Freebie!!!

[BigKGlen]

I was attending the Monthly meeting (HINT-HINT) at Cabela's in Buda yesterday, and was lucky enought to win a $25 Gift Certificate from one of our Sponsors, Clam's Direct.
I have all the clam's I want, so I'll be looking for a worthy aquarist to donate my Certificate to.
Go to Clams Direct (http://www.clamsdirect.com/) to shop their inventory.
If interested, please submit your name into the hat. I'll need your tank size, how long your system has been running, a list of your current occupants and a little something as to why you think you are the worthy one.
Open to all members, Web or Charter, General membership and Officers.

No PM's please. Open Posts!! This will allow other members to get to know about our neighbors obsessions!

:clown: P.S. There will be a big HOOPLA parade for the Worthy One!! :clown:

[jrnannery]

Greetings. I would like to be entered into your contest. I am setting up my 29 BioCude to house a few species of smaller fish, so far a Yellow Clown Goby, a green Striped Goby, and a Firefish, as well as an assortment of mushrooms. I think a small-ish Crocea would be an excellent addition.

Thanks, Richard

[ErikH]

Very nice of you Kevin! :)

[clone]

i wanna be in the hat,90g-30g sump,2 tangs and a scooter bleeny.
ive been trying to get my hands on a nice clam for awhile but it seems that evry were i go it either to small or its the same color.ive been wanting to order from them but just havent had the $$$$$.

[BigKGlen]

Oh, Erik :blushing:

BTW, as always, pics would be greatly appreciated!

[D_and_A_Custom]

Its nice to be know someone so kind hearted.Kevin my hat goes off to you. :applause:

[BigKGlen]

Come on now, you're making me blush

[tropicana]

My name is Travis. I have a 55g Reef with a few sps (miami orchid, seaworld selago, etc) Softies(mushrooms, zoas, zoos) 30g Sump, Dual 400w MH, Dose b-ionic (2 part). My tank has been up and running about a 1 1/2 years. My livestock consists of: Purple Tang, GSM clown, Bangai Cardinal, Dragonet Mandarin Goby, Lawnmower Blenny, misc hermits/snails. Thats about it, Ive been wanting to get a clam for some time, I just recently started watching his stock at clams direct. I think I would be a great candidate due to the fact that I LOVE the ways of the ocean, and everytime I see a great aquarium I get woosy... I will also be Upgrading within the next year to at least a 90g-180g. So to transfer him into there would be great too! I think I would take care of the clam wonderfully as I havent had but a couple deaths which were when the tank was cycling :) Please consider me! Thanks Kevin!

Ps. BTW I would be looking at either a Crocea like this: http://www.clamsdirect.com/store/product.php?productid=4684&cat=3&page=3

or a Maxima like this:
http://www.clamsdirect.com/store/product.php?productid=4593&cat=6&page=1

[phrog]

I'd throw my name in the hat, but seeing as how I was lucky enough to walk away with two of the other gift certificates, it just doesn't seem fair. :) Nice contest, though.:)

[aquasport24]

Hi Kevin, i only having 11 clams and i need one more to make it a even dozen..Please place me on top of the list..thx..J/K..Very nice of you ,Kevin.

[tropicana]

Hi Kevin, i only having 11 clams and i need one more to make it a even dozen..Please place me on top of the list..thx..J/K..Very nice of you ,Kevin.

You could tell him how nice I am and Why I am a good candidate Giau...

[princer7]

Not sure if I am worthy but will throw my name in the hat just in case. :bighug: A pretty clam sure would be a nice addition. I am now broke and cannot afford one.

I am upgrading my current 65 gallon reef to a 215 gallon next weekend. Anyone interested in lifting a tank? I am moving over all the live rock an sand in addition to the new sand. Hopefuly a very short cycle.

Inhabitants include:
Pair of Picasso Clownfish
Green Bubble Tip Anemone
Group of Pyjama Cardinals
2 Purple Firefish
Coral Beauty
Dwarf Golden Moray Eel
Cleaner Shrimp
- don't plan on adding much more to the bigger tank

Favorite Corals Include:
Oregon Tort
Cali Tort
Palmers Blue Millie
Raspberry Lemonade
War Coral
Christmas Acro
Purple Digi
Bali Tricolor

I have 40+ different corals but they are all frags. Got a little frag happy and needed a bigger tank!

Tank will be lit by 3-4 250 watt halides and 4 39 watt T5 actinics. It will include a Wavebox, Kalk and Calcium Reactor, 1/3 HP Chiller, Carbon and Phosban Reactors, Sump w/ refugium. All controlled by an Aquacontroller III. It's going to be AWESOME!

