Reef Palooza?

[Reef Reaper]

Any one going from Long Island via car or mass transportation?? Just curious if a lot of people are going or not.

 

[piranhapat]

Not from LI but thinking about going. Maybe it’s me just not the same.

 

[Jewishreefer1]

Anyone going from nyc?

 

[shinylights]

me

Anyone going from nyc?

 

[Jewishreefer1]

me

How are you getting there?

 

[JustTechWriter]

Going on Sunday. Taking the A train in Brooklyn to port authority and catching the 320 bus

 

[Reef Reaper]

Going on Sunday. Taking the A train in Brooklyn to port authority and catching the 320 bus

Nice. 320 bus easier than nj transit to Secaucus stop and shuttle?
Thinking about driving now, free parking at Exposition

 

[Geraud]

I plan on going on Sunday, since that's when Julian will be speaking. Looks like the 320 goes directly to the Exhibition center. (they need to remove the video of Manhattan from that website )

 

[Reef Reaper]

Ok. Julian is a good speaker. I think I may drive

 

[bfernandez19]

I’m not

 

[Reef Reaper]

Traffic was 1-1/2 for me today. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow

 

[Juano908]

Traffic was 1-1/2 for me today. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow

How was it?
I’m debating about going tomorrow or not.


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[bfernandez19]

I went 5 years in a row from 2019-2023. How is it now? I didn’t go because I’m broke and my new tank was just newly transferred. Plus I’m broke. I think it’s the same every year. I’m better off buying here from fellow hobbiest.

 

[Geraud]

It was my first time going, and I thought it was nice to see so many small shops. Prices were, well what you would expect these days. But I had the feeling that a lot of people have been in this hobby for a long time before turning their house into an aquaculture facility, so that was nice. Went to see Julian's talk and now I know I don't have the room for a red mangrove tree.

 

[Reef Reaper]

It was my first time going, and I thought it was nice to see so many small shops. Prices were, well what you would expect these days. But I had the feeling that a lot of people have been in this hobby for a long time before turning their house into an aquaculture facility, so that was nice. Went to see Julian's talk and now I know I don't have the room for a red mangrove tree.

Nice. Get a lot of free samples??

 

[Reef Reaper]

Is Reefapalooza better than Macna?

 

[Geraud]

Is Reefapalooza better than Macna?

Never been to Macna, I was going to this year. But apparently it had way more scientific/education sessions. Also since you mostly go there, spend a couple of hours, then go out, there is no feeling of community building. While Macna was 3 days so I assume you would spend time eating and drinking and chatting after the main exhibits close.

I didn't look for free samples, but I touched a lot of things that I was wondering about, like the genesys blocks from Polyp Labs (they are really solid... compare that to Marine Pure which now sells an acrylic container to protect it)

There were nice corals, also really gorgeous clams (mostly T. crocea) on one of the stands. Aperture had some display tanks with large colonies in them that were beautiful and not too expensive.