Aquashella Festival Official Floor Plan Just Released!

[that Reef Guy]

Will there be any vendors that will be selling frags or corals???

Yes, this is the Biggest Show Chicago has seen yet.

Probably like 60 Vendors Selling Coral.

It is Going to be an Epic Show !!!!

 

[that Reef Guy]

Updated Floor Plan

 

[that Reef Guy]

The Aquashella 2-Day Expo & Frag Swap (Chicago, Illinois) is just 3 Days Away !!!!!!!!

Saturday, August 18
Sunday, August 19

10:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Both Days

White Eagle Convention Center
6839 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Niles, IL 60714

 

[that Reef Guy]

For More Info Please Click the Links Below.

https://www.aquashella.com/

The Facebook Event Page is

https://www.facebook.com/events/244534389453547/?active_tab=discussion

 

[that Reef Guy]

- 94 Vendors and Companies from All Over the Country
- 14 Speakers
- 15 YouTube Celebrities
- 13 Artists
- 6 Professional Aquascapers
- Huge Raffle
- Beautiful Art Room
- Contests
- and Much Much More

 

[that Reef Guy]

VENDOR LIST

4 Fishes.com
Algae Barn
Alyssa's Seahorse Saavy
AP Frags
Aqua Tech (Bronze Sponsor)
Aquarium Adventure
Aquarium Artisans
Aquarium Care Center
Aquarium Overload
Aquashella Radio
Aquatic Life
Aquatic Realm International
Art Corner
Ben Betta Aquatics
Benepets
Blue Line Coral
Booyah's Clownfish
Buy Pet Shrimp.com
Caribsea
Chicago Aquatic Plant Society
Chicago Livebearer's Society
Chicago Marine Aquarium Society (CMAS)
CJ's Corals
Coral Collections - Tball
Coral Reef Connection
Crystal Reef Aquatics
Curling Tails
Dat's Cichlids & Reptiles
Derby City Corals
Dubey's Pet Center
Eco-Tech Marine
Exotic Discus
Eye Candy Coral
Eye Catching Coral
Feature
Fish Crew
Fraghouse Corals
Fritz Aquatics
Frost Corals
Gold Coast Aquatics
Golden Basket
Greater Chicago Chichlid Society
Hobe Sound Frags
I'm a Reefer
Iquarium
JBJ Dennerle
Jellyfish Warehouse Aquariums
Joshporksandwich
K & M Caves So Fishing Awesome
Kolar Labs
Kush Corals
Midwest Aquaculture
MOD Corals
MRC
North American Coral Labs
Ocean Avenue
Ocean State Aquatics
Paradise Aquatics
Planet Aquariums (Platinum Sponsor)
Pleco Paradise
Polyp Lab
Pop Corals
Printed Reefing Solutions
Reef Breeders
Reef Deep Aquatics
Reef Geeks
Reef Legends
Reef Shine Guys
Reef2Reef.com (Media Sponsor)
Rick's Corals
Rod's Food (Gold Sponsor)
Saltwater Aquarium.com (Silver Sponsor)
Select Coral
Seneye
Seven Seas
Sho Tanks
Shrimp Farm USA
Sticks & Stonies
Summit City Corals
Super Cichlids
Supreme Reefs
Tank It Easy (Insane Corals)
The Aquascapers Collective
The Zoanthid Garden
Tori Martin Art
Triton Aquarium
United Flowerhorn Association
Unlimited Color Coral
Ward's Aquatics
Wet Pets
Wojtek's Reef
World Class Aquatics
Xotic Aquatic World
Zoanthids.com

 

[that Reef Guy]

SPEAKERS

Saturday
Uri Garduno - Live Painting Session 10:30 AM
Jacob Mansbach - How to Make Your Own Bounce Mushroom 11:30 AM
Sutan Ari Dallas - The Past, Present, and Future of the Indonesian Coral Trade 12:30 PM
Michelle Hoffman - Trotter High Definition Journey Through the Ocean 1:30 PM
Joleena Jewell - Public/Private Collaboration for the Future of Fish Conservation 2:30 PM
Maia Davidson - Lets Talk About Sex and Babies - Breeding in a Public Aquarium 3:30 PM
Raphael Campos - Watch Raphael from RC Studios Paint in Real Time! 4:30 PM

Sunday
Paul Poeschl - How to Train Your Fish While Breeding Black Piranhas 10:30 AM
Rachel Fogle - Painting Reef Animals 11:30 AM
Matthew Stevenson - Extreme Aquarium Design 12:30 PM
Mark Vera - Nutrition and Nutrient Control in the Captive Aquarium 1:30 PM
Raj Shingadia - 13 Reasons Why 2:30 PM
Scott Crowe - The Life of a Local Fish Store (LFS) Entrepreneur : The Past Present and Future 3:30 PM
George Makrakis - 50 Stores in 5 Days, U.K. Edition - How to Edit a Film 4:30 PM

YouTube CELEBRITIES

AquaPros - Michael Doobie
Aquarium Co-Op - Cory McElroy
Challenge the Wild - James Moreland
Coralfish12G - George Mavrakis
Creative Pet Keeping - Kasia Blasik
Dustin's Fish Tanks - Dustin Wumderlich
Flip Aquatics - Robert Lupton
Innappropriate Reefer - Mok-Yi Chow
L.R. Bretz Aquatics - Lucas Bretz
Marine Depot - Robert Farnsworth
Melev's Reef - Marc Levenson
Prime Time Aquatics - Jason Adams
Radical Reefs - Kenneth Carey
Tidal Gardens - Than Thein
Twin Cities Guppies - Keng Lee

ARTISTS

Ashley McDonald
Betty Leone
Caitlin Lee (Reef Musings)
Heip Hong
Katarzyna Gruza
Kris Kazlauskas (Koral Kreations)
Michael Vargus
Michelle Renee Albright (Bombchelle Creations)
Rachel Fogle (Reef Weeds)
Raphael Campos (RC Studios)
Rick Corriera
Tori Martin
Uri Garduno (UReefOgraphy)

AQUASCAPERS

Art Commisso - Professional Aquascaper
Cory Hopkins - Professional Aquascaper
Hiep Hong - Professional Aquascaper
John Pini - Professional Aquascaper
Marvin Lo - Professional Aquascaper
Shawn McBride - Professional Aquascaper

RADIO

Peter Cherrick Aquashella Radio

 

[TDS ZERO]

Booyahs clownfish ! The best clowns !

 

[GinoGino]

Will there be vendors selling live rock too or is that too basic? I just bought a new tank - upgrading my current reef to and I need new live rock. Either go to the event OR spend the day buying live rock at my lfs and setting up my tank

 

[120reefkeeper]

Will there be vendors selling live rock too or is that too basic? I just bought a new tank - upgrading my current reef to and I need new live rock. Either go to the event OR spend the day buying live rock at my lfs and setting up my tank

Just my opinion. There probably won’t be live rock for sale there, but you can buy that anytime. This event I wouldn’t miss. It’s not like it happens all the time... you know what I mean? Just the experience itself is gonna be epic! [emoji41]

 

[Kendrid]

Booyahs clownfish ! The best clowns !

I live 5 minutes from Booyah but I have never visit his setup. I have been planning on taking my kids there and getting fish but we never did.

Today at the show we met him. What a genuinely nice guy and very passionate about what he does. We bought two fish and he invite us to his home to see his hatchery and operations. I will take him up on that offer as we are into this hobby and he is such a good guy.