[tony]

kudos kevin!!!

[Darth-Tater]

Hey Kevin, please enter my mame into the drawing. I have a 75 gallon in my classroom. It has been up for a year. It has a nice rock of Zoas (:angel:) and the kids would love to watch a clam. Also, I have a 24 gallon aquapod iun the office. But it might not have enough light. Thanks for doing this. An another note who ever you decide on we should all get together foar another group order.

It has a toadstool
1 flame hawk
1 long nose hawk
yellow tang
squrriel fish
lawnmower blenny
a leather
two clown fish
2 engineer gobies
a few crabs


Lighting is 360 watts
David

[Submariner]

Ok... Here's my tank description. I have a 175 gal (viewable from both sides) in wall reef tank with 1 250w 10k and 2 175w 14k. A 30 gal sump with a small pc light and in sump skimmer. I had framers come out and do the pre-build but I finished the dry wall, trim and cabinetry. I hope it is an acceptable entry.

Link to slideshow:
http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/kk51/vparziale/?albumview=slideshow

Link to my album:
http://s277.photobucket.com/albums/kk51/vparziale/

Some of the things you will see:

A giant toadstool (no really it's the size of a plate)
Large Bubble Coral and a frag that originally came from it
6 different types of zoas (sorry don't know all their names)
Large Finger Leather
Blue, RED, Metallic Green, Green Striped, and Hairy Mushrooms
Yellow Toadstool
Large Frogspawn
Unusual Torch
Red Monti Cap Frag (growing fast)
Pink and Purple Ricordea (splitting has two mouths)
Tons o' Pulsing Xenia
WBTA (a little greenish)
African Leather
Large rock of Green Star Polyps
Candy Cane Coral
Yellow Sunburst Polyps
Cabbage Coral
Golden small polyp leather
Yellow Toadstool
Green Polyps that are spreading fast over the Tonga
Large rock of Green Star Polyps

Pair of mated Maroon Clowns
Blue Hippo Tang
Pygmy Hawk (he's not that small)
Pair of mated Coral Band Shrimp
Lyre Tailed Anthias
Fiji and yellow tailed Damsels
Royal Gramma
Mandarin Goby
Chameleon Flounder
Sailfin Tang
Large Black Urchin
Cleaner Crew

Whew I think that's all of it...
Well I hope everyone enjoys the slideshow and or pictures. Sorry I still haven't figured out how to take good pictures of my tank but I'll be working on it. As you can see the middle of my tank is suspiciously empty and I suspect it's been waiting for a beautiful clam to fill the space. Thank you for your consideration. I welcome all comments on how to improve the look of my tank. I'm going to start adding some SPS with unsual colors to liven it up!

[Kristy]

Hey Kevin,
Nice gesture you are making here. We'd love to be considered...

The clam would have a good home in our 210g tank (recently setup but all pieces were transferred from an existing system - see details on our signature line). We have waited patiently to get a clam after a year and a half of reef-keeping to make sure our parameters would continue to be stable enough to support one and feel we are finally ready. We also finally have strong enough lighting to keep a clam as well (2x 250w MH with 12K Reeflux bulbs supplemented by T5s and lots of actinics... may soon be making that 3x 250w MH once we have a minute to move our lighting around...)

Happy occupants include:
4 tangs (blue hippo, powder blue, purple and yellow)
2 maroon clownfish hosting in anenome
3 lyretail anthias
lawnmower blenny
bicolor blenny
scooter blenny dragonet
female mandarin dragonet
flame hawk
coral beauty
diamond goby
cleaner wrasse
neon goby
sixline wrasse (recently added to help keep a clam happy and pyramid snail-free)
coral banded shrimp
pistol shrimp
pincushion sea urchin
lots of snails and a few hermits

Corals:
acans
favia
frogspawn
blasto mussas
candycane coral
pom pom xenia
sun coral
various mushrooms
various zoas

We also have another tank that we could move a fish to if for some reason it antagonized our new clam...

We had actually picked out a couple of clams in May and tried to start another group order but it did not work out, so we will definitely be making a purchase from clamsdirect soon. Hope you will throw my name into the ring.

[BigKGlen]

Whoops, forgot!
Self-nominations will be accepted until Friday 6/6 at 5pm
I'll announce NLT 8pm Sunday 6/8

[Mr Cob]

Pretty cool Kevin.

