The Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA) has announced that it is shuttering operations. MASNA is the non-profit organization that manages MACNA (the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America), the oldest marine aquarium conference in North America. MACNA was…
2024 Marine Aquarium Conference of North America Cancelled
Reef Builders is sad to learn that MASNA has had to cancel MACNA, the Marine Conference of North America, for 2024. The organization has released the following information via social media: “The Marine Aquarium Societies of North America (MASNA) deeply…
MASNA announces the cancellation of MACNA 2023
The Marine Aquarium Societies of North America has announced that it is canceling MACNA 2023. The show was due to be held on September 8-10 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but today MASNA has announced that the well-known show will now not…
CoralVue Hydros release the Kraken 24V power supply
CoralVue launched a new power supply at MACNA 2022 called the Kraken. An extension to their constantly evolving, ever-expanding Hydros controller range, Kraken is aimed at replacing up to eight 24V and four 12V power supplies, the likes of which…
Aquatic Expo to launch in April 2022 from MACNA With Freshwater
The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) is set to launch a new show in April 2022. The show, a mixture of both freshwater and saltwater is a brand new format for the MACNA producers. Instead of the usual…
MACNA 2021 on Sept 3-5 has been canceled – in-person events in 2021 unlikely
While we all endure the pandemic, in-person events like tradeshows and small frag swaps even with the global distribution of vaccines are very risky. Because of this MACNA 2021 has been canceled and will move to a digital-only event to…
MACNA 2020: Phoenix Rising Now Online!
THE DATE: August 28 – 30, 2020 THE LOCATION: Online Webinar Nine Speakers, Two Workshops, One Panel, Several Community Meet-ups, and an Awards Ceremony! Welcome to the Marine Aquarium Conference of North America (MACNA) 2020 Online: Phoenix Rising! MACNA, the…
MACNA 2021 – Set to arrive in Atlanta, Georgia September 3-5
When and where will MACNA 2021 take place? MACNA 2021 will take place in Atlanta Georgia from September 3-5. Previously we reported on MACNA 2020 being shut down due to the current health environment across the world caused by the…
Russell Kelley Added to MACNA Speaker Lineup
In the world of saltwater and reef aquariums, a few authors and experts are always invited to MACNA but there’s a growing body of coral people with extensive coral experience that are not in the aquarium community per se. Russell…
Motherlode of Torch Corals coming to Cobalt Aquatics’ MACNA Booth
Torch corals have been in the hobby since practically the beginning – we’ve always had a special place for Euphyllia glabrescens in our various reef tanks. Despite its history in the reef aquarium hobby, for some reason this species has absolutely exploded…