Are There Too Many Aquarium Shows?
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
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I had an absolutely fantastic time at the Aquatic Expo in Charlotte this weekend! There was something there for everyone, whether you’re into freshwater or marine aquariums. I said wasn’t going to go home with a fish… technically, I didn’t go home with A fish. I came home with multiple fish. I came home with a neon blue ram, a small school of green neons, and a longing green dragon pleco. I also brought home some gorgeous rock structures I’ll be using in a cichlid aquarium. The aquascaping competition was incredible to watch! The scapers had one hour to create their masterpieces. They did not disappoint! There were two kids competing, who did such a great job that you would have thought their scapes were done by a more experienced scaper. I even met Jeff Miotke! He was super nice! I will be connecting with him in the future to bounce some ideas off of him for some of my future scapes. The Aquatic Expo was a fantastic experience! I highly recommend anyone even remotely interested in the hobby.
I flew out to Daytona from California last year and I had a blast meeting everyone but came away largely disappointed because I couldn't bring much home with me. There's definitely not enough shows in Southern California. I can't even think of one that includes the freshwater hobby.
There's a pet expo coming up in Pomona that will feature aquariums but it'll my first year so I'm not sure how much freshwater stuff they have.
You would think there would be a huge one in Southern California
I saw Jason at aquashella Dallas this year and it was hard to get time to say hi and thank him. He was always sounded by creators.
As a creator at aquashella Dallas if I was in your way all you had to say was hey, I wanna talk to Jason. I would have said hey Romanmarket wants to talk with you. Jump in every wants a new friend.
Living in South Africa we don't have aquarium events like aquashella. Would love to see a show like aquashella.
Wish there were shows closer to me...
Awesome discussion guys
Been in the hobby for 3+ years I’m
A hobbyist breeder with 8 tanks and I still have yet to make a show. I can’t wait to be able to. It will be a 5 hour drive at minimum with 3 toddlers and my wife to make one. Having options on the table makes it feel more obtainable
What are you saying?! You two ARE the celebrities of the fish keeping world!
There needs to be more shows, especially an aquashella in New England. Preferably near the Boston area.
I am in Southern California and we have The L.A. Pet Fair (it’s actually in Pomona, not L.A. thankfully) coming up, but it will be a mix of all things pets.
As a New Hampshire resident, I agree with the travel time. I could fly yet that would decrease what I could bring back. Daytona is more possible as I could autotrain to Sanford and drive over, then a 2-3 day trip back. Granted if there was a KGTropicals show in NC... Having one near Boston or the surrounding towns is much more doable. There a quiet a few venues including Foxborough if you wanted to Patriots Place/Gillette stateum. :) Most shows in the NE are local clubs and not too near me.
Fin digg is in sacramento. Northern california. Put together by sacramento aquarium society. Hoping to make it my first fish event!!
Maybe for certain areas, yes. I have yet to hear about or see an aquarium show in Colorado. And with mom and pop fish stores charging outlandish prices, it only encourages Amazon shopping. A single orange platy is $3.99 at petsmart, $9 at the small business. Even the foods are ridiculously cheaper literally anywhere else.
Let’s go Aquashella Chicago!!
I personally wish there were more! I barely see any come in my part of Canada, and there are many of us here who keep fish, this being said when they do come to Ottawa or Toronto it’s nice but it’s rare even.
Fin-dig is coming for us in California, but shows and conventions are sorely lacking on the west coast, west of the Rockies! 😞
It sounds great to combine groups. But the problem arises when you try to split bills and income.
i live in southern ohio and there is really nothing close im going to aquashella in chicago and i hope to get to meet you guys im glad you mentioned the show in strongsville ill have to check it out and see if it will be worth a 3 hour drive
Really wish aquashella would come west of the Rockies
I did quit the hobby 3 years ago now Iam back at it. With a bigger tank
Moar tanks!
Something in upstate NY would be nice!
Honestly, I wish that'd live in the U.S. for things like this. There are no shows not even fish club where I live.. 😢
Wish we had a UK one
Me too 😢
I’ve attended two shows in my short (3 year) time in the hobby - FinDig in Sacramento, and the recent Aquashella in Dallas. I really look forward to learning from the speakers. Walking through the same vendors multiple times over two days was too much. Scaping competition was cool.
I much preferred the smaller FinDig event. The speakers/topics were more interesting at FinDig (most, not all…). Dallas just seemed to have too many saltwater and terrarium-ish topics, or speakers simply talking about how they built their business. These just didn’t interest me. The aquascaping demos and Jason and Flips impromptu discussion on quarantining were the best.
Aquashella also had way too many saltwater vendors for my taste. Their displays were cool but just not my thing. Other vendors were very nice and helpful. The UA-cam area didn’t seem to have many Tubers but my favorites were there - Jason and Joanna!!! Such super nice people!
Others I met were also nice - the Flip gang (so fun), MJ, MD and Garden of Eder…
In summary - Aquashella was…ok. I’ll try some smaller events in the future instead.
FYI…FinDig is in Sacramento on June 22 and 23. It is pretty much fish and shrimp only (no birds, etc.). Certainly some suppliers/vendors too. Among the speakers are Gary Lange (rainbow fish) and Alex (Fishtory) for example.
Sorry this was so long…Thanks for the podcast guys!
John. Jason. This episode has me asking so many questions Most of which x I think you guys are going to address in the social media episode you addressed early. So I’ll wait. #AquashellaBuffaloNy
Well, I don’t feel bad about missing Aquashella this year since John wasn’t there.
I have been in this hobby for decades and I think I have seen it all. But the one thing I haven't seen is an aquarium show. I have just never felt the urge or the need to go to one.
P.S. And celerity being there is not going to change that for me.
