Damsels R Cool Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 so i was throwing the idea of a build the best 10 gallon under $300 and i was think a start time some time in december or january allerady have some great prizes lined up like a $50 gift card from morgan of reef gardens and some other ones but i at least want 10 people would anyone be intrested Link to comment
Dizzle21 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Budget 10g Contest sounds great. idk if i could wait till January to start my tank tho! Link to comment
jokercykoe Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Good luck. Learn from ours Link to comment
Dizzle21 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Budget 10g Contest sounds great. idk if i could wait till January to start my tank tho! Link to comment
duckiesforever Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 im in is it going to be aga? or custom Link to comment
Damsels R Cool Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 im in is it going to be aga? or custom what ever you want as long as the tank's total volume is 10 gallons sounds good? (still in the planning phase) Link to comment
mascott Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I'm a maybe tagging along! Link to comment
Dizzle21 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 so how do these contest work? can you not start till a certain date or just not add water or?? and how long do you have to do your reefing magic? and then i asume members vote for the best. Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Good luck. Learn from ours EXCELLENT advice. I suggest you read a bunch of the 12" Cube Contest thread and decide whether you really want to take that on. Link to comment
Damsels R Cool Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 so how do these contest work? can you not start till a certain date or just not add water or??and how long do you have to do your reefing magic? and then i asume members vote for the best. yes exactly you could get all your equiment but no water in the tank till a specifed date then i'm thinking 6 months then voting but reamber you have $300 (sounds Fair?) to build it Link to comment
Clown Fish 39 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 so 300 for coral and equipment? Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 yes exactly you could get all your equiment but no water in the tank till a specifed date then i'm thinking 6 months then voting but reamber you have $300 (sounds Fair?) to build it That sounds like what we did with this contest: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...t=0&start=0 We found that the $300 budget was used up pretty quickly, and some creative budgeting was necessary. Link to comment
Damsels R Cool Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 so 300 for coral and equipment? yea do you think thats fair? Link to comment
Clown Fish 39 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 oh yea im a maybe:) Link to comment
scooternerd Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 EXCELLENT advice. I suggest you read a bunch of the 12" Cube Contest thread and decide whether you really want to take that on. a big +1,000,000,000,000 read the closed 12" contest thread not the new one or both Link to comment
Dizzle21 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 so 300 for coral and equipment? sounds fair! maybe make it $400. that way it more layout than just having high priced corals. Link to comment
Clown Fish 39 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 well it would be hard to keep in that budget but it be fun having to be creative with budgeting:) i would think if you were careful you keep the hardware under 100- 150 and have the rest for livestock. you should definitely have a standardized price list established before the contest so you could avoid the headache that the 12" inch contest had. i think it could be very fun:) Link to comment
Dizzle21 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 yea so far 10g aga tank- $12 1/4 acyrilic-$20 ordering tmro 18" t5 ho 40w- $50 maxi jet 600- $16 jager 50w heater- $21 corallife thermometer- $9 hardware=$130 prob will be difficult to keep under 300. Link to comment
Jakesaw Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I could be interestd. I've already got a plan in my head - and under 300 bucks would be a requirement for me. Link to comment
Clown Fish 39 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 i just read over Weetabix7's contest and the rules all seem very planned out and it would be easy to maintain a contest with easy to follow rules:) if we basically followed around the same guidelines as the other contest,i think it would be very smooth and fun:) definitiley go for it, im in Link to comment
Dizzle21 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I could wait a couple months. i guess im in Link to comment
Clown Fish 39 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 is say sooner the better like november:) Link to comment
Dizzle21 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I better start saving my money for this thank! haha Im only 18 dont make a whole lot of money..lol Link to comment
Clown Fish 39 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 hahah same boat Dizzle21, im 15 haha Link to comment
TNT276 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I'd be in for a poormans contest Link to comment
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