A Walk Through MACNA 2012 (Pic heavy!)

MACNA 2012 was a lot of fun and I thought I would share a few photos. Here is a pictorial walk through the aisles of some of the products and people of MACNA 2012. Enjoy.


Although not as coral heavy as other shows, there were some nice frags to be had.


Raffle me this.



I enjoyed watching this raffle tank get built before my eyes






A close-up of the Vertex squeegee for those that don't like paper towels.



It was great to meet Duard of Flipper fame. Their scrapers flew out the door at MACNA.


This big tank had a powder-coated steel stand.



Artificial corals are getting more and more impressive.






3reef sponsor Reefer Tees was in the house!



Hunter and Trent of 3reef fame! Great to meet you all in person finally.



Melev's reef gets points for $1 margaritas



The new 300 Series from Acan Lighting



The power ties of Innovative Marine!



Got SkimMate? New skimmer line from IM!



Wow I can actually see the frags! An ingenious display design built by Steve Bashsea.









It would not be an aquarium show without CPR Russ' fish shirt. Leng from Ecosystem must have lost his.



Even my superman pose can't compete with the mighty Ken Nedimyer of the Coral Restoration Foundation



Major points to the Rev at R2R for showing how it's done with t-shirts









Now in black!


I thought Joe was kidding when he said he was going to punch in the face the next person that asked him about LEDs.



Lou from Tropic Marin in a rare break from working the crowds.






Hydor knows how to rotate bubbles.









A couple salty lads from Instant Ocean & Marineland



I got tanked at MACNA 2012!



Steve is the big mind behind all things big and small at inTank






Vega's in the sky






A Champion bowler!



Randy on the reefs!



Salty Supply!







The modules keep coming from Apex.







Sicce man Ralph is a sharp dressed man.



Sicce LED is also looking good









Between one of these on your desk and Facebook… who has time for work?



Vertex is about to blow everyone's mind with their Android controller.



Karen Talbot in action.






Louie from Eshopps having a reflective moment.






Cobalt's heater is hot.



David from Kessil



The Razor is a spaceship landing near you



Richard Ross breaks the news that Jean-Michel Cousteau is not actually Jacques Cousteau.



A crowd of people telling Tanked how to maintain their tanks are subdued with t-shirts.



LED/T5 for the win?



Is there a Doctor in the house?



Gresham can't wait to get home and feed his reef.


Reef Nutrition's line keeps getting bigger










ORA's latest clown



Jake couldn't wait to go square dancing in his new shirt.



I guess I am still having fun.

Great show all. See you next year.

matt

 

Great pics! Thanks for sharing

What's the new ORA Clown called?

 

Thank you so much for putting this together Matt.

Wonderful to put some faces with names and sponsors.

Hunter and Trent look right in their own element.

Pretty impressive artificial corals.

Love the Clowns.

Looks like a lot of fun and information was had by all.

 

It was very nice to finally meet you Matt!

 

Awesome pics Matt! thanks for sharing these. Looks like a great time.

 

Great tour Matt.

 

Great shots Matt; thanks for sharing. Again, very nice to meet you.

Trent, myself & Matt came to find you in Draft to have a cold beverage on Saturday evening, but you were sitting at a table with some folks we didn't recognize. Next time for sure!

I found the tank itself to be most impressive. That's a GLASS tank folks. 3/4" construction with a PVC bottom. The top trim/bracing is welded steel. Dry weight: 1400lbs (I had to ask).

Neat to view, yes. But it seemed like an inefficient use of tank space as well.

I missed this. I did see a nifty new doser they had in that booth however.

This heater was rather neat. Features an easy-to-use digital control. Except these to be very popular.

Goldflake Maroon. Platinum crossed with a maroon.

It was an amazingly fun time and I met a lot of people, including many recognizable names (Tony Vargas, Kevin Kohen, Tal Sweet, Matt Pedersen... and many more). I knew I'd have fun, but I had no idea how much fun. Right in our element indeed.

Oh, and some of the speakers/presentations were fantastic! I know I stated it in the other thread, but Ret Talbot's presentation really blew me away. I do wish I would have been able to attend more of the presentations, but there's so much to do you end up having to sacrifice something.

 

so jealous, awesome pictures!

 

awesome shots!thanks for sharing, i hope to be there within a year or two!

 

Very nice Matt!

Did you happen to get any pics of any other 3reef sponsors or their booths?