This is the Official (sorta) Ten Gallon Contest. Good luck everyone!


Rules

-Total tank volume should be basically 10g. As in no sumps, but a HOB filter is allowed, also converting the tank into an all-in-one is allowed.

-Refugiums are allowed, but should be no bigger than an AquaClear 110.

-HOB filters are allowed but the largest size is an AquaClear 110.

-Budget of 350$

-The cost of the equipment is taken from the budget, so spend wisely. Prices for equipment is based off the lowest online price.

-All live stock can come from anywhere, sponsors, LFS, whatever. You go by the list below, you do no deduct shipping if buying online. Livestock such as fishes and crabs would be 75% of the Live aquaria pricing

-You can mod all you want as long as you keep your total volume at 10 gallons.

-Not deducted from the budget: The cost of a normal ten gallon tank, if it is not a typical ten gallon you deduct 10$ from the cost. Building supplies, eggcrate, stand/canopy materials, plumbing, sand testing supplies mag float, heater, thermometer, salt, water, supplements, food or CUC (only including snails and hermit crabs + certain other crabs PM me if you want to add something to the CUC that I did NOT mention)

-Budget is done on the honor system since we all know what its all worth.
In short, you've got 6 months to make a sweet tank on a limited budget.

-When something dies it does not count toward the budget.

-Begins November 15th, post your tank thread in the Members Aquariums section please.

-There will be monthly required photos of your aquariums progress.

Livestock pricing:

Zoa/Palys-

No names- $ .30 PP
not really colorful at all
Common- $1 PP
EE, Whammin' watermelons, red skirts, dragon eyes, pink panthers etc.
Nice- $5 PP
Nukes, PD's, Tubbs blues, Bam Bam's,AOG's, RPE etc.
Rare- $20 PP
Magicians, PPE, Hornets, Captain America

LPS-
Fungias- any color $30
Brains- $35
Frogspawn/Hammer/Torch/duncans- $5 per head
Trumpets any color- $3 per head
Blastos- $10 per head
Micromussa -$30
Favias up to 4" -$25
Gonipora up to 5" -$15 <- Poor Survival rate
Dendros- $15 per head
Sun Coral- $25 up to 5" frag
Acans-
--Common -$5 per head
--Nice -$10 per head
--Rare -$20 per head
Chalice-
--Common -$5 per eye
--Nice -$10 per eye
--Rare -$20 per eye

Leathers/softies-
Mushrooms - 5$ per polyp
Ricordea 10$ per polyp
Yumas- 10$ per polyp
GSP- 5$ per 3 inch square
Kenya trees- 2$ per frag
Xenia-
--Pom Pom -$5 per stalk
--Blue xenia - $8 per stalk
--Anthelia up to 4" - $5
Other leathers up to 4" - 5$
Clove polyps - 5$ up to 3 inch square

SPS-
Any Morph- branching, encrusting, caps etc.
1/2" -1" -$5
1"-2" -$10
2" - 3" - $20
3" - 5" $30

Clams-
Small- $30
Medium - $40
Large- $50

Other inverts-
Feather dusters (not hitchhikers)- 8$
Conch - $3 each
Nudibranch/sea hares- $5 each
Assorted Sea stars- $ 6 each
Coral banded shrimp- $5 each
Skunk Cleaner shrimp- $20 each
Harlequin shrimp- $20 each
Sexy shrimp-$10 each
Fire shrimp- $30 each
Peppermint shrimp-$3 each
Pom Pom crab- $10 each
Porcelain crab- $10 each
Emerald crab- $5 each
Coco worm- $15 each
Pistol shrimp- $9 each
Gorgonians, sea fans, sea whips, sea rods- $3 each
Sponges-$2 each



Mini Nems-
Any morph - $10 each

Macros-
Hitch hikers are free
Any Macro - $2 a sandwich bag
Mangroves- $1 each

Rock-
Base- 2$ per pound
Live- 4$ per pound

Lighting-
Sunpods-
---70w 80$
---150w 171$

PRIZES!!!

Prizes awarded for:
- Best 10g over all
1st prize- 100$ Gift card from Ocean Gallery II!
2nd prize- 50$ Gift card from Unique Corals!
3rd prize- 25$ Gift card from Your Reef!

-Best Aquascape
1st prize- 25$ Gift card from reefcleaners!
2nd prize- Two chemi-pure (6.5oz) floss + 5 units of inTank special floss from InTank!
3rd prize- Mystery frag from Lawnman!

-Best DIY
1st prize- $50 Gift card from Reef Gardener!
2nd prize- 25$ Gift card from Your Reef!
3rd prize- "Nano Variety Pack" from Coral Morphologic!

-Creativity
1st prize- 3 mini nems from claygirl13!
2nd prize- Mystery frag from lajz9!
3rd prize- Zoa pack from chazde3!
4th prize- GSP and Caulerpa from Zachxbass!


Please delete your posts in this thread, it makes it easier for everyone else. Thanks!






