Music Hey what's up everybody and welcome back to Roscoe's Reef. I know I've been a little lax in videos and I'm going to try and get on a better schedule because the video production has been slow. There's been a lot of life things going on and that's holding things up as you know you may know what that feels like. So now Reef Plus is 2018 New York is the topic of the video. This show was incredible. I know that from talking to Luciavo over at Worldwide Corals this show said attendance record for them and I believe it's in the neighborhood of four 5,000 people attended the show. I myself was busy working with Travis Fisher Hex at the Fisher Hex booth selling coral and just did not have the time that I thought I would have to even take in the show. Most of my time was spent in the booth and very little walking around much less getting video of the event and that job fell to my son Scottie. He stepped up to the plate and took video and also stills for the channel covering the event the best he could bear with it if some of the video may seem a little bit blurry at times but that's because he's a rookie at videotaping but his photos are pretty pretty good so thank you to him for doing that for his dad. Now getting back to the topic of attendance like I said four to five thousand people attended the show an official number hasn't reached yet but hopefully there'll be something from Luciavo in the coming days that will give us a fixed number on how many people attended and also some dates of Reef Plus shows coming up that are in the pipeline and that you should be aware of so this way you could plan your next event. Now as far as the people coming out to the show I have to thank everyone that stopped by the booth to say hello I was simply amazed about the amount of people that stopped by to say they'd like the channel like the videos and offer their support and also just talk tank at the booth. You made the show for me really really great and I appreciate and you truly made it a humbling experience for me just letting me know just how many people watch the channel and appreciate the job that I'm doing so thank you all very very much for that. Now the show itself was really a success for us we sold a lot of coral and there was a lot of people that came out to buy pieces for their tank and I hope that everybody that bought coral from us including the pieces that I donated to Travis to sell the show from my tank post videos of the coral that they bought and in their system so this way I can see how it's making out and also how you're liking that particular coral. Now I did have some time to walk away from the booth and walk the floors and take a look at the items that were being presented by the vendors and also set the corals that were being sold the show and just take in a little bit of what was going on I did miss a lot because in watching some of the recaps that other people have put out I missed a lot of people and a lot of new vendors with new products and whatever that was out there just did not see them but the ones I did get a chance to speak with and meet with it was great it was great talking and meeting old friends again and just catching up on what's going on since the last show also there'll be some probably some future reviews or product reviews that is that will come to the channel straight because of the meetings that I had so we'll have some items to show you and then give you my impression on how it is and how it does in the reef tank. Now getting back to the booth itself everything pretty much went off without any problems I know that Travis had some problems with LED lights not working I will link you to that video down in the description down below but everything went smooth and was a real enjoyable experience I know that he's planning to attend future reef of polluases so listen to his channel and also this one to catch updates of when that may occur so this way if you want to just stop by and say hello you'll know we'll be there now as far as my some more impressions from the show I did notice a lot more fish there this year I did notice a lot more new coral vendors that were out there as well as some more equipment vendors the show was growing every time I attend one I say this one line to Lou or to anybody who I talk to this show was bigger than the last and that definitely held out for reef of polluases in New York it's the largest one that they've had so far like I said before so the hobby is rock solid and growing every year there's more and more new people in the hobby more and more people that come up and say that they started a reef tank and this is their first year or you know even their first couple of months one gentleman came with to me and said they just set his tank up recently and kind of just wanted to pick our brains as to what his next step should be and that is truly an amazing thing when someone comes up to you and just wants to talk about where to go from here it's something that our hobby has keen to itself is that everybody's willing to help out each other no matter what skill level they're at and provide people that have just started out in the hobby information that they need to make their tank successful so that will be said pretty much that's gonna wrap up reef of polluases round up for me like I said I'm trying to get another video that may include an interview with Luciavo so standby for notifications for that check out the Instagram and Facebook page this way and it'll probably be announced at first I'm toying around with the idea of doing something on Facebook live with Lou for dates and upcoming shows and his thoughts kind of a refluse a wrap up with him so stick by for that as well so that's pretty much it for now there's gonna be some more videos coming up shortly updates from the tank and some product reviews as well that are ongoing I'm gonna give you updates on the lights and how the hair algae is making out the tank and what I'm doing with that so if you have any comments feel free to drop them down below if you are visiting the channel for the first time and not subscribe hit the subscribe button and hit the bell so you would alerted to future videos as they come up well that's gonna be it for me and as we wind out with some pictures of from the show let me know how you like Scotty's job and as always this is Scott and I will see you next time all on the roof deck thank you for watching this episode of Ross Goes Reef with Scott as always don't forget to like comment share and subscribe