Thank you all....

[Josh]

"Great!"

That summarizes all of the comments I received in the past 2 days.

It was really a special event, it showed what we can do as a community when we work together.

I wanted to again thank everyone who made it possible:

MR Moderators

Vendors:
Deepwater
House of Fish
Reef Nutrition
NJRC (great to finally meet you all!)
Make A Splash Aquatics
Boston Aqua Farms
PFO Lighting

Sponsors:
Zero Edge
ESV
Sunlight Supply
Hydor
Bowtie Inc.
Zero Edge
Greenwich Aquaria
House of Fins
ORA
Reefer Madness

Speakers:
Sanjay Joshi
Shaun Walters

Volunteers:
Kathy - thank you for all your help
Frank - how many electrical questions did I have? You saved the day
Nakia - Great help at the front desk
Leslie - Helped a LOT with registration
Brett - Awesome sound/lighting support
Pedro - You captured everything!
Ebby - Ran the best Pest ID station yet
Jon - Amazing slide show
Jim - Great auctioneering as usual!
Dean - Supported the Auction setup and raffle
Mike M - Helped with the setup
Mike G - Inflated a bunch of palm trees!
Alex - Lots of help from the little man

Kris - Bagged everything for the grab bag and moved all the water into place
Tony - Assisted with lots of different elements of the setup

All the assistance from the Pratt students/interns

Everyone who donated to the auction and giveaway at the end of the event.

The entire membership of Manhattan Reefs for supporting the event and braving some nasty weather to make this our biggest swap yet.

And of course, Randy Donowitz who made the whole thing possible.

See you in the Fall!

-Josh

 

[Salesbig]

Thanks Josh and to all who helped and specail thanks to Randy
Biggest and best swap ever.. Just gets better and better every year..
When is the next one

 

[JHOV2324]

BIG up to you Josh and Everybody listed...awesome job folks MR ROCKS...

 

[Dace]

Actually, we should be the one thanking you. Not only was this the best swap ever, you always exceed my expectations of what a host should do. Great job Josh.

Oh, Can't forget Randy, good job

 

[FRY]

thank you josh and randy for a nice day

 

[crox99]

IMO is was a great success.:bunny: Can't wait fo r the next one.

 

[Tonyscoots84]

the next one should be even better ....

Josh thanks for putting this all together man... awesome swap to rememba... spring 07...

 

[dale]

Thank you to all that were involved in the swap. Can't wait untill the next one.

 

[rmulet]

Thanks Josh for making me feel so welcomed! This was my first frag swap and definetly not the last! I did not know the community was so large and friendly. Very nice to know!
Thanks again,
Ralph

 

[masterswimmer]

Josh, I had a great time seeing everyone again. Always fun to be around the rest of the reef crazies......makes me feel less alone

Randy, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. Also, very nice to meet your little guy, the next generation of reefaholics. Very nice personable young boy.

Mods, as always, you guys are great.

And just as important as all the organizers........Thanks to everyone in Manhattan Reefs. The best damn reefing community anywhere. It's great to be a part of this family :grouphug:

Russ

 

[JohnS_323]

Hi Josh,

What a great event! We're glad we were able to come and share in such a great day. Your group did an amazing job of making us feel welcome as soon as we got there and responding to anything we needed as we got set up. From there, the event was a bit of blur!

We look forward to getting our two groups together again in the future.

 

[scavdog]

It was well worth the trip guys. Nice to meet you all. In spite of the weather, the turnout was great. Kudos to a job well done.

-Joe

 

[nanoreefer22]

Josh,
Thanks for puttin the whole thing together, yet another swap made possible thanks to you .
-Kris

 

[surfing pooch]

thanks

I would like to thank everyone for a great experience. I am so greatfull for all the info and all the new corals ( all made it threw the storm) they look great. i'm new to reefs (6 months) and to MR, i found the site a week before the swap how lucky am I! Anyway it was great to get real answers instead of some salesman BS. from petco LOL!!!:scratchch

 

[alrha]

For Josh is a jolly good fellow, a jolly good fellow, a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good feeellooowwww (high pitch)...

 

[bronxer]

This was my first frag swap. I had no idea what to expect, so I went expecting to see few people (don't forget the weather) and even fewer frags for sale.

Boy was I surprised!! The frags were all over the place - nice, clean, healthy and inexpensive!!

The only thing I would do differently - next time I bring a flashlight so I can see the frags better. And yes, I'll be there next time!!!