It was okay...

 Not all vendors were welcoming/approachable. To be honest i was disappointed. I went to be inspired with the set up tanks, submerge myself into the community and learn more. But it wasnt like that unfortunately. Im sure its not easy to bring all the fishes and set up. To me the best set up was The Fish Gallery cause yes I shop from time to time with them. I was approached by one of the vendors. Also 360 aquatics was great, i have shopped there, the guy was kind and knowle

 It was one of the most pathetic events I've ever been to. The absolutely biggest waste of money.

 Not what I expected.

 Was not what we expected based on other Auarium shows (ie. Chicago). There were very few vendors and not much aquarium tank sales vendors. In fact, only one that we saw. You should have combined the Aquarium and Reptile shows. This cost way too much for what was offered. We do not plan to attend again based on this bad experience.

 Lot of fun and great items to see

 Very few vendors compared to the reptile expo, which was dissapointing. Enjoyed the fish gallery's set up. Quite pricey based on the lack of vendors that we saw.

 half of the center was epty becase there wasnt enough vendors present. Embarrassed me.

 Sucked it was so small waste of money

 Good show but outrageously expensive. For a family of three it was $95 dollars with tickets and parking. Food was even worse. I expect to pay a premium, but it was $9 for a medium coke. Ridiculous. I’d rather just drive ti a nice aquarium shop.

 Not worth the price of admission and madatory paid parking

 It was a bit disappointing as I was expecting the wow factor in showcasing the latest and greatest technologies with aquarium design, etc. Nothing but a few vendors setting up shop and selling their brand items. Not worth spending $80 just to get inside to peek at a few vendors that took less than 30 minutes.

 Not worth the time or money

 The show was extremely small. We saw everything and purposely walked extra slow and it still took less then am hour.

 There were not a lot of vendors

 Service was great from the NRG staff and all the vendors

 Could have been organized better

 I was hoping to see more than one vendor that discussed aquarium set ups.

 Both salt and fresh water, nice live plant selection with multiple vendors. Can't wait to see next years!

 This was the most disappointing event I have ever been to Almost 100 bucks to get in the door and there was absolutely nothing to see. It would have been worth it if you could go to the reptile expo as well. How can you honestly charge people 25 dollars per ticket and there were no vendors. The vendors that were there had no selection. There was more coral then anything. It was a horrible event and I hope you never put it on again. You robbed people of thier money.

 This show was VERY small, only about four vendors actually selling any fish and a few more selling various sundry items. For a $25 admission and $20 to park it was dissatisfying. You could see everything in about 30 minutes. It took me longer to get there than it did to look at the entire show

 Easy to purchase event tickets.

 We paid for the VIP passes and get there early.. we get into the expo and probably 50% of the booths were still setting up, the expo itself felt more like a swap meet and I'm not going to purchase any livestock from a vendor that doesnt care enough of their livestock to at least provide heat during the cold weather or a light so I can at least see the stock. Overall, If we come back next year, we won't pay for the VIP passes, it wasn't worth it. MORE VENDORS!!

 Tickets were easy to purchase and the Facebook exposure was really good.

 it wasn't worth the $25 entrance fee. WAY to few vendors

 Way overrated not enough vendors and very little livestock. Wasted a whole day . I drove over 3 hrs for nothing.

 There was hardly any vendors. I went in expecting to be able to purchase supplies for my saltwater aquarium and there was not a vendor there for me to do that. What vendors that were there, were super nice. Some knowledgeable, some not. One tried to sell me a freshwater light for corals.

 I get to learn more about fish from local experts and experts from other cities outside of Houston and different states. I watched an alligator and crocodile show learning the difference between the two. I also bought a betta fish from one of the local experts.

 The aquarium expo was advertised as one of the “largest aquarium expos”. My family and I definitely didn’t “discover the wonders of oceans, lakes, streams” per your advertisement. There were hardly any vendors for freshwater and the freshwater vendors you did have about 60% of their booths were unimpressive. The saltwater was ok. I would’ve rather not spent any money on the tickets and just went to visit the fish gallery store. You should’ve had

 Lacking

 'waste of money

 I was really disappointed with the experience.

 Very fun, love talking to all the owners from different businesses. I do recognized a lot of local ones in Houston because I’ve been to almost all of them.

 Very small amount of vendors and hardly any salt water fish

 Thought there would be more vendors, only half the building was used. More varieties of fish. Any guest speakers?

 Very small exhibit for the price, expected more vendors

 We were very disappointed in what the Aquarium Nation Expo had to offer. There were not a lot of livestock in the saltwater only some coral and very small amount of fish. They also didnt have a lot of equipment to look at or buy. The fresh water part still didn't meet expectations. We had visited the Reptile Nation Expo and was impressed and expected the same quality in the Aquarium Nation, but were sadly disappointed.

 It was horrible. I wish I had never gone. It was complete false advertisement. "1000s of salt and fresh water fish". I didn't see one salt water fish in sight. I left shortly after arriving. Also Julia was very rude at the door.

 Super fun and easy going in, definitely worth it!

 There was barely any fish. This even was completely overrated.

 Least favorite Expo. Very little vendors and nothing family friendly. The only thing that saved the day was the shark slide for the kids to play in. I don't plan to come back to this Expo.

 Not a ton of variety. More live plants and aqua scape stuff would be nice. Pump and filter companies would be cool too

 Over Priced