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WHAT ISAQUASHELLA ?
AQUASHELLA IS THE LARGEST AQUARIUM EVENT IN AMERICA FEATURING THE BEST OF FRESHWATER, SALTWATER, REPTILES AND AQUATIC ART!
WHO IS
AQUASHELLA
FOR?
Aquashella is an event for ALL Aquarium Hobbyists from beginner to Expert, or even people who don’t have an aquarium who want to experience the wonders of aquariums, and exotic pets.
MAKE MEMORIES YOU WILL NEVER FORGET
OVER 100 PREMIUM AQUATICS VENDORS
Aquashella proudly displays the largest collection of top tier aquatic vendors and brands anywhere in the country. Our line-up includes the best of Freshwater, Saltwater, Reptiles, Aquatic Art and more…
ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE CREATORS IN ONE PLACE
CREATORS
AUTOGRAPHS & pHOTOS
EDUCATIONAL & FUN
LIVE INTERVIEWS
VIP EXCLUSIVE
MEET & GREET
FEATURED CREATORS
MR. SALTWATER TANK
MARK CALLAHANGEORGE FARMER
AQUASCAPERMAINSTAGETHE BIGGEST STAGE IN THE AQUARIUM HOBBY
MAINSTAGE SPEAKERS
SANJAY JOSHI
JOHN HUDSON
CORY MCELROY
MARC LEVENSON
ROBERT LUPTON
IRENE BEARLY
DEAN TWEEDDALE
BEN JOHNSON
MIKE TUCCINARDI
MIKE SENSKE
BAHAMA LLAMA
GEORGE FARMER
SANJAY JOSHI
Sanjay Joshi in real life is a Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State University. He has been a reef addict since 1992, and currently keeps several reefs aquariums at home including a 500G SPS dominated reef. He also co-manages the 500G aquarium at Penn State. Dr. Joshi is actively involved in educating the hobby on various topics through his publications in reef magazines and lectures. He has published articles in magazines such as Advanced Aquarist, Reefs Magazine, Coral, Marine Fish and Reef Annual, Aquarium Frontiers, and Aquarium Fish.
CORY MCELROY
Cory McElroy is a hobbyist turned fish store owner of Aquarium Co-Op in Edmonds, Washington. His business has expanded to online sales of aquarium plants, dry goods, and innovative products to help make fishkeepers’ lives easier. Cory’s passion for growing and improving the freshwater aquarium hobby has driven him to create an educational YouTube channel, weekly blog, the CARE forum, and an online fish club. In the future, he hopes to travel more to learn how people catch, keep, and breed aquarium fish all around the world.
MARC LEVENSON
Marc “melev” Levenson has been in the hobby since 1998, blogging his experiences about his own reef on melevsreef.com to help others learn husbandry skills. Most recently he’s become an online personality with tens of thousands of followers on his YouTube channel (melevsreef) also geared at helping other reefers through his personal experiences. His website’s articles, blogs, and Critter ID cover topics like pest control, feeding techniques, working with acrylics, reef photography and water chemistry to name a few.
ROBERT LUPTON
In 2010, Robert started his journey into the shrimp hobby. Over the course of the next couple years, his passion grew. Robert grew his hobby from ten aquariums in his house to co founding one of the largest shrimp related businesses in the country. Rob’s knowledge and passion have mad him a leading figure in the ornamental shrimp hobby.
DEAN TWEEDDALE
Dean Tweeddale is a master breeder who started keeping fish over 55 years ago. He started with guppies, moved on to discus, and has since bred countless species of freshwater fish. Always an innovator, Dean has throughout his fishkeeping career built three in-house fish rooms and developed an incredible system for raising fry. Some of his proudest moments in the hobby have been developing a system to raise discus artificially, breeding many rare dwarf cichlids, spawning German blue rams continuously, and spawning several L-number plecos. Dean has been a featured speaker at many clubs around the country. He has collected and bred wild fish from Peru and has appeared on Aquarium Co-Op’s YouTube channel and various others.FACE
BEN JOHNSON
Ben Johnson has been professionally employed in the aquarium industry since 1991. Working at many different retail and maintenance companies from Dallas to Houston until he became a zookeeper at the Houston zoo Kipp aquarium where he was in charge of the 4000 gallon reef zones exhibit as well as others. While working at the zoo, he created Captive Aquatic Ecosystems to maintain aquariums as a side job. In 2004, Mr. Johnson quit the zoo because his maintenance company had taken off and was paying him more than what the zoo was. Through many ups and downs over the years, Ben has run his maintenance company as his sole job ever since. He has written many articles in trade magazines as well as online, spoken at MACNA Las Vegas and two Aquashellas. At 47 years old, Ben has been professionally employed in the aquarium industry since he was 16.
MIKE TUCCINARDI
Mike is an independent consultant in the aquatics industry specializing in fish health management and export/import logistics. He has spent the last 16 years working with fish and invertebrates at every level from retail, wholesale, aquaculture, export, and wild collection settings. During this time he has traveled to a dozen countries involved in the global industry with a focus on practical problem solving and improving fish health and handling at every link in the supply chain. Mike has also written extensively for publications such as Coral, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, Amazonas and others.
