Who is going to SEAMAX?

Jason McK · #1 07-23-2011, 03:13 PM

I'm heading down today. Likley won't be at the show until tomorrow morning

J

chef · #2 07-25-2011, 07:17 AM

The selection and prices at seamax were incredible. Seemed like all the vendors had a firesale on! I guess the great weather hampered the turnout. Well worth the trip.

msjboy · #3 07-25-2011, 07:20 AM

Just curiuos, what kinda deals did they have there?

Maybe next year, if it returns , might consider attending.

Msjboy

sgreen · #4 07-25-2011, 01:55 PM

There were some good deals on frags and such on Sunday, but as a Canadian it did not matter, we cant bring them home. There was some nice swag being passed out, so that was nice. Overall it was ok.

christyf5 · #5 07-25-2011, 05:06 PM

Lots of nice corals and some truly gorgeous clams but as we couldn't bring them home it was hard to get too excited about them. The show was pretty good, I was kind of surprised at the drygoods prices, we've got it pretty good here. I didn't see any really good deals but then I wasn't really looking for any big ticket items.

pinhead · #6 07-25-2011, 07:22 PM

I enjoyed it and hope they run it again.

Stopped in on a few talks on Sunday and was also able to see the twin-arc 10000/ 20000 MH bulbs running - anyone using these? I was also given a litre of NPX Pellets by the Two Little Fishes people so I am pretty happy.

If you were able to bring things back with a 48 hour stay, the raffle was a good deal. I didn't see anyone buying tickets so your chances of winning was pretty good. Had quite a few things available like RO/DI units and ballasts.

By late afternoon the frags were almost being given away as the vendors did not want to ship them back. Buy one get one free on most things. 15 polyps of true Red people Eaters for $5 or 6 frags of closed up Zoas for $5. You wouldn't know what you were getting but they had a lot of beautiful stuff. As I was leaving, I even heard negotiations for one whole tank of left over frags at around $100.

Borderjumper · #7 07-25-2011, 07:35 PM

I was there Saturday and quite enjoyed it. I was also surprised that the dry goods didn't seem any cheaper than we can buy them locally. There were some nice corals there, but with a few exceptions didn't see anything I don't have or couldn't have if I wanted locally.

All the free samples were awesome.. One booth tho that I won't name tried to sell me samples for 3$ each.. These were clearly marked samples, so that kinda put me off.

I looked for Paul there, to shake his hand, but didn't see him anywhere. Saw Christy and Gareth which was wicked.

All in all had a great couple of days.. We were #14 standby on the Coho, and whoopee we got on!!

Customs in Victoria was a bitch, I think they had a hard time believing we went all the way to Seattle for one day to just go to an aquarium show.. Obviously they don't understand reefing!