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    Hell I live 25min away and I plan on getting a hotel room.
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    Default Re: 2016 NADA Discus Show-Chicago

    Every year i post the same.wish i could afford to come to one nada show and meet all of you guys.im so envious

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    1. You don't have to stay at the hotel but if you choose not to you will be making a HUGE mistake. One of the best parts of the Show happen in-between and after all the scheduled events. Having to leave to 11 or 12 PM and go to another hotel will mean you will miss a lot of impromptu discussions that happen. I usually don't make it to bed till around 2 or 3 and if I had to drive to a different hotel at that time and be back early in the morning then it would be no sleep for me. Seriously, you WANT to stay at the hotel. You and your wife can drive into downtown during day if you must.

    2. There will be equipment and discus for sale at the Show. At the last Show in Austin we had a good number of vendors at the Show selling their products and there were a lot of discus for sale by both hobbyist and Sponsors/Retailers. Most of the Show fish can be purchased but we also have a vendor area with tanks of discus (and a few other fish) for sale.

    3. There will be scheduled talks by Internationally acclaimed Speakers. A lot of my favorite discus books are now autographed thanks to them speaking at the Shows.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Larry Bugg View Post
    1. You don't have to stay at the hotel but if you choose not to you will be making a HUGE mistake. One of the best parts of the Show happen in-between and after all the scheduled events. Having to leave to 11 or 12 PM and go to another hotel will mean you will miss a lot of impromptu discussions that happen. I usually don't make it to bed till around 2 or 3 and if I had to drive to a different hotel at that time and be back early in the morning then it would be no sleep for me. Seriously, you WANT to stay at the hotel. You and your wife can drive into downtown during day if you must.

    2. There will be equipment and discus for sale at the Show. At the last Show in Austin we had a good number of vendors at the Show selling their products and there were a lot of discus for sale by both hobbyist and Sponsors/Retailers. Most of the Show fish can be purchased but we also have a vendor area with tanks of discus (and a few other fish) for sale.

    3. There will be scheduled talks by Internationally acclaimed Speakers. A lot of my favorite discus books are now autographed thanks to them speaking at the Shows.


    Thanks everyone for the feedback! While hanging out and having a few beers with my fellow discus enthusiast, sounds like a great time to me. My wife would probably file for divorce shortly afterwards. While she loves our discus, and would want to come to pick out some new discus for our tanks, she isn't as excited about the details of keeping discus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill63SG View Post
    Hell I live 25min away and I plan on getting a hotel room.
    Well, there went plan A.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CraigJ View Post
    Well, there went plan A.
    Plan B can be splitting a room,lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GivensOU View Post
    Thanks everyone for the feedback! While hanging out and having a few beers with my fellow discus enthusiast, sounds like a great time to me. My wife would probably file for divorce shortly afterwards. While she loves our discus, and would want to come to pick out some new discus for our tanks, she isn't as excited about the details of keeping discus.

    Thanks again,
    Tim
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    HECK YEA!!!

    can't wait.. it will be nice to be a NADA.. and not have to worry about running it ..

    its going to be AWESOME!! can't wait to visit Josie place!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Skip View Post
    HECK YEA!!!

    can't wait.. it will be nice to be a NADA.. and not have to worry about running it ..

    its going to be AWESOME!! can't wait to visit Josie place!!
    You are right on that. I have said this before but this will be my last time serving as the NADA show chair. The local group has been doing great but after this one I am merely a consultant.....LOL. Like always this will be a great time.

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    maybe i can FINALLY convince wife for a tank INSIDE the house..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Skip View Post
    maybe i can FINALLY convince wife for a tank INSIDE the house..
    Put your foot down man and get this done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skip View Post
    maybe i can FINALLY convince wife for a tank INSIDE the house..
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    Quote Originally Posted by nc0gnet0 View Post


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    Default Re: 2016 NADA Discus Show-Chicago

    Get ready... the best Nada show is on it's way... Here's hoping that one of my Grow outs will make it to the show. Got 4 discus in my 75 gallon currently growing out for the show 4.5-5".



    Discus 1: Golden Spotted


    Discus 2: Golden Yellow


    Discus 3: Leopard w/Ring Gene


    Discus 4: Leopard w/Ring Gene

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    Awesome Saykham!!! Best show is on its way.

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