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Kylebeano
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yardboy
Dizzle21
Damsels R Cool
JoeD

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this is a very cool idea... i would definately join if i could. gotta baby coming so i'm getting rid of all my 10's... can't wait to see what this "first item" is.... i kinda like that little twist. so even from just an observer's standpoint it's kind of exciting....

I will also donate a prize, second and third place can take all the green star polyps they want. and i may even give away some FREE caulerpa prolifera (sp)


All prizes are for pickup only. The caulerpa is free, but the GSP must be traded for something. Anything;zoa's, flamethrower, rubber gloves i should have worn when palytoxin made my skin peel off, big new 65gl tank, new shoes, new lights, superglue, dust mask so i don't catch swine flu(or eat palytoxin). you know, anything

okay okay add me in too... but im warning you guys i might have to drop out -- between work and life i am on the verge of a nervous breakdown

We're happy to be a part of this contest. I really do like nanos and look forward to watching this thread over the next 6 months.

Good Luck to All!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aggh I wish I could join in. I'm not setting up my 10 gallon for a month...

i wish this contest started next month

ok done i gotta tank in the basement

can i still join in?

It'll be my first tank, and LEDs

I don't have a sunpod, but I'm pretty sure that puts the cost for the fixture well over $200?

The whole setup has cost me $160 so far, 6 blue 6 white LEDs, so not too expensive.

yup, the whole system. everything was relatively cheap(er) because I got the LEDs from DX and the other stuff wasn't took much either.

Mind you, this is my first LED build and my first reef build, so shelling out $160 for lights still seems like a lot for me.

Exactly.

Jacob, please add my tank thread to the list on the main post.

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=215358

Thanks .

DELETE YOUR POSTS NOW!

What's the fun in a thread with no posts??

As much as I wanted to do this, I finally found a MH deal I couldn't pass up. A 150w Aqualight Hang-on tank for $125. But because of the way the rules are, (which I agree with btw) It would take up almost the entire budget.

In decided that, I bought my rock and put my tank together with the aquaC nano I already had collecting dust from 3 years ago when the first came out.

You could easily participate with 225 left lol

Whats the item needed to take a pic?

I am going to post what the object is at midnight tonight

Ya guys you gotta by the lowest online price you can find.

why the OP and Jacob? i thought Damsels was in charge and he agreed on the prices of the sunpod. 70 watt for 80 and 150 watt for 171.

Damsels is above me. I enforce the law, not interpret or create it haha

o0o0o so he agreed on those prices so i guess maria doesnt need to drop out?

Ok, I am going to go with what damsels said. I actually bought my 150w sunpod off here for 140 shipped haha.

Ok Maria, please don't leave

Here is a suggestion out of left field. It doesn't matter the price is set anyway, but I just did a butt load of researching so there

Price of Aquapod with a 70w Sunpod - $349.99
Aquapod model 7048

Price of Aquapod with crappy worthless pc lighting - $242.99
Aquapod tank only

Therefore it is safe to say that a 70w Sunpod costs $107

And if you want to can do the same thing with the 150w but only if it is needed because it took a whole lot of searching to find that.

I just think that is a fair assessment of how much a 70w sunpod costs. But if the price is $80 for the 70w that's fine with me. Seriously I have no hard feelings toward anyone I was just trying to make the contest fair. G to the E if it was up to me I would drop the budget to $200 and charge for corals only.

Sure it is. You should do a TON of research but this is a great way to start out I think.

I think as long as you have the item in the shot by tomorrow it's fine. I won't be able to start mine until maybe tomorrow night at best.

Also, do fans/ac adapter come out of the budget? They're part of the canopy.

i talked to him and we deided for USED sunpods it's $1.14 a watt so a 70 watt is $80 (i see alot for sale rangeing from $70 to $100) and a 150 watt is $171

are they discontuned

70w Oceanlight

wholesale version
70w Oceanlight

Don't know if it is discontinued but I did find those.

Depends on the type of LR (density) and your flow. If you have good flow you can add a lot.
As far as sand, you could go DSB, BB, and it depends partly on your stocking.

Jacob add this schtuff to the rules so it's official...I want to know what to do to be fair lol
I am confuzzled. at first I was like and now I am like

sorry guys i am hereby dropping out (before it even starts!)... too much going on in my life right now...
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

Here's a start..... add my link.
JoeD's 10g mantis hold contest tank

My thread !
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=215443

What am I adding besides people?

whatever Damsels cme up with for the discontinued items...I am leaving mine at $107 regardless tho

I haven't heard from him

He was posting earlier in this thread...

Oh so just the sunpods? Ok

Also, there are gonna be some disqualifications, I need tank threads from a ton of people.

Give them til them AM. They might be in bed already. I know I should be.

I know I know. They have till the end of tomorrow to gimme a link to their thread and post a pic with the object.

Woo! you are itching to put the Mod hammah down

Jacobnano is busting out the DQ! Snap!

Its officially midnight due, what's the object?

Oh he's a silly west coast reefer

Only 9 for me dawg haha.

maybe you should compromise with mountain time?

It's 9 where you live dizzle lol.