Thanks to all the participants who made the 2009 SouthWestern Coral Farmers MarketSM event an incredible success ! The vendor participation was very strong and this event may have presented the most extensive collection of exotic captive grown corals ever offered for sale at one location. The official total attendance for 2009 is 377, while last year we had a total of 378. The weather for this event was perfect and the general economic downturn probably explains why we experienced no attendance growth this year. However, the quality and quantity of the captive corals the vendors offered for sale has definitly grown. Attendees were very active as usual and they seemed very impressed with the vendor displays. Operationally the event was almost completely flawless. We really appreciate the help and support from the local Inland Empire Marine Aquarium Society hobbyist club. One of the few problems that did occur was related to having one of our vendors hold and deliver over 25 of the raffle and auction corals for this CFM event. That vendor was overwhelmed by this and they will no longer offer that hold and deliver service for any other vendors corals. We are currently in the process of setting up a coral holding system that can be utilized by vendors for future events. That system will be owned and operated by the Coral Farmers Market company.

SW-CFM and CFM Staff

2009 SouthWestern Coral Farmers MarketSM Images
(Images copyright of SouthWestern Coral Farmers MarketSM unless otherwise noted.)

On the left of this display tank are the corals of Jose Casas,
while on the right there are the corals of World Wide Corals.
World Wide Corals traveled all the way from Orlando Florida.
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Vivid Aquarium had a well organized display of incredible corals.
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Every color of the rainbow was present in the ReefKoi display.
These corals were brought all the way from Colorado.
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Reeffarmers is the only vendor now who has attended every single CFM sponsored event.
There is an incredible selection of rare and exotic corals on display here.
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SoCal Tropical Fish had an extensive display of reef equipment for sale.
This Orange County reef store was also the number one ticker seller for this event.
Here the Trans are patiently awaiting the opening of the event.




The Mystic Reef had a very diverse selection of captive grown coral fragments.
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There were three well built display systems in the Fantastic Frags booth.
This tank was on the left hand side and there were some large frags in this small display.
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There were three well built display systems in the Fantastic Frags booth.
This display was in the middle and it contained an eclectic mix of sps.
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There were three well built display systems in the Fantastic Frags booth.
This tank was on the right hand side and contained a light that messed up the camera.
Looks like a strong presentation of stony sps are contained within this display.
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Yes there were quite a few non-native Californians present.
Here we have Boston Aqua Farms from the east coast
and Reefkoi Corals from Colorado.




This Wet Thumb Frags display is filled with corals and Dan is in the process
of marking prices with their innovative underwater price marking technique.
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The Tat Tropical Illusion's booth combined a coral fragment selling display
along with a mainstream vendor backdrop display for reef equipment.
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The SPS Coral Store put together a very impressive display of captive
grown stony corals for their very first coral show vendor experience.
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Although this Fragfarmers coral display appears to be illuminated with an actinic light
that messed with the camera image, some exotic treasures can be found if one looks closely.
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Another very impressive vendor system combining a coral fragment display with
a reef product backdrop display. This booth was setup by Blue Life USA.




The PookStreet coral display contained a very strong mix of SPS, LPS and soft corals.
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Hugo (SniperSPS) has a wide array of captive grown corals within this display system.
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This unidentified display we believe was also located within the SniperSPS booth.
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YourReef from Sacramento had over 200 captive fragments within a long display.
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Lou of World Wide Corals within his booth shared with Jose Casas. On the left is Jack
who is a friend of Jose Casas. Jack leased the reef display on the left.
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Underwater Paradise traveled from their retail store located in the Central Valley of California.
Here they are in the process of loading up their reef display with coral.
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Greg Carroll's Acropora dominated vendor display system also contains some LPS corals.
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Wishing2BOutside put together an LPS dominated display that also had quite a few soft polyps.
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Charles and Jen have just stocked up their Exotic LPS Eye Candy Display.
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Jim Stime, one of the hardest working people in the industry, setting up his vendor display.




This Fantasy Coral display contained a colorful mix of SPS, LPS and soft coral polyps.
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Reef Pig also put together a stunning collection of corals that was impressive for
their first major coral show. The lords appear to be fragments from colonies.
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Aquarium in Motion put together an amazing display of moderate to low light coral.
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FraggleReef put together an extremely interesting mix of stony and soft corals.
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Hugo Zuniga, one of the old school stony reefers that helped to introduce Reeffarmers
to the original Watermelon Chalice coral, was present displaying some incredible corals.




A colorful display system that was located within a midscale vendor booth. Steve was not able
to determine exactly which vendor had setup this display (either midscale 30-31 or 34-36).
Notice the very large sized Watermelon coral located near the center of this display.
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Another display system that was located within a midscale vendor booth. Steve was not able
to determine exactly which vendor had setup this display (either midscale 30-31 or 34-36).
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Another display system that was located within a midscale vendor booth. Steve was not able
to determine exactly which vendor had setup this display (either midscale 30-31 or 34-36).
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These are the best images that Steve Tyree was able to take during a quick walk through just prior to opening the event to the attendees. We appear to be currently missing images for about 3 vendor display systems. If anyone has additional images of vendors or tanks not shown here or better images then those shown here, please send them to styree@aceweb.com .

We would like to thank the following companies or individuals who have donated either products or services to the 2009 SouthWestern Coral Farmers MarketSM event. These companies and individuals help to make this event a success !