Gil&Fin Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Here in beautiful San Diego attending the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America. Other club members are on their way, but I thought I'd get started sharing some pics. A lot of our sponsors have booths here and it's great to see what they have in person. Vance is here from VW Reef with an incredible selection of corals. If you didn't get a chance to meet him at the Oregon Reef expo at Rudy's place, you really missed out. Below is a picture of a couple phenomenal zoas. Can you guess what they are? Zoanthids.com is here with a spectacular display of zoathids in a super cool tank. Bret brought these guys on as a sponsor. Thanks, Bret! They were good sports letting me take pics. Even cooler...one of the owners is named Holly. Check out Pacific East Aquaculture's seahorse display. Amazing. I met the CEO of Sea & Reef Aquaculture, Soren, who showed me some absolutely amazing new clownfish. Check these out. Here are some random coral shots from the various venders. More to come! Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 A special Shout Out to Nancy at Marine Pure who spent a lot of time talking to me about their products. It's not just blocks and balls. They have rocks and cubes...pretty much shapes to fit wherever you need. World Wide Corals was there rockin' the house. They even gave me a T-shirt that will be a give-away at a future meeting. Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kknight Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuttleFishandCoral Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 see you soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Thanks Holly! Looks like it should be a great show... glad some of the club are able to make it down there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptJackalope89 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 That looks great! Of course they hold macna in SD shortly after I moved away... There are some great LFS in the area, my favorite were Aquatica in San Marcos and Reefers Garage in Vista and there is some great beer up in north county. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 ME Coral is in the house! Tracy and Mark are here with some great swag. Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBret Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Thanks for posting! If money wasn't an object, i would be there 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beer503 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Thanks for sharing Holly! Looks fun! Enjoy and keep the pictures coming! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Dang looks like fun! That black and white clown in the first pic from sea and reef is sweet! I wanted a pair but they always say coming soon on the website....... Don't spend to much down there now Holly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirena Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Would you please hold a little fun until I get there [emoji3] and Thanks for letting us know there is a seahorse booth. Ya know where I will be all weekend [emoji8]⚓️[emoji206]❤️[emoji178][emoji171] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Wow. Thank you for sharing!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Hey Sirena - I figured Holly was taunting you with those seahorse pics! I hope you see some interesting varieties while you are there. Enjoy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimusprime3605 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Awesome! Wish I could be there! Surfed down there alot when I used to live in socal but wasn't into reefing at the time. More pics please or videos! Oh, the zoas...possibly Strats and speckled krak? Idk, hard to tell. Have fun! Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 Dodge wins! Speckled Krakatoas and stratosphere! Good job. You win one of each. JK! Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimusprime3605 Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 Dodge wins! Speckled Krakatoas and stratosphere! Good job. You win one of both. JK! Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk Dang Holly, got me all pumped up! Haha! Was just about to throw a fist pump then I saw the "JK"... Haha Hope you are enjoying Sent from my SM-T350 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 More pics! Who dat??? Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 More corals and stuff. Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 Great talk by our friend Bob Fenner today on Butterflyfishes. Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Creep Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 That bounce mushroom is crazy! I'd be nervous having something that expensive in my tank though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 A couple more before I turn in. ORA's display tank had so many bright and varied colors that it really emphasized the variety of aquacultured species that are available to us now. We checked out the Vertex Cerebra booth to see what it looks like in person. You can't really tell from this pic, but my backpack was FULL of swag by the time I came home. And for the fish lovers, here is an awesome trunk fish and below that is a rare monsoon fairy wrasse. Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil&Fin Posted September 10, 2016 Author Share Posted September 10, 2016 There were lots of jellyfish around. Check out this cool tank. I think it is pretty reasonably priced. Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcallmenny Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 There were lots of jellyfish around. Check out this cool tank. I think it is pretty reasonably priced. Sent from my SM-G928P using Tapatalk How much was that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 I think you should bring that wrasse home Holly - I would love to see it in person! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBret Posted September 10, 2016 Share Posted September 10, 2016 For giggles, how many thousand was that Bounce? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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