Raffle...Raffle...Raffle...Raffle!!!!!!
Welcome to the Official Raffle Prize thread for the Manhattan Reefs Fall 2012 Frag Swap!!!!!!!!
Below you will find listed the GREAT prizes that we have begged or otherwise acquired from our Site Vendors, LFS's, Manufacturers. We ask that you direct your purchases to those who have been so generous to our community!!
:grouphug:
Drooling is encouraged
Here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cherry Corals - CHANGE!!!! Cherry Corals is donating THREE Generators the link can be found here:
http://www.harborfreight.com/engine...s-900-max-watts-portable-generator-66619.html
AND a 100W Evolution LED light AND a 5 piece Acan frag pack AND (2) $100 Cherry Coral Gift Certificates!!!!!! AND wait until you see what they have added to their frag section prices-wise to help out our members! WOW!
Tetra - 25 Cases of fish food & chemcials
Air Water Ice - Typhoon Extreme 5 Stage Ro/Di Unit
Blue Life - Flatworm RX ande Clean FX Pro Filter Media
Majano Wand - 4 Manjano Wands for their 4th donation!
That Pet Place/That Fish Place - a Vortech MP40 ...yes, you read that correctly!
Addicting Corals - $100 Gift certificate
Dr's Foster & Smith - Gift bags for all swap attendees!!
Gonzo's Coral Frags $50 Gift certificate
Orphek - PR 72 Reef LED Pendant http://orphek.com/led/orphek-products/pr72-reef/
Sanjay - 2 Pair Midnight Black Photon Clownfish
Affordable Aquatics - a Hurricane Cat 5 Unintertruptible Air Pump - AND 50 pounds Cure Free Ornamental Rock - AND 500ml Onefish Bio Pellets - AND an Affordable Aquatics Dual GFO/Carbon Reactor
Two Little Fishies - Julians Thing w/extra tips- Zoplan - PhytoPlan - Revive - Coralfix - Aquastix - Goniopower
Fritz Industries - Mag Sulfate - Carbon - A.C.C.R. - Calcium Chloride - Sodium Carbonate - Fritz Zyme and Aquarium glass clean & other goodies
World Wide Corals - $200 Gift Certificate
Reef Koi - $100 Gift Certificate
Aquarium Village - Innovative Marine Nano 16 Gallon tank with LED lights!
ESV -
8 - 64 oz units of B-ionic
4- 50 Gallon ESV Salt Mix
2- 4 lb ESV Carbon
AND - ALL of the salt mix that we use during the event !
Britewell Aquatics - Reef Code A & B - Magnesion - Replenish - Iodion - Phytochrom - Zooplanktos - MicroBacter
Marcin (our own Smoq)- a beautiful print of a Cuttlefish! This item is being donated in rememberance all of the folks that have lost tanks due to the recent storms. http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...uttlefish3.jpg
A pic of the print is below in Post # 12
Aquabacs - is donating a Custom Avast Reactor approx 4" X 20". to the Raffle. Thanks Mike!! It is one of the larger reactors pictured in the small pic here:
http://reefbuilders.com/2011/04/20/custom-avast-marine-media-reactors/
Acan Lighting - 18" 600 Series LED. Retail Value $499. As always the winner may upgrade to any fixture they want and pay the difference.
House of Fins - Bucket of Sweet Frags
Reef Angel - Reef Angel Controller!!
Algae Mower.com - (2) Algae Mower Vacs
United Pet Group:
World Reefg Aquariums - a clean up crew and a pair of Saddle Back Clowns (maybe on the clowns)
AquaBeta - AquaMaxx HOB-1 Protein Skimmer
ORA - Frag Pack
LiveAquaria - Frag Pack
Coralmorphologic - Eco-Gorgonian pack
Pacific East Aquaculture -
1-10 piece Aussie Acan Pack
2 Chalice Colonies
2 Ultra Maxima Clams
2-5 piece LPS frag packs
1 Tahitian Lemonpeel Angel
Picsfly Photobooth (Justin/Tony) - 1 Hour Picsfly Photobooth service for your event. See their product here: www.picsfly.com
Pieces of the Ocean - Approx 3" Yellow Belly Regal Angel - QT'd , eating pellets, mysis & other frozen foods
Coral Theory - Box O' Frags
Reefs 2 Go - (25) Rescue packs of hermits/snails/pods/etc - AND (4) $25 Gift Certificates AND a 20% off coupon for each attendee that is good until the end of the year! approx $1000 Retail Value total prizes!
