish
Roaming Reefer
Rock Hard Reefs
Salty Coral Wizard
Sea Chem
Son and Sand
STCorals
SteelerMike
Tank Breakers
The Coral Farm
The Reef Shoppe
The Sound School
TJM Corals
Triggreef
T-A-R Corals
Useful Idiot
Ultimate Corals
Usctom
Wet Pets
zooanthids.com

Coral seller spots are FULL with a waitlist to get a spot if anyone drops out but I always have room for "dry goods" places if anyone is interested or knows someone. Just have them reach out to me.

 

[FREAKINRICAN69]

@Mel'sReef

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Added to the calendar. Boston Reefers Society, Inc. will be there with information about the club and more than likely merchandise to help support the continued education and support of the E.O. Smith Coral Project.

 

[Greg Hiller]

I unfortunately will not be able to make it this year, but if there are any wholesalers interested in marketing some of my stuff, please contact me soon. I'll be out of town coming up soon.

 

[fitch4]

Yeah, sorry to hear that you can't make it. It was always great to see the 100% captive grown stuff you bring!

 

[fitch4]

A couple of additions to the list:

Champion Lighting
Bellanchor Corals
ReefEveryDay
ZiBiReef

and one minor error on my part:

"Chandler Rocks" is actually "Chandlerrocks Aquascaping"

List just keeps getting better!

I have a few more things up my sleeve that I will be dropping in the next few weeks as well- stay tuned!

 

[fitch4]

The FFM vendor list is FULL again this year and I still have a big waitlist of people who would love to get a spot, with more reaching out every week. I would love to have everyone set-up but it just isn’t feasible so I have been running a system where old sellers get their old spots back and then I add in new people if spots open up. As a result, there are a TON of people who want in and just have not gotten a spot to sell their crop at the FFM. To try to see if we can make a little contest of it, and get some sweet swag into the raffle (which looks to be the best FFM raffle ever already), I am going to hold the second annual “Free Vendor Space Contest.” The winner of the contest will get a guaranteed free spot at the 2023 Frag Farmer’s Market! All you have to do to enter is donate a frag into the FFM raffle. The raffle frag that receives the most tickets in its cup at the end of the day will win the contest and the person/place that donated it, gets a free space for the 2023 FFM.
Contest Rules
-Anyone is eligible: shops, hobbyists, current vendors, waitlist vendors, new vendors, etc…
-Donations can be individual frags or frag packs but must be specific corals.
-Donors must let me know, via PM, what they are donating and send along pics to include in this thread and at the raffle table. I will update and post the various frags/packages here leading up to the FFM.
-Frags donated to this contest will all go into the FFM raffle and all proceeds will go to the school program.
-Frags must be present at the FFM to be eligible. I need to have them so the winner of the raffle for that frag can get them. They can be dropped off the day of the FFM or ahead of the FFM.
-Winner space is not transferable to another person/shop.
-Winner need not be present to win.
-Winner will be announced and notified after the FFM.
Any questions, feel free to ask!

 

[fitch4]

I have had conversations with a few FFM vendors and some shared that “attendance is down at shows.” I hate to hear that, and some even told me that it “isn’t worth” coming out. I have other people who are more than happy to step into those open spots, no problem there, but “not worth it?” That one I can’t work with… I need you guys to PROVE THEM WRONG. COVID numbers are falling faster than the Bucs playoff odds for next year and I feel like the FFM is going to be the re-start for the reef hobby in our area. I want to be able to post a big smile after the FFM is over with the HUGE FFM turnout so the vendors who decided that it “wasn’t worth coming out” regret it. Here is what I decided to do…

The Prove Them Wrong Contest!​

How to play:

1. Print out the FFM poster from the “CT Frag Farmer’s Market” group page on FB and bring it to a LFS, or shop that sells salt water/reef related items.
2. Put the poster up in the shop to let people know about the FFM (front desk, door, bulletin board, etc…). Please let the place know you are posting it! If they are reluctant, negotiate, or have them reach out to me I have a way to help them out with the FFM, even if they are not selling at it.
3. Take a selfie with the poster hung up in the shop and post the pic in this thread on the FFM FB page, with the store name and location, or send me a copy of the pic and I can post it on FB for you. That gets your name entered into the contest.

For every time you find a new LFS to put the poster up in, you get one entry into a raffle for a $100 FFM Gift Certificate that can be used at ANY of the vendors at the FFM!!!
Rules:

1. Limit one poster per LFS and one entry per shop. So, only the O.P. gets the entry for that shop.
2. You get two entries if you post a pic of a receipt from the shop to prove that you bought something while you were there. Support your LFS!
3. No limit to the number of shops you can “claim” by hanging a poster and posting yourself with it.
4. “Local” is a relative thing. Let’s get the FFM poster up ALL OVER the East Coast and beyond. This is not just a New England thing.
5. Winner will be pulled from the list of posts on March 4th and the winner will be posted on the FFM group page on FB. The GC will be ready for pick up at the front gate at the FFM on March 5th.

Now, let’s go prove them all wrong and make the FFM the biggest it has ever been!

 

[Marinexx]

Sounds like great fun. I think my nephew and I will drive up from NEPA. Just pay at the door? Raffle throughout the day?

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Raffle is usually towards the end of the day. Pay at the door for admission.

 

[fitch4]

Thanks Paul! Admission is at the door, $10 to get in. Raffle is at 4pm, but I will be doing some raffles for FFM Gift Certificates every hour. For some of the stuff you have to be there to win (big, heavy, live, etc...), other stuff, I will ship out to you if you win.

 

[highfive52]

@fitch4 Thank you for allowing Boston Reefers Society, Inc. to take place on this awesome event again. We're working on creating some much improved information for the public and look forward to attending.

Can we take a poll who's going

 

[fitch4]

I realized that I had not been posting the raffle updates and such here. Trying to manage the FB group for the event has become a full time job... I thought I would take a few minutes and give you guys an update on some of the things that are going to be in the FFM raffle this year!

Tideline 10g AIO Tank - Thanks to Aqua Dreams
Photon V2 24" LED Fixture - Thanks to Reef Breeders
Reef Nano LED Light - Thanks to Reef Breeders
PAR Mapping of your Tank - Thanks to Reef Assist-CT
MP10 - Thanks to 5th Alarm Corals
AI Prime 16HD - Thanks to Covey's Cove
A80 and A360 LED Lights - Thanks to Kessil
75gpd RO/DI system - Thanks to Bulk Reef Supply
MP10 and AI Prime 16HD - Thanks to Ecotech Marine
HO Algae Scrubber - Thanks to Santa Monica Filtration
Reef Diaper Starter Sets - Thanks to Reef Diaper
Rack/Look down box/Camera Tube - Thanks to Building an Obsession
Proflux Controller Starter Set - Thanks to GHL
Hydros Control X3 Starter Set - Thanks to Coralvue

and that is just the stuff I have announced so far. I am saving some of the more exciting stuff for the next two weeks! Hope to see all my brothers and sisters from Boston and surroundings at the FFM on March 5th!

 

[Joker]

cant wait to be vending at this amazing event. i went many years ago and had a blast i didnt want to leave lol. i hope to see everyone and cant wait to mingle with every last one of you.

 

[fitch4]

It is significantly bigger than it used to be years back. We max out at ~70 coral vendors so there will be plenty to choose from!

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Added a poll.

 

[fitch4]

Does it count if I said I was going?