My MACNA 2015 Lecture Summaries

SteveL · 09/14/2015, 06:06 PM

It did not appear that the MACNA lectures were video recorded for general access this year - i.e. as they were last year by BRS. I took notes in the 14 lectures I attended over the 3 days. I'm in the process of documenting these on my blog so if anyone is interested head over to http://blog.cayugaaquatics.com
for full write ups of each one as I generate them.

Let me know if you like them or if you heard differently please chime in on the comments.

Best,
Steve Lowes

CP aquatic · 09/14/2015, 06:22 PM

Very cool! I was kinda bummed they didn't record the lectures again this year as I would have enjoyed seeing them again.

reefwiser · 09/14/2015, 06:35 PM

Thanks Steve I was sucked into the vendor vortex this year and missed a lot of the lectures.

SteveL · 09/14/2015, 08:45 PM

And I missed most of the exhibition floor buzz. Thankfully that seems to be covered by YouTube vids and several product bloggers.

Reef Frog · 09/15/2015, 12:17 AM

Excellent - thanks for doing this. Bookmarked.

Anything "revolutionary" or ground breaking, like new information on coral maladies or something like that?

SteveL · 09/15/2015, 03:00 AM

I think everyone takes something different from MACNA lectures. I'm trying to catch as much as possible for people to follow up with what is important to them. I did miss a few that probably also had valuable info. Hopefully this thread will bring that out too.

For me the underlying status of the hobby and it's future were of keen interest more so than a new technique or technology breakthrough. A couple of data focussed presentations from Ret Talbot and Charlie Veron along with Julian Sprungs revelations about palytoxin really grabbed my attention. However that's not to overshadow the great practical info from likes of Sanjay Joshi, Rich Ross, Joe Yaiullo, John Copollino, and Bill Wann (the last 2 of which I missed but heard great things about).

There was also an excellent theme of aquarium keeping relevance and value to the ocean environment. In this age of growing criticism of aquarium (and any animal) keeping I took this as a call to start messaging the positive aspects of the aquarium hobby. Ret Talbot pulled me up on this though with sound advice - do it with data in hand and not just arbitrary passion.

SteveL · 09/15/2015, 07:40 PM

Latest lecture summary is regarding the talk of the legendary Dr Charlie Veron. I think it says something that Charlie traveled from Australia to speaK at MACNA. Kudos to John Copollino and team for making this work. Many may never appreciate what Charlie Veron has done and continues to do that influences our hobby in very positive ways.

ballhog · 09/16/2015, 09:08 AM

Thank you for the info.

Buzz1329 · 09/16/2015, 08:18 PM

Wow! Great blog. Thanks for all the info. Signed up for and am looking forward to updates.

Mike

SteveL · 09/17/2015, 09:18 AM

Rich Ross and Sonia Rowley talk summaries/links are now posted. If nothing else, check out the video from Dr. Rowley.

http://blog.cayugaaquatics.com/

SteveL · 09/21/2015, 03:51 PM

Three more talk summaries from MACNA 2015 now posted to the blog.

Sanjay Joshi - Minimizing Electric consumption of your reef
Matt Wandell - Pushing the Boundaries
Julian Sprung - Palytoxin

All at http://blog.cayugaaquatics.com/
and
the Cayuga Aquatics Facebook Page

Enjoy

SteveL · 09/27/2015, 08:14 AM

Two more talk reviews are now posted

Dr Nancy Knowlton on Ocean Optimism
http://blog.cayugaaquatics.com/?p=265

And a really popular one from Sanjay Joshi and Richard Ross - "Confessions of a Coral Killer"
http://blog.cayugaaquatics.com/?p=273

Enjoy.