Tetra - (4) 160g Buckets of Reefs Crystal Salt Mix
Simon Garrett & Reef-Eden Int'l - Sampler of Reefer Pro phone cases for IPhone and others
Fauna NYC - Box O' Frags
Marco Rocks - (2) Feels like...50 pound boxes of Marco Rocks
Puppy Center - Aqua FX Barracuda Ro/Di 100gpd
Wingo LED (Aqua Pro Builder) - 12" Spectral Dash LED light w/remote control $ 228 value! - This will be on display at Wingo's booth as well as by the MR Bins!
Gotham Aquatics - a Media reactor & a big box of Instant Oceans Sale Mix!
Manhattan Aquariums - 2 Hurricane Cat 5 Uninturuptible Air Pumps & a TON of gently used equipment
Saltwater Critters - (2) Deepblue nano 12 : Tanks with LED's & filter included and a BUNCH of hurricane air pumps & supplies to help folks in the event of another power outage!!
ok....here is the small print they always put down at the bottom of things like this......
The Rules and other Questions/Answers... please do read the rules so you are familiar with them, especially the first one titled Almost New Info.
[FONT="]FAQ's[/FONT]
Almost new info:
[FONT="]This may seem petty BUT there are some people who crumble or twist the ticket they put into the bucket in hope (I assume) that their ticket will be chosen because it is more noticeable. I will tell you now - sincerely - I will NOT pick any ticket that has been physically ALTERED in ANY way as a winner. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Where do I purchase the Raffle tickets?[/FONT]
[FONT="]In a couple of different places... at the MR Registration Table (where you first come to when you get to the Swap) will be one location where you can buy the Raffle Tickets. We will have a "Raffle Tickets" table set up right next to the Raffle prize tables - come say Hi[/FONT]
[FONT="]They will be available for sale until a few minutes prior to the start of the drawing.[FONT="]Once again we have a staffed table set up right near the Raffle Tables - look for the TICKETS sign. [/FONT][FONT="]We will also have folks selling Raffle tickets circulating around the room at various times during the day. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]How much will do they cost ?[/FONT]
[FONT="]The tickets will be available in $1 and $3 denominations [FONT="](do note that we have held the ticket pricing reduction to $3 for the higher end items once again for this Raffle!).[/FONT][FONT="] The price of the Raffle Ticket will be determined by the value of the prize.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]How do I choose the prize I want?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Go look at the tables loaded with Raffle[FONT="]prizes ..directly in front of that table will be another table loaded with white Buckets. The top of each bucket will have the name of the prize and the donor and a 'slot' to drop your lucky raffle ticket in. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]Pick the prize or prizes that you want to win and drop at least one raffle ticket into that bucket - (be sure you use the correct value ticket - they are clearly marked! )The Prizes will require either a $1 or $3 ticket for entry.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Be SURE to KEEP the portion of the ticket that says 'KEEP THIS TICKET'[/FONT]
[FONT="]You can drop in as many tickets as you want into the individual buckets to increase your chances of winning that item![/FONT]
[FONT="]Do I have to be at the Raffle to win?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Yes !!! You [FONT="]MUST [/FONT][FONT="]be at the swap in order to win.[/FONT][FONT="] (see hint below)[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]If a winning ticket holder is not in attendance, we will chose another ticket. Hint, hint..if you have to leave before the drawing..give 'em to your best buddy who will still be there during the Raffle[FONT="]...[/FONT][FONT="]hmmmm...great idea...and do write your name on them so your buddy knows they are YOUR tickets, but we will NOT be ready the names on the tickets - we ONLY read the winning numbers! [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]What Time is the Raffle being held?[/FONT]
[FONT="]The Raffle will begin at 4:00 PM and should last about 45 minutes or so.[/FONT]
[FONT="]How do I get my winning prize?[/FONT]
[FONT="]If you hold the winning ticket for an item, you will present the ticket to a Raffle Volunteer at the front of the room at the Raffle Table (we will identify them for you at the start of the Raffle). You will then be given the cover of the bucket..with the name of the prize you have won. Take the cover to one of the Raffle[FONT="]Volunteers at the Prize table, hand in your cover and you'll be given your Prize! This year we ask that you give the Volunteer your screen name when you come to pick up the cover of the bucket..we'd like to keep track of who wins these great prizes![/FONT][/FONT]
Will I be able to hear the winning number so I know if I win?
