My first Aquashella trip

[Opus]

Definitely on the corner by the entrance. I couldn't believe the prices they had. So cool your son got a free one!!! i had the hardest time choosing what color I want lol

That may have been North American Coral Labs. He is local to DFW and is at all the frag swaps. He usually has a big selection of RFAs and they are usually in the $30 range. Hard to say though, there were a lot of vendors with them.
I was happy to see Coral Stop there. I follow them on facebook and he always has what appears to be a great selection of rarer zoas. I kept asking if he was going to finally make a show down this way since he is in the Chicago area. His corals didn't disappoint and had some great prices, especially on his torches.

 

[Opus]

So at Dallas, the line to get in blew me away at first, but it really did move quickly…. Like less than 30 minutes. But the prices were not bad. $30 bucks each for early bird access. So once I got in the doors, I’d say we were there for about 4 hrs and saw everything I wanted to see. Now if I had went with some friends and wanted to see the speakers and such it would have been an all day trip and possibly a 2 day trip… but with my wife and limited fun money it was definitely a good day. I will say, you could probably get the early bird ticket and show up an hour after doors open and get in with little to no line.

I forgot to mention in my previous post that the first Aquashella here was a nightmare from an entrance standpoint. The police/firemen shut down the entrance because the building was at capacity so people had to leave before more people were allowed in. I was in line for a couple of hours and the entire line was outside. Of course it rained on us some and then it was very hot and humid. Also, I read a lot of people didn't ever get in. I think that was because they had not pre-bought tickets online.

 

[Opus]

I have a couple of RFA and they don’t bother anything!

Did you happen to get the prices of clams from Clam Mania? His booth was so crowded when I went by and then forgot to go back and ask prices. His prices were insanely expensive at RAP so I was wondering if there were any better now. If I remember correctly he was saying $250 for a 1" to 1 1/2" crocea at RAP.

 

[To(meany)Tang]

That may have been North American Coral Labs. He is local to DFW and is at all the frag swaps. He usually has a big selection of RFAs and they are usually in the $30 range. Hard to say though, there were a lot of vendors with them.
I was happy to see Coral Stop there. I follow them on facebook and he always has what appears to be a great selection of rarer zoas. I kept asking if he was going to finally make a show down this way since he is in the Chicago area. His corals didn't disappoint and had some great prices, especially on his torches.

Did they have torches like $50

 

[Opus]

Did they have torches like $50

I think so. His golds were $100. I got one he said he had been growing for several years. I'm currently torch crazy but my budget won't allow the ones I really like. One local garage seller was there with a bunch of high end ones. I think they ranged from $700 to $1800. Almost all were sold when I went by his booth around noon. I guess the big spenders did the VIP. Another local guy had already sold a purple monster shroom and I think it was close to $2k.

 

[mrpontiac80]

I forgot to mention in my previous post that the first Aquashella here was a nightmare from an entrance standpoint. The police/firemen shut down the entrance because the building was at capacity so people had to leave before more people were allowed in. I was in line for a couple of hours and the entire line was outside. Of course it rained on us some and then it was very hot and humid. Also, I read a lot of people didn't ever get in. I think that was because they had not pre-bought tickets online.

That sounds horrible

 

[mrpontiac80]

Did you happen to get the prices of clams from Clam Mania? His booth was so crowded when I went by and then forgot to go back and ask prices. His prices were insanely expensive at RAP so I was wondering if there were any better now. If I remember correctly he was saying $250 for a 1" to 1 1/2" crocea at RAP.

I didn’t. I overheard some interested people saying 100-150 but I couldn’t tell you which ones they were looking at