Saturday, September 12, 2009
2719 K Street
Sacramento, Ca. 95816
CHECK IN starts at 10:00 a.m.
FRAG SWAPPING starts at 11:30 a.m.
To participate in swapping you must bring in 3 *qualifying frags.
$12.00 in ADVANCE: includes entrance, meal and frag picking wrist band.
$20.00 AT THE DOOR: includes entrance, meal and frag picking wrist band
$7.00 guests: includes entrance and meal only.
Children 12 and under: FREE with paid adult admission: includes entrance and meal only.
Children 12 and under swapping pay full price: includes entrance, meal and frag picking wrist band.
Please go to the MARS club website to learn more about the frag swap.
The propagation and aquaculture of corals is extremely important to the reef aquarium hobby and frag swaps such as this helps hobbyists receive and reproduce corals at a very fair cost. Not only does this help to preserve and limit what is harvested from natural reefs, but it also helps to create a more consumer friendly market. Propagating and aquaculturing corals is not only easy, but fun. Using a dremel tool, clipping shears, razor blade or a snap with your hands,fragging corals is a simple process. With the use of super glue, fishing line or bridal veil material, attaching a fragment of a coral to a piece of live rock rubble or mounting disk is a cinch. I currently have a few customers that have corals growing so rapidly that I need to cut them up a number of times a year. I pass on these frags to other clients or hobbyists at no charge.
I encourage all hobbyists to attend at least one frag swap a year to help prolong the life of our natural resources and to learn from more experienced collectors.
