Reefdreams

Reefdreams are based in Winchester, Hampshire and over the last 12 years have created a destination for marine aquatics. Bringing together fish, corals, inverts and home grown signature corals and the advice to succeed with your reef aquarium. Reefdreams has a passion for the rare and wonderful and is often at the forefront of the reefing scene, bringing many of the hard to come by species to the UK, that are often only seen ‘across the pond’ including zoanthids , mushroom morphs , rainbow chalices , SPS corals etc. They will be showcasing their ‘best of the best’ at the event . Reef Dreams is also the distributor of ‘Pinpoint’ a well trusted brand of digital testing equipment, that will be on show on the day.

Speakers

Jamie Craggs - Horniman Museum, London

Jamie has pioneered the captive breeding of hard coral species at the Horniman museum in London and is now working with teams around the world to develop the techniques to induce coral spawning and and settlement in a captive environment and will be sharing his experiences during his talk.

Brian Schaff - Managing Director @ Tropical Marine Centre

Brian Schaff ( todays current Managing director of Tropical Marine Centre UK ) , started his own Marine Ornamental Aquaculture business at the beginning of the century in Portugal. He managed to crack how to breed many shrimp and fish species on a commercial scale, that would lead to exporting worldwide, offering a sustainable alternative to wild caught species.

TMC has always been very focused in ensuring they work with as short supply chain as possible, and currently works with many captive breeders all over the world.

Brian has been in the marine ornamental industry now for 20 years, but he has also been a passionate hobbyist as well as a researcher, supplier to the industry, collector and wholesaler.

Brian will share his experiences with you, and give an insight into his past and present experiences.

David Saxby - Founder @ D-D The Aquarium Solution

The name David Saxby is synonymous with the reef keeping industry through DD The Aquarium Solution , a well respected international company that started 15 years ago , often the brand leader . David is also known worldwide for having one of the most amazing reef aquariums of all time and to quote Mike Paletta, "it is one of the best three hobbyist tanks in the World". However most don’t know the detail behind this passionate reefer , and the history . For example David first started keeping fish when he was eight years old and from this meagre goldfish aquarium a spark started that would change the industry forever . David will talk us through some of what his seen in those 60 plus years and provide some time for all you ‘Coral Freaks’ to ask questions about his experiences with the hobby , industry and his amazing reef aquarium . A talk not be missed .