THE LARGEST AQUARIUM EVENT IN NORTH 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.

Ticket Pricing & Options
VIP WEEKEND
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2 DAY WRISTBAND
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10 AM VIP ENTRY
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AQUASHELLA GLASSES
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EARLY BIRD SPEAKERS
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YOUTUBE MEET & GREET
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OFFICIAL SHOW T-SHIRT
EARLY BIRD
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1 DAY WRISTBAND
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11 AM EARLY ENTRY
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AQUASHELLA GLASSES
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EARLY BIRD SPEAKERS
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GENERAL
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1 DAY WRISTBAND
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1 PM GENERAL ENTRY
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AQUASHELLA GLASSES
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KIDS TICKET
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FOR AGES 5-12
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MUST BE WITH ADULT
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ENTRY MATCHES ADULT
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AQUASHELLA GLASSES
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AGE 4 AND UNDER FREE
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MARC LEVENSON

SARA STEVENS

PRIMETIME AQUATICS

JEFF MIOTKE

JULIAN SPRUNG

ALEXA BORREGO

ANDREW SANDLER

JEN WANNER

MIKE SENSKE

WILL NACE
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.
SARA STEVENS
Sara Stevens is the Director of Animal Collections, Butterfly Pavilion, an AZA-FRTRP member facility. The AZA Florida Reef Tract Rescue Project (AZA-FRTRP) is an AZA member-driven coral rescue and conservation network focused on the rescue, housing and future propagation of Florida corals affected by stony coral tissue loss disease.
PRIMETIME AQUATICS
Jason started keeping fish at the age of six and has almost 40 years of freshwater fish-keeping experience. His background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, a Master’s Degree in Biotechnology and Chemical Science as well as a Graduate Certificate in Aquaculture and Fish Health. He and his family started Prime Time Aquatics to help people of all ages and experience succeed in the freshwater fish-keeping hobby
JEFF MIOTKE
JULIAN SPRUNG
ALEXA BORREGO
ANDREW SANDLER
JEN WANNER
My love for the aquarium hobby started at a very young age. Who knew that a pair of guppies and a fish bowl, a gift for my 10th birthday, would spark such a deep passion and personal dedication to this industry. With over 100 years of combined experience, my team and I have taken New Wave from the part-time Aquarium Maintenance Company I started in high school to what we are today. We offer a full-service Aquarium Design, Installation and Service company through our retail location and showroom as well as an online store that specializes in providing hobbyists with healthy, quarantined and conditioned livestock and one of the largest home-grown and sustainable sourced coral collections.
MIKE SENSKE

SANJAY JOSHI

JOHN HUDSON

MARC LEVENSON

MICHAEL PALETTA

JOE YAIULLO

TAZAWA TANKS

PRIMETIME AQUATICS
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.
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.
MICHAEL PALETTA
Michael Paletta has been keeping marine aquariums (specifically reef aquariums) since the 1980s. He is a well-known aquarist who has traveled worldwide giving presentations about various aspects of the aquarium hobby. Mike is also the author of The New Marine Aquarium and Ultimate Marine Aquariums from T.F.H. Publications.
JOE YAIULLO
As a kid, Joe spent much of his childhood maintaining home aquariums and exploring the marine life surrounding Long Island, New York. Now he gets paid to basically do what he did as a kid and has been keeping reef tanks for over 29 years.
Joe earned a B.S. in Marine Science from LIU Southampton College’s marine science program, and worked for 8 years (1987-1995) at the NY Aquarium in Brooklyn, New York as Senior Aquarist. Starting in 1987, Joe pioneered what is now common practice in reef keeping today and upped his game in 1993 with the establishment of a 1400-gallon reef tank, which at the time was the largest successful reef tank in the Western Hemisphere. In 1992, he began to shape his plan for a world-class aquarium on Long Island’s East End. In 2000, after toiling for eight long years, his plans and vision became a reality with the opening of Atlantis Marine World Aquarium in Riverhead, NY (now known as the Long Island Aquarium). On that day, the public was able to see his 20,000-gallon reef tank, which was the largest closed system reef tank in the Western Hemisphere, and second largest in the world at that time. In 2003, Joe was awarded The Distinguished Alumni Award from Southampton College for his contributions to the community.
Joe, an admitted “Coralaholic”, currently feeds his ever increasing addiction with nurturing his 20,000 gallon reef tank, which contains corals that date back over 26 years. While he has admitted his addiction, he has no plans of seeking a cure and enjoys talking with reef keepers from around the world.
Joe has been featured in many reef keeping books and magazines, and has presented lectures in Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, England, Fiji, Monaco, France, The Netherlands, and Italy and throughout the USA including several MACNA’s dating back to 1994.
The Long Island Aquarium is a world-class aquarium, so even though it’s on a larger scale, Curator and Co-founder Joe Yaiullo still considers it his entire “DIY” project.
PRIMETIME AQUATICS
Jason started keeping fish at the age of six and has almost 40 years of freshwater fish-keeping experience. His background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology, a Master’s Degree in Biotechnology and Chemical Science as well as a Graduate Certificate in Aquaculture and Fish Health. He and his family started Prime Time Aquatics to help people of all ages and experience succeed in the freshwater fish-keeping hobby
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…
FEATURED CREATORS