Sure hope so! Most everyone is quiet enough because they want to hear their own ticket number being called! To help that along we will once again set up a screen and display the winning ticket numbers as they are drawn. If you hold a winning ticket - step right up to the front of the room and present your ticket. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE RAFFLE TO COME UP TO THE WINNERS TABLE if your number is called!!!!!!If nobody claims a prize within a reasonable time (to be determined by us..and we are talking minutes here, not an hour later!!) - we WILL chose a different winner.
We have no way to know if we have a winner if you silently hold your ticket - so please do speak up!
A Reminder - please do NOT touch the Raffle Prizes! If you have a question about one of them, ask one of the volunteers near the table and we will do our best to supply you with an answer!
Anything else I need to know?
This is where the really small print comes in
Probably not, but if we need to make up more rules as the event unfolds and questions come up, we reserve the right to make those decisions on the spot.
IF you happen to drop a BLUE ticket into a bucket that requires a RED ticket (you get the idea)...please contact a member of the Raffle Staff Immediately and we will retrieve your ticket for you IF you can show us the other half of the ticket. Once the Raffle
begins we will NOT retrieve any misplaced tickets!
Any tickets that are of the incorrect color for the prize being drawn will NOT be honored and a ticket of the correct color will be chosen as the winning ticket.
Welcome to the Official Raffle Prize thread for the Manhattan Reefs Fall 2012 Frag Swap!!!!!!!!
Below you will find listed the GREAT prizes that we have begged or otherwise acquired from our Site Vendors, LFS's, Manufacturers. We ask that you direct your purchases to those who have been so generous to our community!!
:grouphug:
Drooling is encouraged
Here we go!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cherry Corals - CHANGE!!!! Cherry Corals is donating THREE Generators the link can be found here:
http://www.harborfreight.com/engine...s-900-max-watts-portable-generator-66619.html
AND a 100W Evolution LED light AND a 5 piece Acan frag pack AND (2) $100 Cherry Coral Gift Certificates!!!!!! AND wait until you see what they have added to their frag section prices-wise to help out our members! WOW!
Tetra - 25 Cases of fish food & chemcials
Air Water Ice - Typhoon Extreme 5 Stage Ro/Di Unit
Blue Life - Flatworm RX ande Clean FX Pro Filter Media
Majano Wand - 4 Manjano Wands for their 4th donation!
That Pet Place/That Fish Place - a Vortech MP40 ...yes, you read that correctly!
Addicting Corals - $100 Gift certificate
Dr's Foster & Smith - Gift bags for all swap attendees!!
Gonzo's Coral Frags $50 Gift certificate
Orphek - PR 72 Reef LED Pendant http://orphek.com/led/orphek-products/pr72-reef/
Sanjay - 2 Pair Midnight Black Photon Clownfish
Affordable Aquatics - a Hurricane Cat 5 Unintertruptible Air Pump - AND 50 pounds Cure Free Ornamental Rock - AND 500ml Onefish Bio Pellets - AND an Affordable Aquatics Dual GFO/Carbon Reactor
Two Little Fishies - Julians Thing w/extra tips- Zoplan - PhytoPlan - Revive - Coralfix - Aquastix - Goniopower
Fritz Industries - Mag Sulfate - Carbon - A.C.C.R. - Calcium Chloride - Sodium Carbonate - Fritz Zyme and Aquarium glass clean & other goodies
World Wide Corals - $200 Gift Certificate
Reef Koi - $100 Gift Certificate
Aquarium Village - Innovative Marine Nano 16 Gallon tank with LED lights!
