MACNA = Great Time!

Had a lot of fun and some great weather to boot. Next year, the show will be in Denver. Highly recommend that everyone go if they can.

The hotel...





This was one of Aqua Illumination's display tanks with a gigantea carpet. There were several of these with different carpets...



One of ORA's displays (note the very cool white maroon clown)





The ATM guys were there. Didn't talk to them but a lot of people were in their line. The guys from Fish Tank Kings were there too but they were hardly noticed...



This guy is called a "bounce" mushroom and it was $1,000. One of 2 $1,000+ corals I saw at the show.



Got some great frags at what I felt were fair to very fair prices. Lots of equipment for sale and on display and lots of great people to talk to.

ThatNewFishGuy said:

Very cool. I feel like I've been hearing more and more about MACNA as the years pass by. I bet I could just spend hours walking around and checking out all the cool stuff. I'd love to go one day

Man although that bounce shroom is very beautiful I dont think I could ever justify buying a coral for more than 100 bucks or so, even if I was a millionaire. A G for a single shroom is crazy lol. Also, I'm curious - were the guys from that TANKED show received well? The general consensus, atleast online, seems to be that these guys are insane. I've seen the show myself several times and the way they add fish and sometimes corals to new tanks seems unbelievable. But I also get that they might be taking precautions that are being edited out of the show.

Also great to hear you're up and about after those recent health complications!

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Thanks, I'm glad I was able to go too.

Completely agree with dropping that kind of cash on a coral, although I must admit I exceeded your $100 limit . Hey, I deserve it! .

The Tanked guys were definitely popular which surprised me. However, the couple of times I drifted by close enough to listen in, they were definitely having to explain themselves. I believe this was no doubt a PR move on their part. Trying to get in good with the community after gaining a bad rep and some issues with shark deaths in a tank they setup. They were filming on location as well so we should see some clips in a future episode.

fsn77 said:

MACNA in Denver is very tempting! It might just be a trip worth taking.

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This was my second trip and it won't be the last. Denver in early September should be beautiful. Advance tickets I think are $89 which is a great deal. 3 day passes will likely be $180+ once the show gets closer. Coral Palooza comes up here in Orlando in April which should be another good show. It will mostly be vendors though.

Not really. I was looking at the DC skimmer/return pumps and the new submersible reactors. Lots of lighting on display with most displays being lit by Kessils. The AI Hyrda 52s were pretty bright (maybe too bright).

It comes to Florida every 2 to 3 years it seems.