FW or whatever, I'm up for one as long as it's something that I have laying around.

I have a 3.5 gallon starfire that will be getting here in about 5 weeks if that helps.

Adin will own the FW contest.

I have this 8g tank laying around......

we should have no equiptment visable contest~! That way it forces everyone to come up with new neat solutions.

maybe an automation contest?

cannister filter contest?

Blah...FW. Fraggle we will start our own contest.

Pico,pico. it's a great way to see every ones tanks!! . do it, do it,do it.

Coffee pot would be so awesome!
I would def do it.

we could do a desktop hex or cube like this http://www.casco-group.com/images/cubekit-330x330.jpg

Just a quick teaser:


SCNRS is in the early stages of creating a contest. Details will be coming soon.


Thanks.


-Iz

i second that! we'll start a coup with alex (reef apprentice) and whoever else and beat the system! viva la revolucion! lol



why do i never know anything?!?!?!?

sigh

Only the big wigs know, you're still a little wig

how about the big wigs pick a few options and let all those who participated in the last contest vote?

Well I am holding off on getting something new set up on the contest info, I was a crybaby about the last one and I missed it
If you guys can give just a peek on the time frame until the next starts I would be much obliged

In response to your reply...

DISQUALIFIED!

I'm hoping we can have something set by this summer, but I'm not 100% sure. It will most likely be a 6 month contest, similar to the past ones.

Thanks for your interest.



-Iz

Well that's cool, I will try to hold off setting up something, Couple definitive hints soon would be great so I can scratch up the $$ to start purchasing. Anything I can do to help I am also willing.

I would be down for a coffe pot too.

I've been thinking about doing a 15L&S (Long & Short) contest. I could probably get a nice group buy going through Glass Cages.


Just a little teaser!



-Iz

fw all the way ... do a 10 gallon aga as the starting point and see what everyone does ...

See my post in Gen'l Discussion about a suggestion

YR

Well Just tell me that the main has to be 15 gal for the custom and I am to the drawing board.....

I didn't want to be in your stupid little contest anyways!!!

Cool. Discuss it on your own website!


ANYWAYS...

FW contest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was going to set one up anyway, so lets get it on.

I'm down for FW or coffee pot. I'm participating either way this time. I didn't have room for a 10 gallon last fall, it was just crappy timing. But I can make room for a coffee pot or a nano fw. I'm down.

Freshwater... Not so much. Coffee pot..... uhh... sorry I thought it was a joke..lol
I guess I am here for nano-reefs.... not nano-lakes.
JMO
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Freshwater…Although we discuss other systems like large marine and freshwater setups, I agree, this is Nano-Reef.com.

Coffe pot…I’d actually prefer that it be more open, like any household item (not just limited to coffee pots). It might be interesting to see what people come up with.

However, there are a number of other potentially good contest ideas that have also been proposed (like specific biotypes or having budget limits). Any other suggestions?

I built my first 5.5 aga for 100$ with livestock...

I'd like to see a similar contest.

Unlimited mods and tank size but you only get 100$ to spend.
or possibly an equiptment fund cap, and livestock is up to you( we dont need a contest dedicated to brown palys, and plain purple shrooms).

It would have to be on the honor system, but we should get the option of disqualifying people with a 100% BS vote.

or better yet... deserted island nano contest
nano must run without being plugged into a 110v 15a/20a circuit. discuss.

I like maeda's idea for a deserted nano

i like that

Oxygen depletion would probably be an issue. I’m having difficulty imagining a true reef without any power; however, I suppose that you could run something on batteries. A battery powered (or solar powered) pico contest might lead to some really innovative solutions.

I'm not sure that absolutely no power is possible. If it is, it would have to have tons of surface area like a tide pool (maybe bare bottom too). However, I think that working within limits is also interesting (maybe like a cap of 25W of total AC power).

It would be very hard, but I have a few suggestions to think about that would work.

Lithium Ion batteries on solar chargers.

Pedal power on a battery

Gas power?

Temperate cold water(for those of us on/near the coasts)?

time to put the kitty to work

solar powered is def interesting, but might have heat issues... solar powered fan too! lol. i'm already thinking about this one

definately need a budget cap tho, if not just for us as partially-claiming-to-be-sane individuals and for our other tanks sakes as well

I would be up for household items (coffee pot is too restricting).

can we keep this familiar, not a high school science project! i'm mentally challenged so pls understand

I have to agree, I know some people are looking for the next CRAZY thing, I am down with the format that has been in place.... custom and stock ......
Can we have another hint already

the group buy half 15g sounds pretty cool to me now actually... but i dont knowhow we'd get tanks to those not in socal

i really want to get in on one of these contest dealies but every time theres a contest something is always up
i interested either in the prop tank or money cap idea
START ONE SOON!!!

I will agree...."start one soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

That will earn you a sit in the electric chair here in Texas!!!



I'm gonna throw out the idea of a 1watt or less tank (lighting). Under 30g and not just FOWLR.

less then 1w of light what would that be exactly? 1 LED? and what could you keep 1 zoa?

Mushrooms, featherdusters, some sponge species, plenty of different invet species, fish, liverock, sea fans, sun corals, and possibly a couple soft coral species. It totally doable..

I vote for a non-photosynthetic <10G or <5G.

I do have an old blender with a huge glass pitcher and an extra 1/2" bulkhead fitting...

One thing to keep in mind is that you can enter just about anything in the open category (battery powered, coffee pot, 1W per gallon, cold water, etc); although I think that it is interesting to compare various solutions to the same restriction.

i am new here but like the idea of a contest. i think a power cap idea would come up with some intersesting solutions. you could say have all power supplied by 6 AA bateries or something like that

I'd be interested in a prop tank contest or a coffee pot type thing.

What about a Mac aquarium contest?

http://www.theapplecollection.com/Collecti...ium/index.shtml

I ain't touching that!

Best DIY equip that benefits the hobby.

New nano skimmer, Cal reactor, etc.. designs? Cooling solutions...

Would have to be non-ghetto, but something easy enough for most to accomplish.

Combined with a coffee pot type thing
I just noticed an old coffee maker in the cabinet here at work ...

Don't ya just love the suspense? I hope this starts soon...... all the expectations....
Hey let's scrap the coffee pot and just do an aquafina bottle

better yet, a salifert test tube