2017 Aquarium Trade Shows

Each year, there are dozens of frag swaps and industry trade shows around the country. In addition to the perennial favorites, there has also been an uptick in smaller regional shows available to the general public. Now that the trade show season is in full swing, we’d like to point out some of our favorites, as well as some of the shows we’ll be attending throughout 2017. For us, next on the calendar is Fragniappe.  This funny named event is hosted each year by the Bayou Reef Keeping Club. This years show is on March 4th in Slidell, Louisiana.  Last year approximately 350 visitors attended the show and this year, the club is expecting a much larger crowd.  The Bayou Club also happens to be hosting the 2017 MACNA (Marine

Let’s Talk Corals: Rock Anemones!

For this episode, we traveled to Plant City, Florida to speak to our friends at ACI Aquaculture about one of the hottest animal of 2016 and 2017, rock anemones! Exploding in vibrant in colors and extremely easy to keep, these anemones have become must have animal for...

The Corals of Italian PetsFestival 2016

Or more accurately, all the corals on Sunday morning of PetsFestival 2016 As we said in our editorial, here, we couldn’t take a picture of every coral on Saturday morning, before the enthusiasts had assaulted all the most impressive...