The only downside to what is an amazing idea that I can think of is they might get bypassed because it's too big 😊
There's a very good chance that the Aquarium Nation Expo in Houston will be bigger than Aquashella this year. This one is more hobbyist based and less big companies. Last year was their first year, and they had over 8,500 in attendance.
I would love an aquarium show closer to me even though I'm in Texas aquashella is still 3 hours away and that is considered close but I don't even bother with fish but one closer I probably would I am trying to see if smaller ones are closer to me buy haven't seen one yet.
I know everyone always says they wish Aquashella would come to their town but I live in Phoenix and to me, that would be a fantastic place to come in the winter.
Great video 😅 you guys get a wrench lol
would like more in UK . Would love to do an Aquashella saving for it but it will be a couple of years before it comes to fruition. would like to meet you guys and many more that have helped me navigate modern fish keeping after a 20 year Hiatus .
I wasn't aware there were any in UK?
@@swivvle1185 there have been but very rare .Did notice something recently a new one AQUAH in September don't know anything about it so would research thoroughly to make sure its legit if you were thinking of going .
@@swivvle1185there are two this year. I think August and September
I,ll horrible tale in my town of La Crosse Wisconsin I and a few of my fish keeping friends fear that the hobby is dieing.Their for I feel that we feel we to bring in an Aquarium convention.😎😎🐠🐟
The Triple Crown was a great idea in theory, but there was a huge problem. Now, I'm just going off what I was told, because it took place the same weekend as my youngest daughter’s wedding and had I missed that to go to a "fish thing", I'd still be on damage control two years after the fact. The problem was People. People were, are and always will be the problem. There was so much infighting and bigotry between the different clubs, it kind of ruined the experience for msny of the UA-camrs I spoke with. That might even be why they didn't do it again in 2023 (although, maybe that was planned. I don't mean to sound like I'm in the know on this).
Im from Massachusetts so its definitely alot for me to try and go to an aquashella. Id love to go to one someday though.
The only show near me that I know of is Aquashella Chicago. It’s a 11 hour drive there from where I live. I was there in 2019.
It would be fantastic to find something in Minneapolis.
BOSTON!! 💯
I think Aquashella should definitely come to Southern California. Not Los Angeles tho because I hate that city. I’m thinking somewhere in San Diego, or maybe even the Anaheim Convention Center. Even though I live closer to L.A. than San Diego, I’d much rather drive to San Diego.
I have to agree with John 95% but having gone to multiple "shows" something i have to point out from my experience all "shows" are not the same and thats a good thing their objectives and missions are not the same. To group them all together is like saying all races are the same and compare NASCAR, a horse race like the Kentucky Derby and a foot race. Yes theyre all races but the idea of combining them wouldnt work. Saying the ACA convention, keystone clash and aquashella are all the same is painting with too big a brush. Theyre trying to do different things and appealing to different audiences. For example me personally the ALA appeals to me and i would drive 12 hours 1 way to go to it but have no desire to attend aquashella even if it were 20 miles from my house. I know aquashella is a good event and many people like it but its not my thing. Aquashella is the type of event that would benefit to travel. The national organizations like the AKA, ALA, ACA etc benefit from traveling for a different reason but some of the other events like the keystone clash, Fishtoberfest, Findig, OCA Extravaganza benefit from the fact theyre in the same location at the same time every year. You could combine events with similar styles, audiences and goals but to try to combine a horse race and a stock car race would damage both most likely. Good discussion though, guys. I'm sure it will get a lot of discussions going and a lot of interaction to help build the hobby.
Not many shows in Toronto, Canada
We don’t get anything in Australia. I would love to have your problem
As far as I know, there's not a show out here in Washington State. And I feel like the fishkeeping community here is pretty substantial.
How about. BUFFALO. we lost 4 super bowls and a Stanley cup. We can use an aquashella
Excellent episode
A roving show that goes to major markets would "on the surface" sound like a good idea, but there does not seem to be enough people in the industry to put on a good show without staying on the road all the time. Plus tanks are much harder than setting up a tattoo convention or a home show. It's a conundrum for sure.
I wish they Would have a show in Minneapolis or Milwaukee So I could drive their .The first time that I would go just because It would be something new for me to see as a fish keeper.🐠🐟🐠🐟😎
I don't have time to watch this whole thing but there aren't any by me that I know of. If there are there isn't any advertising
Need more advertising i know aquashella(too far fr om me). Haven't even heard of most of these. It's also disappointing to hear one happened on jersey (at some point), and i missed it.
I'm in amarillo tx I'm about seven hours from Dallas and we don't have any fish clubs or meets anything
I’m from NH❤ 😂
John you have to hire some people so you can take time to go to trade shows to promote your business.🥀🌹
Not enough n my area DETROIT
I would argue you are thinking about it more from a vendor perspective than an attendee perspective. Honestly, I have no desire to go to large vendor driven shows like aquashella. Your considering them all to be the interchangeable and they are just not that way and I really would hate for it to turn into that. And having attended a few different conventions where they combined multiple subjects together like the triple crown, I honestly didn't like it. There was to many things going on at the same time and people had to pick one thing vs the other so you missed out on too many things if you were interested in more than one of the subjects.
The problem with the Keystone clash movong, is many of those club members wouldn't travel.
The other thing to remeber is bigger is not better for attendees. Gencon is the biggest gaming convention and is the least fun convention. Indy can't handle the influx of peoples plis the crowds are so massive, even getting around the convention becomes a line.
Aquashella could be more useful travelling within a zone. I'm going to chi aquashella first time this year but that's only because I moved to the east coast.
Almost everything you speak of is 'East' of the Rockies. If on the west coast, unless you live in L.A. or Seattle areas...there scant few shows of any substance.