MACNA2011 Last Day and the Spoils

I got a super sick looking Superman Digi from them

 

It should be noted that her health has improved substantially. Scott is a great guy and they donated a tank to a local Special Needs school. A LFS here in Des Moines donated the maintenance/upkeep. A lot of other MACNA sponsors donated livestock. This was a great thing that Scott did for these kids so when you're looking for frag plugs, decorative frag holders, and things of that nature, I hope 3Reefers remember to support his business.

 

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Anothy Calfo's talk was very very good! I wish I hadn't had to miss the end but my son wanted me to come to the zoo with him and my wife.


Shots of the exhibit hall and reefers corner taken from the skywalk


Reefers Corner was additional learning seminars to the scheduled speakers. Good stuff to be had.


I've always been one that needs visual aid to understand stuff fully. I knew there was a reason I stayed away from 20K halide bulbs. The following pictures were taken at the Ushio booth. Brian filled me in on some very interesting information. For all of you that are using 20K bulbs you are impeding growth in your corals. Sure the colors are amazing but the spectra is to linear to provide what the coral needs for healthy growth. Plus you are wasting tons of energy in wasted light. The only reason Ushio even makes it is because of the demand. Actually you'd all be better off using 10K-14K with actinics to make the coral pop.
The following pics are taken at the Ushio booth. Brian is running the quantum meter.
The bulbs are all Ushio 70W halides. The light is 20" above the sensor.
Watch the drop in PAR from bulb to bulb




Two of my best friends in the industry.
Louie from Eshopps

And Tony Vargas


Finally the spoils of the day
110 gallons of RedSea Coral Pro salt mix and
a submersible LED light from MarineLand.
Every attendee of the Banquet got the light. It's actually still a prototype but MarineLand gave them out in the cool triangular shaped MACNA2011 LE boxes.
You won't find much if any info on them as they won't be hitting the market until March 2012. This was the first public announcement of the project.

 

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Electron Microscope image of the density of live phyto in a 1ml drop of Phyto2









Off the top of my head list of Swag:

Won/Sample

MarineLand LE MACNA2011 18"-24" LED ReefBrite v2
MarineLand LE MACNA2011 Submersible LED tube
Phosban 150 Reactor w/ pellet upgrade kit
Two Little Fishies Bactiv8 NPS
110 gallon mix of RedSea Coral Pro salt
8oz bottle of Coral Smoothie
4 multi packs of IO Cyclopeeze, 2 multi-packs of IO Brineshrimp in nutritious gel
5 bottles of various fish food pellet
3 bottle of various fish food flake
CoralRx one shot
2oz packet of Rod's Food original
Rod's Food tee shirt
LiveAquaria tee
Reefs.com tee
SeaChem Tee
SeaChem supplements various
IO supplements various
Kent supplements various
Pens, keychains, stickers, magazines
*There's more..this list is off the top of my head as I said

Purchased

Mystery Wrasse $45
Superman Digi $35
5 polyp frag of Purple Death $25
Green and Orange ric 1 mouth $10
2 pack of 16oz Phyto2 (N and T strain)
Sybon Refractometer calibration solution $10

 

great thread Mike

are those coral pro buckets prizes? or did you purchase

how much of a drive do you have from the event, to your home?
is there enough room in the car for all the goodies you collected?

Steve

 

Found out today if I had a few months head notice, Dad would have gone with me to MACNA. Didn't know about the exact date until early August. It would have been a 10r drive for me, so even a day or two would have been nice...maybe next summer (if I canmake it to Dallas/Ft. Worth? lol)...

Very cool to see all the new stuff coming out; wish I could have been there. Congrats on the new toys.

 

So how much for the electron microscope? haha

 

Thanks Steve

The RS Coral Pro was a gift from their rep. No salt was for sale at the show and the 175 gallon buckets were actually empties. It's embarrassing but I've spent about 2 hours talking to him face to face in the last year and can't remember his name...ever...unless I read it on his badge.

 

awesome pics would love to see the vendors in person lol

 

Great thread. Thanks for taking the time to review and post up pictures for those of us not fortunate enough to be able to attend. I really appreciate it.