Dustin’s Fish Tanks
Dustin Wunderlich
BEN JOHNSON
REEF BEEF
RICHARD ROSS
AQUATIC BIOLOGIIST / REEF BEEF
MIKE SENSKE
ADG
JEFF SENSKE
ADGCONTESTS
MORE TO SEE THAN EVER BEFORE
UFA FLOWERHORN COMPETITION
CREATORS CHALLENGE
KIDS AQUASCAPING CONTEST

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?
TO COMPETE WITH THE BEST AQUASCAPERS IN THE HOBBY…
Registration Open Now

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 round at 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 Daytona in November!
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.

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STAY INFORMED ON AQUASHELLA EVENTS, PROMOTIONS, AND GIVEAWAYS
MAINSTAGE SATURDAY

- 10:00 am
- Social Event
- Media Lounge
VIP Meet & Greet
Various Creators (VIP Exclusive)

- 11:00 am
- Speaker
- Fluval Mainstage
Raj Shingadia
Reef Builders / MRC

- 12:00 pm
- Speaker
- Fluval Mainstage
Joe Yaiullo
Public Aquarium Manager

- 1:00 pm
- Speaker
- Fluval Mainstage
Jeff Miotke
Aquascaper

- 2:00 pm
- Speaker
- Fluval Mainstage
John Hudson
KG Tropicals

- 3:00 pm
- Speaker
- Fluval Mainstage
Sanjay Joshi
Reefing Icon

- 4:00 pm
- Speaker
- Fluval Mainstage
Michael Paletta
Author / Reefing Icon
MAINSTAGE SUNDAY

- 10:00 am
- Social Event
- Media Lounge
VIP Meet & Greet
Various Creators ( VIP Exclusive)

- 11:00 am
- Speaker
- Fluval Mainstage
Marc Levenson
Melev's Reef

- 11:45 am
- Speaker
- Fluval Mainstage
Zenzo Tazawa
Tazawa Tanks

- 12:30 pm
- Speaker
- Fluval Mainstage
Jeff Miotke
Aquascaper | Oase

- 1:15 pm
- Speaker
- Fluval Mainstage
Jason Adams
Prime Time Aquatics

- 2:00 pm
- Speaker
- Fluval Mainstage
Sara Stevens
Butterfly Pavillion

- 3:00 pm
- Ceremony
- Fluval Mainstage
Aquashella Awards / Jake Adams Memorial
FEATURE STAGE SATURDAY
FEATURE STAGE SUNDAY
- 12:00 pm
- Workshop
- Planet Feature Stage
Live Art Painting
Lisa Lachri
- 1:00 pm
- Competition
- Planet Feature Stage
Saltwater Scape Off
Danny's Aquariums VS Shelby Thomas
- 2:00 pm
- Workshop
- Planet Feature Stage
Jellyfish Art Workshop
Jeff Turner
- 3:00 pm
- Workshop
- Planet Feature Stage
Scaping Workshop
Mike & Jeff Senske
- 4:00 pm
- Workshop
- Planet Feature Stage
Betta Workshop
Lisa Hudson | KG Tropicals
- 12:00 pm
- Competition
- Planet Feature Stage
ACI Frag Off
IJam Coral | North American Coral Labs | Rich Reefer
- 1:00 pm
- Workshop
- Planet Feature Stage
Axolotl workshop
Jake Pak - Axolotl Planet
- 2:00 pm
- Competition
- Planet Feature Stage
Freshwater Scape Off
Jen Williams | Grant Eder
- 3:00 pm
- Workshop
- Planet Feature Stage
Live Art Painting
Nori Vossen