How about that tank of the quarterly?

[christyf5]

We don't base any of our TOTMs on certain criteria. Mostly we just look around on various threads and whoever has posted tank pics recently gets thrown in the pile. We like to feature active members and not base anything on tank size, contents etc. Mostly if we see a nice looking/unique/techy etc tank by an active member we feature it. It seems to me we have less people posting photos of their tanks but I dunno, maybe I'm just not paying attention enough

As for various other things like featured member and such, its just a matter of time that we don't seem to have anymore. Four out of the five moderators have small children that just take up too much of our time at the moment so a few things, like the TOTM, have had to be scaled back. I used to have a ton of free time for things like TOTM and the reference library but man, kids just suck whatever free time you have.

Definitely keep the ideas coming though, its likely we can pull some of them off on a smaller scale. I am really liking a quarterly featured member idea, even if its just a nomination and tag next to their name

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by christyf5

It seems to me we have less people posting photos of their tanks but I dunno, maybe I'm just not paying attention enough

I find the same thing also that is why I suggested having some modest criteria now and then so people who don't have extravagant tanks may feel more inclined to post pics of their tanks. It doesn't have to be through TOTM though, there could be other incentives.

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by intarsiabox

I find the same thing also that is why I suggested having some modest criteria now and then so people who don't have extravagant tanks may feel more inclined to post pics of their tanks. It doesn't have to be through TOTM though, there could be other incentives.

Well we've always encouraged people to post tank photos and not just for TOTM (some think they're just posting tank photos FOR TOTM). Its not a contest, its just a showcase. I don't really know what other incentives we could offer, the idea is just to share tank photos because you want to share your tank with everyone. I don't think there should necessarily have to be a reward (although its nice )

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Well we've always encouraged people to post tank photos and not just for TOTM (some think they're just posting tank photos FOR TOTM). Its not a contest, its just a showcase. I don't really know what other incentives we could offer, the idea is just to share tank photos because you want to share your tank with everyone. I don't think there should necessarily have to be a reward (although its nice )

I think people are starting to post less since they don't have the time to hear BS from some people. Honestly, this hobby is becoming more like "follow the strict laws" than "enjoy what you love to do". Just my 0.05 (0.02 is no longer valid )

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by christyf5

Well we've always encouraged people to post tank photos and not just for TOTM (some think they're just posting tank photos FOR TOTM). Its not a contest, its just a showcase. I don't really know what other incentives we could offer, the idea is just to share tank photos because you want to share your tank with everyone. I don't think there should necessarily have to be a reward (although its nice )

I wasn't really refering to a reward, maybe "incentive" was a bad choice in wording. Doing a forum just for tank photos with sub-forums such as LPS dominated, under 1 year, etc. would perhaps encourage more tank photos. It would also save time for the mods to go searching through all threads. I would like to say that it could be made so that members could rate photos (hence the incentive to get good ratings) to encourage some effort but I could see that possibly turning negative too and defeating the purpose. Just an idea, I have no clue whether it would actually encourage more photos or not.

[reefwars]

when i go through the old totm threads seems like they are almost all large tanks , the last tank that was under 90g was in 2008?

http://www.canreef.com/ftotm/jan08/index.php

unless im reading it wrong seems all the tanks are of a good size and no nanos

the last small tank was a 30g in 2007?

http://www.canreef.com/ftotm/mar07/index.php


maybe im reading it wrong....

[Delphinus]

Personally, I love the look of a good mature SPS tank but I do try specifically to avoid selecting SPS-only tanks repeatedly because not everyone is into that, so we do try to at least alternate with something else.

We don't specifically target large tanks... The last one I put up wasn't a particularly large setup and it wasn't that long ago Here's the link in case you missed it: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=91591

[reefwars]

heres my nomination:

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=78211

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by reefwars

when i go through the old totm threads seems like they are almost all large tanks , the last tank that was under 90g was in 2008?

http://www.canreef.com/ftotm/jan08/index.php

unless im reading it wrong seems all the tanks are of a good size and no nanos

the last small tank was a 30g in 2007?

http://www.canreef.com/ftotm/mar07/index.php


maybe im reading it wrong....

no you're right, however it seems like those that have small tanks just don't post photos? maybe there are less people that post photos of their small tanks? maybe people that have large tanks also have big egos that need to be stroked so they post more photos? who knows? have you been in the nano forum lately? its deader than a doornail, if it weren't for the nano contest it wouldn't even have been posted in for the past year.

[Aquattro]

It's also a case of the staff can't read all the threads, and we do miss a lot of tank journal posts. If anyone thinks a smaller tank (or any tank) is worthy, please send one of us a note.