So what did you think?

AJ · Nov 16, 2009

Posted By Bluefool on 11/16/2009 03:16 PM

I'm a freshwater planted tank guy who is planning his first reef. I heard about fall fest on this web site, and decided it would be worth the drive to see what it was like. I especially wanted to here Anthony Calfo speak since I have a number of his books.
Well, let me tell you it was freaking *fantastic*.
I liked the food, I loved the vendor area, and was very upset I got there too late to hear all of the first presentation. (Both of which were fantastic, IMHO).
Yes, it was a bit crowded in the vendor area, and at the next raffle it would be nice to have some chairs in the area.
I wanted to hear a presentation or two and maybe buy a few books I didn't have yet, and look at some coral. I wound up buying a few hundred bucks of books, and even won a few nice little items in the raffle. But the biggest thing was that I had the opportunity to ask Mr. Calfo questions, which he answered in an extremely detailed and understandable manner. Having a chance to ask one of the worlds foremost Marine Aquarium experts specific questions? Totally priceless. That $10 ticket was some of the best cash I have ever spent. (And a big thank you to Mr. Calfo, who I suspect has answered my questions several hundred times, but still gave me all the info I wanted.) I was expecting to hear him speak and maybe autograph a book or two, talk about a pleasant suprise!
Fall Fest was utterly fantastic, and I will most certainly be at the next girs event!
Next time around I would like to see a bigger venue, and more presentations. Hopefully I'll have a tank up and running so I can get my hands on some of the amazing frags I saw.
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Welcome to the site and thanks for attending Fall Fest. Great feedback coming from someone with no prior exposure to the club or our other events. I'm glad you had such a great time. I know I've had a great time at both of the Fall Fest events that we've had, but it's nice to hear specifics from someone that's just getting their toes wet with the reef tank world.
I like your ideas about chairs for the raffle. We do have some ideas about the raffle to make things go faster for next year.
--AJ

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