New Unoffical 10 Gallon contest coming up

[Damsels R Cool]

So I just want to confirm this so that I am not confused.

 

The 75% discount is applied to livestock only? equipment only? both?

 

Thanks,

Nate

 

only live stock taken from a current tank with 20 or less polyps for stuff like zoas,or 1 head of any coral

[bradisfun]

That is very nice of you Brad...but I don't think that they will/can ship live corals to the USA

 

it might not be corals it might be something else like books or additives/suppliments

if they were to sponsor the contest prize would it be like best DIY or best aquascape or what

and they want to know what sort of prize u would be looking for look on there site and see what u think would be aproprite

 

brad

[bradisfun]

only live stock taken from a current tank with 20 or less polyps for stuff like zoas,or 1 head of any coral

 

would this count if the coral is from a friends tank and we didn't pay for it

 

also theres a mini nem (hich hicker) on the live rock that i will be useing is this deducted from my buget

[harthag12]

i'm assuming the 75% off of paid price is only for fish since they aren't listed? The coral prices are already super low any lower and we may as well have a no budget contest.

[JoeD]

i'm assuming the 75% off of paid price is only for fish since they aren't listed? The coral prices are already super low any lower and we may as well have a no budget contest.

+1. What he said. 90% of what I am going to use is coming out of my other tanks.... Deducting 25% off the low priced generic list makes no sense. We should use the list prices exclusively. My $.02.... Watching my budget:)

[got2envy]

I agree..I said it some pages back...either we use the generic list or the 75%...we can't do both

[gabe3eb]

+1

 

75% off makes no sense. If I buy a coral for $50 bucks and watch it grow for several months, it certainly isn't losing any value...

[Jacobnano]

Is the 75% thing in the rules lol? I just copy and paste...

 

-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.

 

-All live stock can come from anywhere, sponsors, LFS, whatever. If you use something from a current tank, you deduct 75% of its fair market value. If you purchase livestock online, you deduct the actual price paid for the livestock from the budget, but don't count shipping costs. ?

 

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

 

-Not deducted from the budget: 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

 

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

 

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

 

Let me know and I will add more things.

 

 

2009-2010 Nano Contest

 

Prizes awarded for:

- Best 10g over all Prize

1st prize- ($50 gift card to Reef Gardens)

2nd prize- 3 mini nems from claygirl13

3rd prize- mystery frag from Lawnman

 

-Best Aquascape

1st prize- 25$ gift card to reefcleaners

2nd prize- Two chemi-pure (6.5oz) floss + 5 units of inTank special floss from INTANK

3rd prize- mystery frag from lajz9

 

-Best DIY All donated by: scooternerd

1st prize- mini AIO pico (2.7 gallons)+ return pump

2nd prize- small HOB fuge

3rd prize- 7x7x7 tank

 

 

People in so far

 

Damsels R Cool

Clown fish 39

Duckiesforever

TNT276

Jager

got2envy

claygirl13

Scooternerd

Pisces4u

JoeD

harthag12

gabe3eb

ReefDreamz

rfd515

Maeda

Kali D

junyoungmin

Llamaguy

nanoreefnate

Dizzle21

dhjunkie

Phixion

Osric

justkidding86

bradisfun

 

OK here is some info, I don't know what to classify it as until the competition itself starts.

 

-I am going to choose one object the day before the competition starts and pics must posted of that object in the tank by the end of the next day.

-The object could be anything, so don't try to start your tank now, I am pretty random so good luck guessing

-Each participant should have a tank thread that I can link to on the first post of the contest thread (not created yet).

-There will be monthly required photos of the tanks.

[got2envy]

75% as in fish...not corals...correct?

Corals we are using the generic list as far as I know. If we are then that 75% needs to be corrected to say "fish only"

We can not do the 75% off corals and use the generic list is what we are trying to say...it has to be one or the other and I thought we decided on the generic list

Today is the cut off date so we really need to get this stuff straightened out ASAP.

[got2envy]

only live stock taken from a current tank with 20 or less polyps for stuff like zoas,or 1 head of any coral

 

This does not make sense....or am I missing something

I can say I took everything out of a current tank...I mean I can do that lol and not all zoas are found on line to get a 75% off price so what do we compare this to to get the 75% off? with the generic list u are getting a large % off already.

 

 

Halp Mod and OP

[justkidding86]

I thought there was something fishy with that rule. I thought it would only make sense if the 75% off came from already owned equipment because we already had a drastically reduced coral price list.

[got2envy]

Yes it would be cool for a % off for used equipment, but that did not happen lol

[Lawnman]

I agree the 75% needs to be dropped. I thought it already was? The price list is already super low for prices. Maria you gonna do the no limit contest in January to?LOL

[got2envy]

OMG that is sooooo tempting but I already just transferred my AP24 to the 29g so.....prob not.

I will follow along tho.

 

I think I need to be assistant to the assistant Mod here

[Lawnman]

LOL You will have to follow along. I have a SHaweet LED light in the works. I will say no more.

[bradisfun]

it might not be corals it might be something else like books or additives/suppliments

if they were to sponsor the contest prize what would it be like best DIY or best aquascape or what

and they want to know what sort of prize u would be looking for look on there site and see what u think would be aproprite

 

also theres a mini nem (hich hicker) on the live rock that i will be useing is this deducted from my buget

 

brad

[Kylebeano]

Please count me in on the contest

[bradisfun]

Acans-

--Common -$5 per head

--Nice -$10 per head

--Rare -$20 per head

 

this is unfair i pay less than this

evan for rare(cos there not rare over here in Austraila )

[Jacobnano]

I think it is fine since it evens out with a 45$ 10g.

[Osric]

OK since I really don't understand the pricing at all, I'd just like to know how much it will cost toward my budget to put a Sun Coral in which has about 45 polyps. A poor picture:

 

 

I purchased this colony from my LFS for $29 canadian, but I understand the price list is fixed and I just don't know how to read it. So Jacob, if you can just tell me what this costs for the contest I can figure out if I want to put it in my contest tank.

 

Also, assuming it's too expensive for the whole colony, I might frag it (though this is not generally a great idea with these corals), so knowing what it would be for a frag of 1-4 heads would be great also.

 

thanks!

Osric

[scooternerd]

what r u guys smokin some reefer or what? this thread is getting way of track! today is the deadline for entry and we still dont have a set of definite rules!

[got2envy]

That's wut I said Scoot

 

Osric- It says $25 up to 5"..so over 5" is up to Jacob depending on how much bigger the frag is after the 5" to price...hope this makes sense...5" is a pretty nice sized frag

 

I did it as a whole colony size rather than per polyp on a few corals, I have never seen a sun coral sold per polyp...

[evodrgn@]

for those interested in 10 gallon components i have some stuff for sale in the hardware section.

[Llamaguy]

I agree the 75% needs to be dropped. I thought it already was? The price list is already super low for prices. Maria you gonna do the no limit contest in January to?LOL

 

I was thinking the same think. I liked the set price and budget for coral as this helped to even the field for me against people who have large tanks from which they can frag.

[junyoungmin]

just take off the 75% livestock rule and the rules should be good. lets finalize everything and start the new thread with FINAL rules. what do you guys think?