MACNA 2010 Orlando, FL.

Awesome pics, thanks for sharing them.

 

507 PAR? Hmm..Maybe I should switch too About how much par is actually neded o keep good sps? (I have a 29g)


Thanks for the pics!

 

Hey great job ReefMonkey! I was great to meet you in person and cool to someone in a 3reef shirt. ;D 8) Nice pics man! I'll toss this on the homepage. You saved me some time. ;D

Hope you get to see Ken from Coral Restoration Foundation speak today at 1pm - I posted about his efforts restoring elk and staghorn in Florida here:
http://www.3reef.com/forums/bucket/lets-plant-corals-94067.html

I have to miss it to catch my flight today. Anyway, cool show all the same! I look forward to your next wave of pics!

matt

 

thanks for the pics, looks like a great event

 

awesome, can't wait for more pics

 

Reef Monkey

great pics and thanks for sharing

Steve

 

Loving the pics! And turn that flash off!

 

I demand more photos

 

Thanks for the pictures and the report, Mike!! Great job!! Please take more and upload whenever you get a chance... wish I was there to annoy people with the flash as well

 

The final set of pics

Well I'm back home in South Dakota...
I hate to admit it but the only speaker I went and sat through was Sanjay Joshi. He gave a talk LED basics.



More random shots






a couple Divers Den Maxima's



This was a very cool prototype from CPR. It's an acclimation box that basically does all of the work for you. I'm not going into to much detail because I believe Matt is doing a full write up on it but the basic's are it works by static pressure. Once the animal is in the box you hang it on the tank with a grooved clamp on bracket. Open the valve on the bottom a bit and add the tight fitting lid, the water flowing through the valve slowly pushes the air out of the box through a row of small holes. The more open the valve, the faster the acclimation. Once the animal has been temp/chem acclimated you can choose to add the included small pump and provide a constant flow of water to social acclimate fish or quarantine a couple frags. Turn the bracket around and use the box for dipping fish and corals. I'm getting one when they hit the market!





The banquet




Well that's about it I guess. It was such a good time and leaving Florida was one of the hardest things I've done in a while.
MACNA2011 is scheduled for Des Moines IA. I can't wait for the 9th of Sept. 2011 to roll around!