MIKE SENSKE
GEORGE FARMER
“George is an internationally renowned aquascaper and author from the UK. He is passionate about promoting wellness through aquascaping. From roadside bombs in Afghanistan to Amano’s 40,000 gallon aquarium – there’s something in this exclusive and candid talk for everyone!”
CONTESTS
MORE TO SEE THAN EVER BEFORE
UFA FLOWERHORN COMPETITION
KIDS AQUASCAPING CONTEST
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
TO COMPETE WITH THE BEST AQUASCAPERS IN THE HOBBY…
New in 2022! The Aquashella Aquascaping Contest, sponsored by Fluval is a new and exciting contest that lets you test your skills up against fellow scapers and hobbyists from around the world. The contest includes qualifying rounds at Aquashella Orlando and Aquashella Dallas, with a $1,000 cash prize for the winner and a chance to compete for $5,000 in the the championship round at Aquashella Chicago in October!
Anyone can enter, and just like other aquascaping competitions, competitors must apply and be selected for participation in either the qualifying rounds or the final competition. Watch these elite contestants build out their competition aquascapes live on Saturday, and view the final results and their finished inspirational designs on Sunday.
100% of the proceeds from our raffle go to supporting 1000 Mermaids and Ocean Rescue Alliance. To find out more about their mission please click the logo to visit their site.
AQUASHELLA DALLAS
TICKET PRICING & OPTIONS
PRESALE PRICING ENDS IN
- Weekend Wristband
- 10 a.m. Earliest Entry
- Aquashella Glasses
- Early Bird Speaker Access
- Aquashella T-Shirt
- YouTubers Meet And Greet
- Single Day Wristband
- 11 a.m. Early Entry
- Aquashella Glasses
- Early Bird Speaker Access
- X
- X
- Single Day Wristband
- Must Be Accompanied By Adult
- Ages 5-12
- Any Timeframe
- Aquashella Glasses
- Ages 4 And Under Free
Experience eminent luxury in our Dallas hotel
Enliven your stay in Dallas, Texas, at Renaissance Dallas Hotel. Located right next door to Dallas Market Hall, Renaissance Dallas Hotel places guests in the heart of the city and at the center of everything Aquashella.
Everything you need is here
Explore our city’s vibrant districts, where world-class shopping, dining and entertainment await. Start your morning downtown with a swim in our rooftop pool or work out using the modern equipment in our 24-hour fitness center. Join us for our daily breakfast or all-day dining with farm-to-table American cuisine at Asador, our signature restaurant. Book a recently renovated room or residence-inspired suite and enjoy plush bedding, high-speed Wi-Fi, local artwork and views of the Dallas skyline.
ADDRESS
Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
6000 West Osceola Parkway
Kissimmee, Florida 34746
PARKING
50% OFF SELF PARKING TO AQUASHELLA GUESTS
PREFERRED PARKING AND VALET AVAILABLE
DIRECTIONS
From Orlando International Airport (MCO):
Airport Phone: +1 407-825-2001
Take SR-528 W
Exit I-4 W
Exit 65 Osceola Parkway-Animal Kingdom
Go East on Osceola Parkway
Gaylord Palms on Right
From Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB):
Airport Phone: +1 407-324-9681
Take 471 South
Exit 3 Osceola Parkway West
Gaylord Palms on Left
TRANSIT
Mears Shuttle
Gaylord Palms partners with Mears Transportation to ensure you have a top-notch experience. A member of Mears Transportation can bring you from Orlando International Airport to the hotel as part of their 24-hour airport shuttle service. There is a charge for the service. To secure your shuttle reservation, call Mears Transportation’s 24-hour reservations line at (407) 423-5566.
Theme Park Shuttle
Transportation is included in your resort fee. Gaylord Palms offers a shuttle bus service to Walt Disney World® theme parks and the Downtown Disney® area. Shuttles to SeaWorld Orlando® and Universal Studios® Florida are $21* per person round-trip. To make your reservation, please contact our concierge at least 6 hours prior to pick-up. Prices subject to change.
ADDRESS
Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center
6000 West Osceola Parkway
Kissimmee, Florida 34746
PARKING
50% OFF SELF PARKING TO AQUASHELLA GUESTS
PREFERRED PARKING AND VALET AVAILABLE
DIRECTIONS
From Orlando International Airport (MCO):
Airport Phone: +1 407-825-2001
Take SR-528 W
Exit I-4 W
Exit 65 Osceola Parkway-Animal Kingdom
Go East on Osceola Parkway
Gaylord Palms on Right
From Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB):
Airport Phone: +1 407-324-9681
Take 471 South
Exit 3 Osceola Parkway West
Gaylord Palms on Left
TRANSIT
Mears Shuttle
Gaylord Palms partners with Mears Transportation to ensure you have a top-notch experience. A member of Mears Transportation can bring you from Orlando International Airport to the hotel as part of their 24-hour airport shuttle service. There is a charge for the service. To secure your shuttle reservation, call Mears Transportation’s 24-hour reservations line at (407) 423-5566.
Theme Park Shuttle
Transportation is included in your resort fee. Gaylord Palms offers a shuttle bus service to Walt Disney World® theme parks and the Downtown Disney® area. Shuttles to SeaWorld Orlando® and Universal Studios® Florida are $21* per person round-trip. To make your reservation, please contact our concierge at least 6 hours prior to pick-up. Prices subject to change.
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