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Goal
To document, educate, and show, new, and seasoned alike, different techniques, and methods of successful reefing. This is about 25% to show off what you can do, and about 75% to show results over time.
Overview
Set up a fresh/new reef tank, and grow it out, for one year. Document every two weeks in a build thread. Spending cap at $1000 on the year - this is about $80 a month. Winners will get a chance to host a meeting, and will be asked to give a talk about their process and approach at Reef ED or Coral Extravaganza
Timeline
You may enter now, and start collecting the gear for your build, but you may not start setting it up until the contest officially starts.
The build-off will officially start at Reef Ed (date TBD, sometime in April/May) and will run the full year until the next ReefED.
PRIZES
In addition to winning the prestige of 'Colorado's Best Build' title, the top 3 finishers will split the cash pool 60/30/10. Each participant must contribute $75 to the pool to enter the competition, so the more participants the BIGGER the pool! And if that isn't enough to get you excited, how about a;
- EcoTech Radion gen4 XR30w PRO for 1st place (Brought to you by LandLocked Reef) and a;
- Kessil A360WE Tuna Blue for 2nd place (Brought to you by Kessil) and a;
- Gift Card Pack worth $200 for 3rd place
Commitment
Rules
The goal of this is that if somebody sees your setup after one year, that they will have nearly everything that they need in your thread to get the same results. This is about the people that are watching, not proving how awesome you are, so be honest, helpful and think of a potential person whom might see your setup, and get into the hobby. This can do a lot of good to show folks that you don't have to have a fortune to be good at this.
Participants
- jda123 (not-paid)
- kchristensen8064 (paid)
- kickyfeet (paid)
- Synden (paid)
- JuanGutz (paid)
- neil32(paid)
- milehightides (paid)
Goal
To document, educate, and show, new, and seasoned alike, different techniques, and methods of successful reefing. This is about 25% to show off what you can do, and about 75% to show results over time.
Overview
Set up a fresh/new reef tank, and grow it out, for one year. Document every two weeks in a build thread. Spending cap at $1000 on the year - this is about $80 a month. Winners will get a chance to host a meeting, and will be asked to give a talk about their process and approach at Reef ED or Coral Extravaganza
Timeline
You may enter now, and start collecting the gear for your build, but you may not start setting it up until the contest officially starts.
The build-off will officially start at Reef Ed (date TBD, sometime in April/May) and will run the full year until the next ReefED.
PRIZES
In addition to winning the prestige of 'Colorado's Best Build' title, the top 3 finishers will split the cash pool 60/30/10. Each participant must contribute $75 to the pool to enter the competition, so the more participants the BIGGER the pool! And if that isn't enough to get you excited, how about a;
- EcoTech Radion gen4 XR30w PRO for 1st place (Brought to you by LandLocked Reef) and a;
- Kessil A360WE Tuna Blue for 2nd place (Brought to you by Kessil) and a;
- Gift Card Pack worth $200 for 3rd place
Commitment
- $75 buy-in, for members. $99 for non-members. $75 dollars for each contestant goes into the cash pool. $24 of the non-member price goes toward a 1 year membership.
- Must set up a build thread, and update it at least every two weeks with progress
- Must post build threads in the tank builds section HERE, with the Build thread titled "USERNAME build-off competition entry"
- Must keep track of spending
- Can only spend a max of $1000 for the year
- First post of each thread should have a current FTS and an inventory of the spending for a quick view
- Must answer questions about your tank, methods and setup
Rules
- Max tank size is 60g. No restrictions on dimensions, or shape but cannot be any larger the 60g.
- Have to use a reasonable price for items that you use, live and dry - used is fine, but be honest about the price you paid for it and where you acquired it from.
- No donations - this is not about who has the best friends, it is about somebody honestly doing something that is repeatable. If you get any DBTC or other free stuff, you must deduct the fair market value for it from your yearly budget, and must disclose it in your build thread. This goes the same for any gear, or dry goods.
- Stands don't count towards your cap - some tanks can just sit on a countertop/floor, but some people will be tempted to use cheap junk to say on budget. Be safe and sound, so don't worry about cost here.
- Incidental stuff like RO water, electricity, test kits and other stuff like spray paint and masking tape to paint the back of a tank should not be counted. You can use scissors that you already have or some super glue. There is no way to really measure this... just be reasonable and fair about the "free" stuff that you use.
- Stuff like tank, pumps, lights, salt, sand, rock, livestock, etc. all counts. Even if you kill it, it still counts.
- You cannot sell stuff out of your tank for more money during the competition - this is a hobby tank, not a business
- Everybody understands that you are not a professional photographer, so just do your best with a camera phone - This will not be held against you, but recommend that you use gel filters, or any of the new camera apps to help you present your tank in the best way possible.
- $1000 budget cap on the year. You can spend this however, and whenever you want, and you don't need to spend all of it, but don't spend over it.
- If you get selected as a finalist, then you must present your methods and approach at the designated club meeting and award ceremony.
- Anyone deemed to be violating any of these rules will be disqualified, and will forfeit their buy in.
- 80% of a participants score will be based on results. Aquascape, design, growth, colors, and general health of the system will all be taken into account for this
- 10% of a participants score will be about their willingness to help others learn from their method(s)
- The remaining 10% of the score will be about sustainability. Builds should be built to last, and be sustained over a long period. Using tank bred, and aquacultured corals also count toward this part of the score.
- There will be 5 designated judges. At least 2 of the judges must be BOD members, and remaining 3 can be a club member who is not participating in the competition, and has has kept a reef tank for at least 5+ yrs.
- Each judge will monitor, evaluate, and score each participant. Scores will be tallied at the end of the competition. Highest 3 win.
- BOD judges will handle any disputes, violations or disqualifications
The goal of this is that if somebody sees your setup after one year, that they will have nearly everything that they need in your thread to get the same results. This is about the people that are watching, not proving how awesome you are, so be honest, helpful and think of a potential person whom might see your setup, and get into the hobby. This can do a lot of good to show folks that you don't have to have a fortune to be good at this.
Participants
- jda123 (not-paid)
- kchristensen8064 (paid)
- kickyfeet (paid)
- Synden (paid)
- JuanGutz (paid)
- neil32(paid)
- milehightides (paid)
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