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What a great expo. I bought some nice corals and had the best time hanging out with richard of exotic reef creations and marco (monkiboy). Thanks for a wonderful time.

thanks, liz - nice having you wish us!

 

Let's see some pictures.

oh, i got a photo monster load i'm about ready to post up. some may or may not be completely embarrassing. but what is a 14 hour road trip each way without a few of those, right?!

 

We took tons of pictures and videos while at RAP Orlando and will post them up here.

The show was a HUGE Turnout almost 3000 attendees over 2 days!

dude, it was a GOOD time. who knew orlando rolled so deep, haha!

 

now don't be jelly. you too can join our ranks next time and have your photo plastered everywhere for the nation to admire :rolleyes:

 

Marco, you don't look nearly as sleep-deprived in the picture as you sounded in texts!

hmm, was it really that bad? i was texting and photo sharing and taking orders from customers on things to pick up while there like non-stop both days. why not just admit you were just happy to be included? :happy:

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because when in orlando you have to roll dirty...

 

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set up time...
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the first buyers begin to roll in
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julian sprung and i taking in all the ridiculouslessness at WWC
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WWC display
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largest elegance i had seen ever. was about 20 inches!
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i brought a bunch of pizzas to the WWC party :rolleyes:
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probably over 500 SPS frags in this 48"x48" cube display at reefpalooza for sale...
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it's starting to get PACKED in here!
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we had folks waiting in line to check out and buy their goodies - fantastic turn out!
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this display was put together in two hours from scratch by WWC for marineland - pretty impressive.
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finally done setting up
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one primo 2x scoly that was too hot to miss
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thanks to a lot of this combination:

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i was able to go from sleepy tired to this mot of the drive to the show

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meanwhile all richard did was this in the back of the 4-runner driving to and from:

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here's that 48x48" cube again just LOADED with SPS
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some HOT nems available at the show...
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Looks like an AWSOME time! Who's that cherubic fellow in the back of the 4 runner ;)

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thanks, liz - nice having you wish us!

 

oh, i got a photo monster load i'm about ready to post up. some may or may not be completely embarrassing. but what is a 14 hour road trip each way without a few of those, right?!

 

dude, it was a GOOD time. who knew orlando rolled so deep, haha!

 

now don't be jelly. you too can join our ranks next time and have your photo plastered everywhere for the nation to admire :rolleyes:

 

hmm, was it really that bad? i was texting and photo sharing and taking orders from customers on things to pick up while there like non-stop both days. why not just admit you were just happy to be included? :happy:

 

LOL I enjoyed seeing pictures of my home state!  Always happy to be included!

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I'm not sure I want to type "reefchicks" into my computer...  

 

Thanks for sharing.  Looks awesome for sure.

 

One question, does WWC run their tanks that blue all the time or just for shows?  

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I'm not sure I want to type "reefchicks" into my computer...  

 

Thanks for sharing.  Looks awesome for sure.

 

One question, does WWC run their tanks that blue all the time or just for shows?

 

I believe WWC runs their Blue LED Reefbrites for 12-14 hours a day. T5s only come on for 3-4hours some time during that period.

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One question, does WWC run their tanks that blue all the time or just for shows?  

here is their lighting schedule for that incredible display tank:

 

2 Rows ReefBrite XHO LED Actinic - 9am - 8pm

2 Rows RedSea REEF-SPEC Actinic - 11am - 7pm

2 Rows RedSea REEF-SPEC Actinic - 1pm - 4pm

1 Rows RedSea REEF-SPEC BlueWhite - 1:30pm - 3pm

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