"Rare to You" Frag Swap

Today I attended the "Rare to You" Frag Swap. How this frag swap works is that the first participant will make a request for a coral that is considered "rare" to him/her. In order to join in the swap, anyone who is able to fulfill that request is eligible. The next participant will then make a request for a "rare" coral of their own and this goes on in the chain until it reaches the maximum number of participants. The last person in the chain will have to pick from a list of corals from the first participant, however he/she will get the first pick in the swap. Each participant is to bring two frags of the requested coral and another "rare" coral of their choice. At the swap, one requested frag will be given to the requester and the other two frags will go into the swap. Each person is guaranteed to take home 3 frags for their participation. In total, there are 14 participants including me. Apart from that, the participants can arrange for side trades with each other as well. The event was held at a fish store called Ocean Treasures in San Francisco.



All these frags are going to the swap.

These are the frags I pickup from the swap and the side trades.

Chalice and Micromussa.

Zoa and Palys.

Dipping sps in Tropic Marine Pro-Cure.

SPS frags acclimating in my tank after dipping.

Armor of God.

Superman Monti.

Fire Engine Monti.

Oregon Tort and Ultimate Blue Stag.

Pink Chalice.

I'm the second person to pick, so I choose this Darklord's Burning Star Micromussa.

Ocean Treasures offered a 20% discount for all participants. Taking advantage of the discount, I bought this ORA Roscoe's Acro frag.

Here are the list of corals I pickup today.

1. LE Ponape Torch Stag
   
2. Darklord's Burning Star Micro
3. LE Flower Petal Monti Cap
   
4. Oregon Tort
5. LE Ultimate Blue Stag
6. Jesus's Pink with Blue-Tip Prostrata
7. Superman Monti
8. Rainbow Monti
9. Fire Engine Monti
10. Atlantis Shades of Fall Acro Nasuta
11. Atlantis Lemon-Tip Pink Birdnest
12. Tubs Birdnest
13. Pink Chalice
14. LE Alien Eye Chalice
15. LE Aquascene Golden Eye Chalice
16. LE Volcano Chalice
    
17. LE Armor of God Paly
    
18. Armageddon Paly
    
19. Blue Halos Zoas