ESV -
8 - 64 oz units of B-ionic
4- 50 Gallon ESV Salt Mix
2- 4 lb ESV Carbon
AND - ALL of the salt mix that we use during the event !
Britewell Aquatics - Reef Code A & B - Magnesion - Replenish - Iodion - Phytochrom - Zooplanktos - MicroBacter
Marcin (our own Smoq)- a beautiful print of a Cuttlefish! This item is being donated in rememberance all of the folks that have lost tanks due to the recent storms. http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...uttlefish3.jpg
A pic of the print is below in Post # 12
Aquabacs - is donating a Custom Avast Reactor approx 4" X 20". to the Raffle. Thanks Mike!! It is one of the larger reactors pictured in the small pic here:
http://reefbuilders.com/2011/04/20/custom-avast-marine-media-reactors/
Acan Lighting - 18" 600 Series LED. Retail Value $499. As always the winner may upgrade to any fixture they want and pay the difference.
House of Fins - Bucket of Sweet Frags
Reef Angel - Reef Angel Controller!!
Algae Mower.com - (2) Algae Mower Vacs
United Pet Group:
World Reefg Aquariums - a clean up crew and a pair of Saddle Back Clowns (maybe on the clowns)
AquaBeta - AquaMaxx HOB-1 Protein Skimmer
ORA - Frag Pack
LiveAquaria - Frag Pack
Coralmorphologic - Eco-Gorgonian pack
Pacific East Aquaculture -
1-10 piece Aussie Acan Pack
2 Chalice Colonies
2 Ultra Maxima Clams
2-5 piece LPS frag packs
1 Tahitian Lemonpeel Angel
Picsfly Photobooth (Justin/Tony) - 1 Hour Picsfly Photobooth service for your event. See their product here: www.picsfly.com
Pieces of the Ocean - Approx 3" Yellow Belly Regal Angel - QT'd , eating pellets, mysis & other frozen foods
Coral Theory - Box O' Frags
Reefs 2 Go - (25) Rescue packs of hermits/snails/pods/etc - AND (4) $25 Gift Certificates AND a 20% off coupon for each attendee that is good until the end of the year! approx $1000 Retail Value total prizes!
Tetra - (4) 160g Buckets of Reefs Crystal Salt Mix
Simon Garrett & Reef-Eden Int'l - Sampler of Reefer Pro phone cases for IPhone and others
Fauna NYC - Box O' Frags
Marco Rocks - (2) Feels like...50 pound boxes of Marco Rocks
Puppy Center - Aqua FX Barracuda Ro/Di 100gpd
Wingo LED (Aqua Pro Builder) - 12" Spectral Dash LED light w/remote control $ 228 value! - This will be on display at Wingo's booth as well as by the MR Bins!
Gotham Aquatics - a Media reactor & a big box of Instant Oceans Sale Mix!
Manhattan Aquariums - 2 Hurricane Cat 5 Uninturuptible Air Pumps & a TON of gently used equipment
Saltwater Critters - (2) Deepblue nano 12 : Tanks with LED's & filter included and a BUNCH of hurricane air pumps & supplies to help folks in the event of another power outage!!
ok....here is the small print they always put down at the bottom of things like this......
The Rules and other Questions/Answers... please do read the rules so you are familiar with them, especially the first one titled Almost New Info.
