Steve,

I am sure you are correct that some tanks will be taken down and some will live on. As long as people aren't throwing out their livestock and just putting it all back in a larger display I guess that is okay. I think the nicer nanos with a better shot at winning will be the ones that are intended to last and will therefor probably have more effort put into them.

And if you want a larger tank contest why not organize that yourself? I am now probably going to set up a 50 or 65 gallon tank as well so maybe I'll be into that too :smile:

...okay, see now this is why i think a max budget with no max volume would be a good idea. I don't think anyone in their right mind would try to seriously win this thing while budgeting for a tank over 20g or so anyways; certainly not over 30g, and that's pushing it. It also doesn't technically exclude anyone from entering the contest... so no ruffled feathers. It also allows any sized sump one could want... just have to budget for it. personally my definition of a nano only includes the display, not the sump (unless it is used for display purposes); stability of a system is just a fail safe and if some one wants to incorporate that into a nano, i say kudos; nanos shouldn't have to be unstable. shrug, jmo.

not bending any rules, the original post was contest #2, not nano contest #2

Now Christy is pulling her hair out for ever stepping up so no more bickering.. the nano guys are having another contest and thats the end of it.


is your display 100 gal or the whole system volume? I have no problem with a contest allowing different size tanks, do you?

Steve

So is any progress being made with this?

Progress? No.

Sure, if I'm in charge I can post a thread with the categories that will be happening for NANO contest #2 :biggrin:

:mrgreen:

maybe I missed it, when is this contest gonna start?

June 1 I think.

woot woot!

Where would a 12G AIO fit in? If 2G is the 'sump' and it is stock?

Its part of the custom category. IMO those kinds of tanks are not "stock" anways.

Perhaps I should clarify. A "stock tank" is basically the glass box you get from the store. If you put it together yourself, its custom.

Ill clarify, it came as an AIO, its a nanocube, its not custom made, its a glass box from a store, didn't put it together

Right, but its 12 gallons so it has to go in the custom category.

And its not really the glass box I was thinking of. I was talking bare bones tanks, like those little All-Glass tanks you can get for ten or fifteen bucks. Any AIO tank should be in the custom category IMO.

Gotcha, so if I understand correctly a 10G drilled with an overflow and a 10G sump is considered stock? And a 10G display with a with a 2G sump AIO off the shelf with no mods needed is considered custom?

wait...then will the stock 10 gallon I bought that I plan on turning into a shabby AIO be custom then?

I guess so :neutral:

I'm confused by the rules, I can drill, add an overflow and add a sump to a 10G in the stock category, but if its AIO, its custom? Not trying to be a pain but I got a tank that I figured would work based on the rules for 10G Stock. I got a stock tank with a 10G display, 2G sump, under 20G total water volume.

If you start with a standard tank (such as an all-glass tank), you can do anything to said tank and be included in the 10 gallons or less category as long as the dimensions of that tank make up 10 gallons or less.

If you are buying an AIO tank it is not considered stock. Yes it may be an unmodified tank as AIO tanks go, however the "stock" category is meant to start out as a level playing field. Everyone has the exact same tank (but differently sized depending on what they go with) and they can modify it however they want as long as the glass panels aren't taken apart and put back together.

As far as I'm concerned an "all in one" tank is "pre-customized" and does not fit in this category so it will go in the "custom" category as it is the only other category we have.

Have you read this thread??

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=52045

The categories were decided on and this current thread no longer applies.

This would be considered a Stock 10G in the contest, which can have a sump/overflow added to it:

http://www.pawscorp.com/images/17965_400wh.jpg


This would be considered a Custom Tank:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/images...-fish-tank.jpg


Right Christy? :lol:

Bingo!!

And randi, no your tank would be in the stock category

Yes I have read it... And even voted, my suggestion would be use 'standard' instead of 'stock', they mean completely different things and in this case... I'm assuming 'standard' what was meant. No two ways about it, modifying any tank equals custom.

Oh and I didn't feel the need cluttering up the other thread ;)