When the new contest i would love to start up a 6" by 6" cube but i need an excuse..........lol Or a 2.5 gallon.

already had a pico contest. i doubt people would do the cube design either....
have you done something that small before? alot of work to keep it stable

i doubt there will be another pico contest but maybe. there were alot of people who wanted another pico contest....
next contests isnt going to be for a while and when i say awhile i mean a few months after this one ends.. and this one just begun in oct. and i am pretty sure is 6 months long so in April is the end date... so the next contest (if there is one) is going to be a few months after april
EDIT** checked the rules, this contest ends on March 31, 2007 ((which is practically april) so if there is going to be another contest it will be a few months after that

No the smallest tank i have kept is a 2 gallon fresh water tank (but who hasent).

I dont mind adding fresh water a few times a day, but if its summer I mite have to set it up im my basement were it stays 60 all year round.

Of and i would keep acropora not all that soft coral you all have.

IM CRAZY That should me my moto lol.

* that should be my moto*

im not talking about topping off.....thats a given... i mean maintaining paramiters in a tank that small.... have you done saltwater before?

Yes, For about 4 or 5 years now and befour that i had a small 10 gallon tank for about 1.5 years.

Ive had fresh water all my life so im no dummy.

I would be doing two or three water changes weekly if i get the 6" cube for the calcium and all that good stuff.

For the 2.5 gallon tank probably a gallon or a half gallon water change every week.


I know i only have like 100 post but the only thing i do when i go online is read about fish.... For about five years. LOL.

Any word yet on the next pico contest? If there is even going to be a next contest.

few months after the nano contest, keeping it stable actually wont be too hard at all

I'm definitely down with a new contest. I'm loving checking out the previous ones. I am hoping to get something going for my desk at work. hopefully smaller than 3 gallons.

-j

Was wondering when these threads would start up again

I personally would like to see a 5.5g contest

Yeah, lets have another contest!!!

id like to see a cutest clownfish pair contest

I win!!!

psst i heard them saying its gonna be a toilet theme, so grab an empty bathroom in ur house and get ur toilet ready -.O

That’s not a bad idea. Having a contest with tanks that are normal household items like:
• A coffee pot
• Kool-Aid pitcher
• Beer mug
• Flower vase
• 5-gallon jug (ship in a bottle type concept)

It’d also be cool to see what people came up with if they had to use a standard fish bowl.

Specimen tank contest.. . minimal dimensional or volume rules.. . categories for 1, 3 or 5 species, with or without external support (could be plumbed of another tank).

I like the fishbowl idea, get people inventive.

A specimen tank would be awesome.

LOW participation in the last contest

im sorry. acrylic scratches and I got frustrated!

Maybe with the filter in the filter? I feel a car boot sale rummage coming on.. .

ooh i think i'd have to enter the coffee pot contest i haven't done a contest before...

Of course all of you should know, I have a new tank design and I WILL be winning the next one. When ya'll see it your going to die............

Show off!!

You just wait until you see this ultra sexy tank I am going to be building next week You will be drooling.

so lets get this new contest started this gives me a reason to start up a tank in my office where is the cut off 5.5g? custom and stock entries?

Chris said there probably wont be a contest like this but instead... bring back a TOTM

COFFEE POT DARNIT!

i got an awesome mod 70s one at goodwill yesterday just for this!

I say a simpler contest that anyone(or at least more people) can join, not requireing the investment in a new full setup.


Best DIY, best coral growth, or something that benefits the hobby itself, like propagation, etc...

Best article or EDU thread... Any worthy articles, etc.. can be put on the main site's info area.

I love the household object concept.... lets push the envelope... I know supahtim did a coffee pot a while back...... it looked sweet....

Perhaps an upgrade contest
-pinner

fw contest woot

FW CONTEST!

that wouldnt bbe fair.... u would win

There's a lot more very good(better then me) FW aquarists on this site. Trust me.

i think a good idea would be a small prop tank, with only aqua cultured corals in the tank

Dang you beat me to it. I think a prop tank build up would be sweet. The next contest I am in. No matter what it is. I think the coffee pot idea is by far the best. That would be cheap and the DIY would be nuts. I VOTE COFFEE POT REEF.

what about a picotope contest? I know alot of ppl have those around the forum. think itd be kinda neat

coffee pot contest!! that would be so funny, and wouldnt cost much so more people could join... i'd be down

EDIT: avalanche we posted at the same time... and i think the point of the contest is that everyone starts at the same time so it doesnt matter what you have cause they will all be new tanks... everyone starts at the same time

i'm sooo in.

COFFEE POT!!!!!


come on... please? so awesome...

id like to 3rd that, i would love to do a prop tank and this is a great excuse )

0-sided tank.


No glass, no acrylic, only very strong magnetic fields to keep the water in it's shape.

You wanna start a DIY thread on the topic for me Daemon? I did an online seach and there seems to be a lack of info on the topic.

I think I could find a coffee pot though... Damn I use mine as life support for myself.
-pinner

I like it! It could probably be done with a few thousand volts going through the water . I second pinner reef. You should try it - make Tesla proud

FW!!! I want an excuse to set up a mini bow 7 dwarf puffer planted tank!!!


^ that's a mouthful

It would be a nano contest!
I know... a fw planted nano contest, with 15 gallons being the max... and we could have a pico level too... below 5 gallons... cheap, small, inexpensive... what do you think CM??




Maeda would win though based on her posts in my thread ("post a pic of your FW tanks!")

I love those Indian Dwarf Puffers. I have thought about setting up a fake saltwater tank for them. Sandy bottom, and maybe some realistic imitation saltwater corals, sea fans, sponges…

The problem that I have with a freshwater contest is that this is Nano-Reef.com and not Nano-Tank.com. I think that it should be a marine system.

Do I hear a sub forum for fw? (Same community and website! This site is the best!)

Coffee pot!!!!! Would be cheap and fun. Closed loop on a 12 cup. Refumium in the water container in the back. Retro lights. Right on the kitchen counter. Think of it.

so ready for the CP challenge... who needs sleep when you could be reefing?

I couldn't stand having a coffee pot sitting around like that lol! FW contest FTW!