Macna 2007 - Yes- Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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vessxpress1
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The wife and I had an awesome time, this being our first MACNA. Thanks a lot for all the hard work guys. I've got a few pics I'll post tomorrow.
We left at 9 am today and got home at 6:30 pm CDT. We somehow managed to win the 65 gal. tank and stand. We bought a bunch of tickets and loaded up a few buckets. In the mean time, my wife threw in a ticket here and there. I didn't put any in the bucket for the 65 and she threw one ticket in it and somehow, out of the hundreds, if not thousands of tickets, her one ticket was drawn. Go figure.
We barely got everything to fit in the Aztec. Ended up with a lot of free shirts too.
The raffle was incredible. I've never seen a zero edge tank that large and Oceanic gave away some really nice tanks. I'm hooked on their 45 Tech cube now! Just a really nice little tank. I had a ton of tickets in that bucket. Whoever won it, you were lucky! lol (Oh yeah, for the record, the rep said only the front panels are starphire...lol)
I had a 3 gallon nano set up in the hotel room and I bought some gorgeous acan lords from at least 5 different vendors and some nice zoos. I couldn't be happier.
The presentations were extremely informative. It was very hard to pick where to go next. Guest speaker, workshop, or vendors before everything I wanted was snapped up?!
Got to listen to many of the guest speakers though and went to Anthony Calfo's photography presentation.
I really enjoyed James Fatheree's speech on clams. Since I've never gotten into them and know nothing about them, I learned a lot from that one.
You really couldn't have asked for a better place to hold it around there. The hotel was easy to find, the rooms were good sized. LG, HDTV hanging on the wall, big windows, double sinks. Then just take the elevator down to the show. I woke up at 5 a.m. on Saturday (and I'm not a morning person). I felt like a kid on Christmas morning.
Everybody's tanks make it ok while they were gone? We've been on vacation for the last couple weeks and just got home today. Had 3 people taking care of the tank and I came home to my tank temp too low, pH at 8.69, 6.7 dKH alk, 530 Ca, 1440 Mg., with some lps turning white on the edges and algae creeping back up.
:lol: At least everything survived. Aahhh, good to be home!
We left at 9 am today and got home at 6:30 pm CDT. We somehow managed to win the 65 gal. tank and stand. We bought a bunch of tickets and loaded up a few buckets. In the mean time, my wife threw in a ticket here and there. I didn't put any in the bucket for the 65 and she threw one ticket in it and somehow, out of the hundreds, if not thousands of tickets, her one ticket was drawn. Go figure.
We barely got everything to fit in the Aztec. Ended up with a lot of free shirts too.
The raffle was incredible. I've never seen a zero edge tank that large and Oceanic gave away some really nice tanks. I'm hooked on their 45 Tech cube now! Just a really nice little tank. I had a ton of tickets in that bucket. Whoever won it, you were lucky! lol (Oh yeah, for the record, the rep said only the front panels are starphire...lol)
I had a 3 gallon nano set up in the hotel room and I bought some gorgeous acan lords from at least 5 different vendors and some nice zoos. I couldn't be happier.
The presentations were extremely informative. It was very hard to pick where to go next. Guest speaker, workshop, or vendors before everything I wanted was snapped up?!
Got to listen to many of the guest speakers though and went to Anthony Calfo's photography presentation.
I really enjoyed James Fatheree's speech on clams. Since I've never gotten into them and know nothing about them, I learned a lot from that one.
You really couldn't have asked for a better place to hold it around there. The hotel was easy to find, the rooms were good sized. LG, HDTV hanging on the wall, big windows, double sinks. Then just take the elevator down to the show. I woke up at 5 a.m. on Saturday (and I'm not a morning person). I felt like a kid on Christmas morning.
Everybody's tanks make it ok while they were gone? We've been on vacation for the last couple weeks and just got home today. Had 3 people taking care of the tank and I came home to my tank temp too low, pH at 8.69, 6.7 dKH alk, 530 Ca, 1440 Mg., with some lps turning white on the edges and algae creeping back up.
:lol: At least everything survived. Aahhh, good to be home! Hey man, glad to see you made it back. Weren't you telling me at dinner on Saturday night that you were wrestling with whether or not to get a bigger tank? Hehe. Looks like fate took care of that one for you!<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10788851#post10788851 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by vessxpress1
The wife and I had an awesome time, this being our first MACNA. Thanks a lot for all the hard work guys. I've got a few pics I'll post tomorrow.
We left at 9 am today and got home at 6:30 pm CDT. We somehow managed to win the 65 gal. tank and stand. We bought a bunch of tickets and loaded up a few buckets. In the mean time, my wife threw in a ticket here and there. I didn't put any in the bucket for the 65 and she threw one ticket in it and somehow, out of the hundreds, if not thousands of tickets, her one ticket was drawn. Go figure.
We barely got everything to fit in the Aztec. Ended up with a lot of free shirts too.
vessxpress1
Premium Member
Hey Matt! Glad you made it back safely as well. Yeah, it was cool winning the 65. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet but we got it home safe and sound.
vessxpress1
Premium Member
My MACNA experience...Pics!!!!
My MACNA experience...Pics!!!!
Our room at the Radisson:
My 3 gallon nano, setup quickly thanks to all the Nature's Ocean, Nutri-SeaWater on hand:
Registration tables and hall leading in:
Looking the long way down the hall of vendors. Hard to get it all in the pic:
The first row of vendors, looking at the Neptune Systems booth and the 65 and stand we ended up winning. Thanks Neptune!
more to come.....
My MACNA experience...Pics!!!!
Our room at the Radisson:
My 3 gallon nano, setup quickly thanks to all the Nature's Ocean, Nutri-SeaWater on hand:
Registration tables and hall leading in:
Looking the long way down the hall of vendors. Hard to get it all in the pic:
The first row of vendors, looking at the Neptune Systems booth and the 65 and stand we ended up winning. Thanks Neptune!
more to come.....
vessxpress1
Premium Member
Deltec booth. I don't think they brought many skimmers back with them. Looked like most of them sold including the monster on the floor:
Red Sea booth:
Oceanic's beautiful 45 Tech setup and 178/ raffle contributions:
A bad pic of the 200 gallon zero edge set up that was raffled off:
Red Sea booth:
Oceanic's beautiful 45 Tech setup and 178/ raffle contributions:
A bad pic of the 200 gallon zero edge set up that was raffled off:
vessxpress1
Premium Member
Some of the many frag tanks set up:
And finally, some frags I picked up:
Didn't get any pics of the speakers, the banquet or the raffle. Maybe somebody else has some they can post.
Awesome event guys!!
And finally, some frags I picked up:
Didn't get any pics of the speakers, the banquet or the raffle. Maybe somebody else has some they can post.
Awesome event guys!!
melev
Well-known member
Share "what you learned" in this thread, please:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=10792436#post10792436
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=10792436#post10792436
I cannot imagine how difficult it must be to set up the displays so beautifully in a convention hall! The tear-down must take forever, too.
marinelife
Active member
two of the corals I purchased, taken with Melev's photo box
marinelife
Active member
haha yeah I know, I have to work on my approach to getting the pictures. Rock was out of a bucket so it has no life on it.