09/14/2015, 06:06 PM	#1
SteveL Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 512	My MACNA 2015 Lecture Summaries It did not appear that the MACNA lectures were video recorded for general access this year - i.e. as they were last year by BRS. I took notes in the 14 lectures I attended over the 3 days. I'm in the process of documenting these on my blog so if anyone is interested head over to http://blog.cayugaaquatics.com for full write ups of each one as I generate them. Let me know if you like them or if you heard differently please chime in on the comments. Best, Steve Lowes

09/14/2015, 06:35 PM	#3
reefwiser Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Louisville,Kentucky Posts: 1,208	Thanks Steve I was sucked into the vendor vortex this year and missed a lot of the lectures. __________________ President Louisville Marine Aquarium Society. http://www.lmas.org/ The 3rd Annual Frag swap will be held September 23rd,2017 11 am till 3pm Saint Thomas Fellowship hall,9616 Westport Road,Louisvi

09/14/2015, 06:22 PM	#2
CP aquatic Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 67	Very cool! I was kinda bummed they didn't record the lectures again this year as I would have enjoyed seeing them again.

09/14/2015, 08:45 PM	#4
SteveL Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 512	And I missed most of the exhibition floor buzz. Thankfully that seems to be covered by YouTube vids and several product bloggers.

09/15/2015, 12:17 AM	#5
Reef Frog Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,121	Excellent - thanks for doing this. Bookmarked. Anything "revolutionary" or ground breaking, like new information on coral maladies or something like that?

09/15/2015, 03:00 AM	#6
SteveL Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 512	I think everyone takes something different from MACNA lectures. I'm trying to catch as much as possible for people to follow up with what is important to them. I did miss a few that probably also had valuable info. Hopefully this thread will bring that out too. For me the underlying status of the hobby and it's future were of keen interest more so than a new technique or technology breakthrough. A couple of data focussed presentations from Ret Talbot and Charlie Veron along with Julian Sprungs revelations about palytoxin really grabbed my attention. However that's not to overshadow the great practical info from likes of Sanjay Joshi, Rich Ross, Joe Yaiullo, John Copollino, and Bill Wann (the last 2 of which I missed but heard great things about). There was also an excellent theme of aquarium keeping relevance and value to the ocean environment. In this age of growing criticism of aquarium (and any animal) keeping I took this as a call to start messaging the positive aspects of the aquarium hobby. Ret Talbot pulled me up on this though with sound advice - do it with data in hand and not just arbitrary passion.

09/15/2015, 07:40 PM	#7
SteveL Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 512	Latest lecture summary is regarding the talk of the legendary Dr Charlie Veron. I think it says something that Charlie traveled from Australia to speaK at MACNA. Kudos to John Copollino and team for making this work. Many may never appreciate what Charlie Veron has done and continues to do that influences our hobby in very positive ways.

09/16/2015, 09:08 AM	#8
ballhog Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North of Detroit Posts: 88	Thank you for the info.

09/16/2015, 08:18 PM	#9
Buzz1329 Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Staten Island Posts: 2,414	Wow! Great blog. Thanks for all the info. Signed up for and am looking forward to updates. Mike

09/17/2015, 09:18 AM	#10
SteveL Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 512	Rich Ross and Sonia Rowley talk summaries/links are now posted. If nothing else, check out the video from Dr. Rowley. http://blog.cayugaaquatics.com/

09/21/2015, 03:51 PM	#11
SteveL Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 512	Three more talk summaries from MACNA 2015 now posted to the blog. Sanjay Joshi - Minimizing Electric consumption of your reef Matt Wandell - Pushing the Boundaries Julian Sprung - Palytoxin All at http://blog.cayugaaquatics.com/ and the Cayuga Aquatics Facebook Page Enjoy

09/27/2015, 08:14 AM	#12
SteveL Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ithaca, NY Posts: 512	Two more talk reviews are now posted Dr Nancy Knowlton on Ocean Optimism http://blog.cayugaaquatics.com/?p=265 And a really popular one from Sanjay Joshi and Richard Ross - "Confessions of a Coral Killer" http://blog.cayugaaquatics.com/?p=273 Enjoy.