Coral growth competition

[footballdude2k3]

Since nobody had really stepped up too much after the chatter this week, I wanted to offer my services, in the next week or two I will be getting a pretty big coral shipment in, sps, Lps, and zoas. If you guys would like to do this I would order the corals and then have 1-3 different ones depending on what you guys want, either one from every category or just 1 depending on what you guys want to do.

Depending on what the cost is there would be a small fee to get in, something like $10 per coral, possibly more if it is something really expensive. They would run for something like 6 months is what I read in the last one and the panel of judges would decide on the winners. Depending on how many people decide to get I to each category, the winner could chose a frag of anything in my tanks as a prize, I would either cut something off a colony in my 125, or a frag from my frag tank that is about to get going.

I am am open to suggestions if anybody wants to throw out ideas, if you would rather have somebody else do this instead of me that is fine, I just wanted to offer since a bunch of people seemed interested.

Paul

[Big_Pun]

thanks paul but this is usually a maast event done through donation of the coral(im pretty sure) frags are usually free to charter members.

the problem with sps is finding a big enough colony to frag up. buying them would defeat the purpose of this fun charter member competition.

[alton]

Thanks Paul and it is very generous of you to offer. After speaking with the board it looks like we will wait until next year to have a growth contest again. At the August Frag meeting we gave away some very nice War Coral Frags which would have been very difficult to judge in 3 month’s time to see who’s had grown the most, but still a very nice pick up for everyone that came to the meeting. Since it sounds like we have enough members who want to do SPS as a growth contest coral if you come across a couple of colonies of a great looking SPS coral that we can frag and set aside while they heal and then give out to members please let me know. I can submit the cost to the board for approval. What I don’t want to happen is find a very nice Coral get in a hurry, frag, and then lose half of them to unstable conditions.

[klwheat]

So....as it's the new year...any news on a new growth competition? The sps sounded like a great idea.

[ErikH]

ORA German, and not the digi! Growth in mm not inches, lol.

[klwheat]

ORA German, and not the digi! Growth in mm not inches, lol.
Hmm...well that would definitely be a new one for me...but maybe a bit tough to judge..lol

[slm222]

this ever get off the ground? im guessing not??

[Dean]

this ever get off the ground? im guessing not??

Believe it or not this is one of the events I plan to spear head. I have ideas that are going to be discussed in a couple of weeks at our Board meeting and actually sent an email this morning to one of our sponsors to get coral pricing as well as prize pricing / ideas. So yes, this will be getting off the ground soon. I just have to get a presentation together for the BOD for approval and then make the announcement. It is going to happen! :)

[slm222]

There is a small wholesaler down here in corpus who can get colonies if needed I can help check on pricing.


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[Dean]

Gonna send you a PM

[klwheat]

Awesome! I'd love to see this happen again and be able to participate.

[Scutterborn]

This was a fun competition last time we did it.

[allan]

I never got to participate. But it really did seem like an awesome competition.

[Dean]

It is in the works. :)

[OrionN]

I think it would be fun to enter this contest.

[Dean]

I think it would be fun to enter this contest.
You will also be an extremely tough competitor! Very excited to have you! :)

If you would, please fo to the 20014/ 2015 coral grow out competition thread and vote for the categories that you would like to participate in that would be very helpful. Thank you.

I will work something out with you and anyone else down in the corpus area for getting frags to you.