[FONT="]FAQ's[/FONT]
Almost new info:
[FONT="]This may seem petty BUT there are some people who crumble or twist the ticket they put into the bucket in hope (I assume) that their ticket will be chosen because it is more noticeable. I will tell you now - sincerely - I will NOT pick any ticket that has been physically ALTERED in ANY way as a winner. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Where do I purchase the Raffle tickets?[/FONT]
[FONT="]In a couple of different places... at the MR Registration Table (where you first come to when you get to the Swap) will be one location where you can buy the Raffle Tickets. We will have a "Raffle Tickets" table set up right next to the Raffle prize tables - come say Hi
[/FONT][FONT="]They will be available for sale until a few minutes prior to the start of the drawing.[FONT="]Once again we have a staffed table set up right near the Raffle Tables - look for the TICKETS sign. [/FONT][FONT="]We will also have folks selling Raffle tickets circulating around the room at various times during the day. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]How much will do they cost ?[/FONT]
[FONT="]The tickets will be available in $1 and $3 denominations [FONT="](do note that we have held the ticket pricing reduction to $3 for the higher end items once again for this Raffle!).[/FONT][FONT="] The price of the Raffle Ticket will be determined by the value of the prize.[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]How do I choose the prize I want?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Go look at the tables loaded with Raffle[FONT="]prizes ..directly in front of that table will be another table loaded with white Buckets. The top of each bucket will have the name of the prize and the donor and a 'slot' to drop your lucky raffle ticket in. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]Pick the prize or prizes that you want to win and drop at least one raffle ticket into that bucket - (be sure you use the correct value ticket - they are clearly marked! )The Prizes will require either a $1 or $3 ticket for entry.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Be SURE to KEEP the portion of the ticket that says 'KEEP THIS TICKET'[/FONT]
[FONT="]You can drop in as many tickets as you want into the individual buckets to increase your chances of winning that item![/FONT]
[FONT="]Do I have to be at the Raffle to win?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Yes !!! You [FONT="]MUST [/FONT][FONT="]be at the swap in order to win.[/FONT][FONT="] (see hint below)[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]If a winning ticket holder is not in attendance, we will chose another ticket. Hint, hint..if you have to leave before the drawing..give 'em to your best buddy who will still be there during the Raffle[FONT="]...[/FONT][FONT="]hmmmm...great idea...and do write your name on them so your buddy knows they are YOUR tickets, but we will NOT be ready the names on the tickets - we ONLY read the winning numbers! [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT="]What Time is the Raffle being held?[/FONT]
[FONT="]The Raffle will begin at 4:00 PM and should last about 45 minutes or so.[/FONT]
[FONT="]How do I get my winning prize?[/FONT]
[FONT="]If you hold the winning ticket for an item, you will present the ticket to a Raffle Volunteer at the front of the room at the Raffle Table (we will identify them for you at the start of the Raffle). You will then be given the cover of the bucket..with the name of the prize you have won. Take the cover to one of the Raffle[FONT="]Volunteers at the Prize table, hand in your cover and you'll be given your Prize! This year we ask that you give the Volunteer your screen name when you come to pick up the cover of the bucket..we'd like to keep track of who wins these great prizes![/FONT][/FONT]
Will I be able to hear the winning number so I know if I win?
Sure hope so! Most everyone is quiet enough because they want to hear their own ticket number being called! To help that along we will once again set up a screen and display the winning ticket numbers as they are drawn. If you hold a winning ticket - step right up to the front of the room and present your ticket. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE RAFFLE TO COME UP TO THE WINNERS TABLE if your number is called!!!!!!If nobody claims a prize within a reasonable time (to be determined by us..and we are talking minutes here, not an hour later!!) - we WILL chose a different winner.
We have no way to know if we have a winner if you silently hold your ticket - so please do speak up!
A Reminder - please do NOT touch the Raffle Prizes! If you have a question about one of them, ask one of the volunteers near the table and we will do our best to supply you with an answer!
Anything else I need to know?
This is where the really small print comes in
Probably not, but if we need to make up more rules as the event unfolds and questions come up, we reserve the right to make those decisions on the spot.
IF you happen to drop a BLUE ticket into a bucket that requires a RED ticket (you get the idea)...please contact a member of the Raffle Staff Immediately and we will retrieve your ticket for you IF you can show us the other half of the ticket. Once the Raffle
begins we will NOT retrieve any misplaced tickets!
Any tickets that are of the incorrect color for the prize being drawn will NOT be honored and a ticket of the correct color will be chosen as the winning ticket.
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