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stressed damsel
08/21/2007, 02:56 PM
Hi I was just wondering who from STRS's is gong to attend MACNA next month. Gonna be a blast and remember what happens at MACNA stays at MACNA... lol

Blugobi
08/21/2007, 07:20 PM
I'm going

Blugobi
09/05/2007, 11:00 AM
8 Days and counting..................................

stressed damsel
09/05/2007, 11:43 AM
Can't wait goona be a blast.. Im gonna win all the raffles lol

stressed damsel
09/09/2007, 08:27 PM
5 Days till the Big Event!

stressed damsel
09/12/2007, 12:09 PM
2 days to go...

St.james of reefdom
09/17/2007, 09:52 AM
Wow,
We got back last night and my head still hurts from the information intense weekend we just spent...

All day Friday ,Sat we sat listening to speakers talk about various attributes of the hobby.
Daniel Knop, James Fatheree , Dana Riddle, Eric Borneman,Ray Torres, Ron Shimek to name a few..
A reception Friday night with Dr. Bruce Carlson from the Georgia Aquarium , originally Waikiki, talked about the the Georgia aquarium ,construction with particular emphasis on the open oceans exhibit and the collecting of the whale sharks..
Then Sat night a sit down banquet with the speaker being Dr Gerald Allen, talking about his discoveries and adventure in the marine hobby. Talked about some of the new disvories that we will be seeing in the hobby at some point. Showed some very funny Collecting video, at a depth of 300-450 ft. Spoke about the use of re-breathers how that has opened up the hobby to a new
frontier .
We had daily raffles particularly at the Euro-reef / Vortech/ Icecap/Salifert booths ,,.. 4 or 5 people walked off with new Euro-Reef skimmers ,Ice cap ballasts, Salifert Testing kits, Vortech powerheads.. plus they provided Free Cappucinos Sat morning and 40 Large pizzas at lunch time for all the attendees.
And piece de resistance was a complete 200 gal Zero-Edge Aquarium system. If you do not know what a zero-edge aquarium is google it or check the sponsors list on reef central ...

The big raffle Sunday had a ton of stuff donated by all the vendors. The people from Central pet donated a complete with livestock 178 gal.aquarium with cherry stand and canopy... very sweet system...

If you are thinking about going sometime it is being held in Atlanta next year at the Georgia Aquarium. The registration fee until the end of Septeber is 89.00 dollars , then Oct 1 it doubles , the rooms are 119.00 a night....
The Sat night Banquet will be held in the special ballroom of the Georgia aquarium and hosted by Wolfgang Puck..
It has views to the open oceans exhibits and the beluga whales so they will be watching you have a great time...

stressed damsel
09/17/2007, 03:47 PM
Ditto on what St James said. Had a terriffic time and can't wait till next year in Atlanta.