I would like to be considered for this drawing as the "Worthy One" because I do not currently have a clam and it would be a great addition to add to my tank so that my wife will further appreciate the tank and allow for another upgrade ..."In the wall". :)

Plus I will be able to validate a lighting upgrade with my sweet wifey from VHO to MH. :)

Here's a link to info and pics of my tank that has been up for a year and running on 2 with some of the livestock:
http://www.maast.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43275

Lighting:
-440 watts of VHO with an ice cap 660 ballast (2x 10k and 2x actinics all 4 have 180degree internal reflectors)
-260 watts of PC with moon lighting (2x 50/50 and 2x 450nm)

Sump/Refugium:
-40gallon trickle filter converted and turned into a sump/refugium
-lots of chaeto
-red dragon's breath
-4" deep sand bed of aragonite
-10 pounds of crushed coral for the pods
-20 pounds of live rock
-small 300gph powerhead in refugium
-super skimmer 220 with an after market CA 4000 (1300gph) pump
-100watt heater
-28 watt coralife light w/a 50/50 bulb


Display Flow:
-2 x Koralia #3's (850gph each)
-1 x powerhead unknown name (600gph)
-1 x penguin 300 without filter media and full of live rock rubble for pods.(300gph)
-return...-mag 5 (350gph)

Display Misc.
-About 200pounds of mature live rock
-30 pounds of crushed coral in the back for pods
-120 pounds of live sugar sand
-60 pounds of live aragonite

Tank/Stand/Canopy:
-120gal custom made perfecto 48"x24"x24" (glass)

Fish:
-1x Red firefish
-1x Scopas tang
-1x Coris Wrasse
-1x Spotted blenny
-1x Bi-color blenny
-1x Pair of green mandarins
-1x Blue chromis damsel
-3x green chromis damsels
-1x true perc

Inverts:
-2x pepermint shrimps
-1x pistol shrimp
-1x skunk cleaner
-1x halloween hermit crab
-30x blue and red leg hermit crabs along with a few scarlets
-40x...snails (stomatella, astrea and the ones that live in the sand)
-1x emerald crab
-5x small sea star serpents

Coral:
-Red/white coco worm
-Green Brain
-Orange Monti Cap
-Green Pagoda
-Lrg green star polyp colony
-Neon gren star polyp colony
-yellow polyps
-purple stars
-white stars
-elongata pulsating xenia
-white/blue pulsating xenia
-yellow/green ricordea
-orange/green ricordea x3
-florida blue ricordea
-large long tentacle anenome
-various zoas
-various palys
-various shrooms

Thanks for considering me, I appreciate the kindness!

[MRSBIGBIRD123]

Kevin, what a gracious thing to do!

[BigKGlen]

Thanks, Cheri!
I hope there are many more of our members that nominate themselves.

[ACE]

I would like to put my name in the hat for this give away. I have a new 75G RR, currently with no inhabitants. A nice clam would make a nice first resident to the set up. My two young boys have been waiting impatiently for this tank to be ready for a long time, all the while looking at the 90LBS of live rock in there and studying it for some sort of life.

[BigKGlen]

And The Winner Is... :nailbiting:

[aquasport24]

who? who? who?

[princer7]

The suspense is kiiilllling me!! :what_smile:

[Darth-Tater]

Clams Direct because somebody will spend more than the 25.00 gift certificate at the store. :rofl:

[tropicana]

Havent I already waited long enough when i had to let my tank sit EMPTY while it cycled? LoL

[BigKGlen]

Well, the nominations were not as many as I had hoped for, but it was still hard in deciding.


The winner is.....

[crabman]

well i really wanted to submit myself for this but i think i'm still a little too much of a beginner to keep a clam healthy! i do think its awesome what you're doing though!

[Mr Cob]

The winner is.....

Killing me! It's like watching an empty tank.... nothing is happening. LOL!

[BigKGlen]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
It was a difficult decision to make, but by abiding with the criteria requested (especially the great pics!) I have deemed you, Vince, a.k.a. SUBMARINER, worthy of receipt of the Gift Certificate from
Clams Direct!

[crabman]

congrats!!

[stephencraig]

Kevin,
Clams Direct Online store is down, they aren't displaying anything.

Stephen

[Mr Cob]

Congrats Submariner. Nice tank too! You have a perfect spot for a large clam between the two reefs.

[Kristy]

Hey Congrats Submariner!

Be sure you let us know when you get ready to place that order so we can get a group together!

[BigKGlen]

I'd like to thank everyone that submitted their tanks for consideration.
If we can do more to urge our fellow members to bring their tanks out in the 'public', we could see different ideas, ask more questions and share more thoughts with the different designs.

THANKS again!

[Submariner]

Thanks to everyone for their kind comments! I'll post when I get ready to order that way maybe we can get a group order going like Kristy said (great idea). And thanks again to Kevin for being generous enough have this little "contest". WOO HOO!