omfg...I just had to read all of that so you could double check with your fiance...........Late entry fee $75 and get your balls from her purse while your at it.:lol:

haha we're hilarious.

But seriously he's in! Wes you can blame me, which I'm sure you already did.

ahah yeah she doesn't care... she's good like that :D

Me: "Can I"
Her: "Why are you asking me?"
Me: "uuuuugh... I thought that was how things we're suppose to work now?"

That's how it works AFTER the "I do"'s..:mrgreen:

Thats why " I dont'''s" :lol:

Please dont tell my gf.......

This makes me laugh every time I read it

http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/2117.gifAh Wes you have so much to learn http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/2431.gif - http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/2380.gif - http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/2406.gif - http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/2428.gif - http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/2076.gif - http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/2097.gif - http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/2433.gif - http://www.clipartof.com/images/thumbnail/2428.gif

Those are some dirty icons....

Now thats creative........haha

Sorry just curious... why will the $$ be divided into 3 equal portions if the one prize is a sponsored one??

Won't it just be divided into 2 for "best tank" and "most innovative"

Just Curious

Again just to clarify... everyone must have water in the tank by November 15th?? With rock? What about live stock? Will there be any other dates that stuff must be done by besides the monthly photo?

Just curious... cause I don't want to accidentally get disqualified

Best Tank
- 5.5G
- 10G
- Most innovative between everything.

Red Coral doesn't come out of the entry fee.

Water w/ Live Rock..

Monthly photo needs to be accompanied by budget update on the 15th of every month.

Ok... ic... ic

Dang should have went 5.5G better odds... could have been competing against 3 people for 1/3 the $$ opposed to 10 for the same amount... because all the money is evenly split right? Not just the 5.5G entry fees for the 5.5G "best tank" and the 10 gallon fees for the 10 gallon prize?

Interesting...?

Anyway... the more people I beat I guess the more glory I'll have and that is priceless and now I think I know everything I need to know to avoid getting DQed

Thanks

sorry, I never copy and pasted from the very original contest post.
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...31&postcount=1

All categories were listed there.

I have a question regarding picture taking and posting dates. We are supposed to post a picture on the 15th of every month. What date can we actually take the picture. What happens if someone has to work a shift out of town for a few days including the 15th or if somehas has to go on a 2 week holiday with the 15th falling in the middle of the holiday?

I'm sure no one is going to crucify you if you don't get it in on time but I'm not the boss lol!

Post prior to any deadline. Just write a note in your post that it is for the Monthly FTS (also make sure your budget is upto date too).

Soooooooooooo........

whats going on with all the people that havnt updated their threads with the mandatory FTS?

Also, maybe for the people that have already dropped out, they can have their threads deleted or moved so that only people actually left in the nano build are in the forum. Less cluster.

I guess they're out?? Which sucks... I would like there to be as many as possible to vote from at the end.

I agree :) it'll make it a little easier to follow who's still in the competition... or I guess we could just make an updated list??

Those who didn't update are out.

Is there a date that we are not supposed to make any changes by. Can we re-aquascape any time we want. Can we replace the live rock at any time? If we have room in the budget can we add new livestock at any time we want?

Sure, why not?

Just wondering if at this point if its too late to change theme or swap out live stock. i have decided i want to remove the majority of my inverts and start with a different idea.

???????????????

I don't have an issue with it but eventually you're going to have to stick with something.

So far your tank progress seems a little strange to me. I'm not sure that keeping "non-contest" corals in it is fair or should be allowed. I mean it's one thing to do this for temporary storage but it should be done discretely and I don't think you should be posting pictures of the corals in your build thread. If a coral is placed in the tank it should be added to the budget. Yes it was agreed that you could remove livestock but for different reasoning.

the only reason the corals are in there is that i am just waiting to get the light set up on a different tank. i know it doesnt look good as far as the contest goes, but i have no other tanks with the light to support it right now. just triing to get a new bulb and canopy so i can move these corals.

When is the last FTS that will be judged? When does the contest end?

NM I just saw it April 15th, so the April 15th FTS is what will be judged?

I guess so, I'd better stop by the LFS after work today :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

You and me both.

Yea, Last day is April 15 for FTS. It MUST be posted that day, anything after the 15th and you are out of luck as I only have tomorrow to put the polls together. I will be taking the Final FTS, and 1-2 photos (if you posted more than just FTS's) of each tank in the contest, creating voting polls for "Best Tank" and "Most Innovative", and voting will last until the end of the month (Apr. 30/09).

Winner for the Red Coral sponsored "Best Theme" will be announced as soon as I can. I will be speaking with Kevin today, as he will most likely have to contact the winner to arrange whatever he needs to do.. :lol:

Good Luck to all you! :D

So when does the second contest start Josh?

Whenever someone else wants to run it... :lol:

perhaps you can also provide links to peoples threads (first page) with the 3 photos so contenders can provide a brief summary for those interested.

I won't be posting my shot until later tomorrow night... so how's that going to work if you only have tomorrow to make the voting poll but I won't be home until 11ish to post the shot?

Maybe someone else can set up the vote, sounds like pretty short notice since this wasn't really mentioned before. I'm guessing if a deadline exists for tomorrow we're going to have some unhappy contenders who got disqualified because they didn't see this post in time.

Who are you nominating to do so?

Will the next one have similar rules, or can we change them? I want in on it this time I think, but under different circumstances then the first contest. I'm going to try and start a new thread on this whole thing.

Deadline is tomorrow so as long as you post tomorrow before midnight your own local time I think you're fine

I say give people a few days or even a week to post their final pics and they should be contacted by PM to be sure they got the notice.

I'll do the next contest if Josh doesn't want to, unless someone else wants to do it. I doubt I'll be putting up with as much as he did though :razz: We can tweak the rules some if some of you who went through the first one have some constructive feedback.

Just throwing that out there :biggrin: