That’s cool that you were able to snag what was left. Sounds like a ghost town for Sunday. You are right about aquashella, they should discuss show options. Especially them being two major shows. I have never been to aquashella and this was my first time to Reefapalooza. I would definitely go again if they had it next year. I’ll tell you, another really good one is Reef Currents in Houston. There should be a date coming soon. Sad to say, but I think COVID plus economy woes have kept the crowds going from good to great. Make sure you show off some pics of what you got. I’m going to show some when I update my build thread.I ended up getting some great deals I think. I will try and get a couple of pics on Monday or Tuesday. My son picked up a few things, also. I mainly bought from the same vendors that I always do at the other swaps.
I got there at 3pm and there wasn't much of a crowd. One of the vendors said he thought the Sunday crowd was almost as good as Saturday. I was surprised that some of the booths were already empty, though those may have just been the ones that never sold to a vendor. I do know that a lot of the vendors were packing up by 4pm. Most said they had flights they had to catch. Most of them were packed by 5pm so anyone getting there after 4 didn't have much to look at.
I hope it was big enough success that they do it again next year. They need to have a civil conversation with the Aquashella show and make sure they are not on the same weekend. They also probably should be farther apart time wise. One in the spring and one in the fall. Personally I prefer Aquashella but I'm also into freshwater so I really like having both at a show. I also wish they had more fish but I know that vendors don't want to deal with shipping them to the show so that is left to the local vendors. That is one good thing about the CA shows, from the pics I've seen they have a lot more fish available at the show.
I was surprised that my welcome bag and my sons both had t-shirts in them. I had not heard it mentioned you would get something like that with just the $30 day pass.