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Sweet, Aquaforest was there. :)

Damn, that skimmer is huge. I bet it was reasonably priced though... :lol:

We spent most of our time at the Aquaforest booth. We are family now!

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What is that chalice??

I'm gonna guess... "Something Rainbow". :lol:

Was there any buzz on the floor regarding the PE Mysis pellets?

No but there was a lot of samples given out!

What an amzing trip with the boys! I had a great time. Will be posting pictures soon!

What about the speakers? Did you guys just run around the banks of corals drooling on pieces you can't import or did you go learn something? :lol:

What did you guys learn at the Aquaforest booth? Are they going to hurry up with a Canadian distributor or what? :D

There were speakers there???
We went to the Apex breakfast/meet/Terrence Show. It was good until none of us west coasters got the new Apex grand prize for the draws.
Aquaforest is currently switching distributors as they know we had no access to products except thru Amazon. We should see something in s month or two.
I missed all the other seminars because...its San Diego!
Have to say, $130 full conference pass for macna, reception on Friday at waterfront venue, banquet on Saturday makes this event a great value!

At our usual morning meeting spot

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Apex meeting.

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Our "rustic" room. Hotel was definitely lowest point of Macna.

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Lineup to get into banquet

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Reception venue on pier

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On the pier with the boys

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A big thank you to our local guide for the tour of San Diego...he's NOT local??!

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USS Midway as reception background was tres cool.

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who was the guy staying across from us in room 2531?

It smelled of pot at 7AM all the way though midnight and he had a very very bad Saturday night. I never heard anyone barf that much, the guy went on for 45 minutes. We actually got out of bed to check on him, we thought he was gonna die.

He tried to heal his hangover the next morning with a joint.

LOL

Really?? We were in room 2510! Just missed you Ray! Heard nothing but our own snores lol

A crap, that's too bad! Maybe next year

Oh yeah?

It's official.... a bunch of us are already booked for next year, New Orleans! !!!

Room bookings for the Hilton are already filling up fast n furious!

I just checked Travelocity - the rooms are over USD$500 per night. The conference rate of $149 per night sounds a little better. :lol:

Booked and ready to go! Let the count down start now!

Time for a new thread?

Perhaps after more pics.

I booked too. I booked for this year though, and I didn't go, so booking doesn't really mean anything :lol:

Absolutely. To both :)

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We also visited some of the LFS like Aqua SD and Shipwreck Cove. Impressive to say the least. Selection was unbelievable.
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One of these years I'd like to go to MACNA but it's always at a bad time for me.

Nice pics Hung! Is that an Olympus TG4 camera? It sure deals with the blue LEDs well, maybe too much.

Next year is 2 weeks earlier than normal. It's actually in August.