July 2015 MAAST Coral Grow-out Competition - Official Signup and Competition Thread

[Dean]

July 2015 through November 2015 MAAST Coral Grow-out Competition


The BOD here at MAAST are all very excited to bring you the July 2015 through November 2015 MAAST Coral Grow-out Competition! Once again we will be having three coral categories. Soft Coral, Large Polyp Stony Coral, and Small Polyp Stony Coral.

The rules for this competition are:

1. To be eligible for this competition you must be a Junior Member, Charter Member, or Moderator (Board of Directors may enter the contest towards the end of the sign up deadline but WILL NOT be eligible for prizes). We highly encourage any and all interested web members to visit our Home page to learn how to become a supporting member of MAAST and become a Charter Member ( http://www.maast.org/content.php?2-About-us )

2. Reply to this thread with an "I am in for (categories)". In that post you are required to give a detailed description of the tank set up that you will be utilizing to grow out the coral frag(s).

3. The deadline to sign up will be Friday July 10th. To expedite your payment PayPal is available. Make sure you include your screen name, real name, email, home address, phone number and portions of the competition that you are entering in the "add a note" box on the PayPal screen. Send your PayPal payment to : treasurer@maast.org Once you have submitted your payment please send a PM to me ( Dean ) to let us me it has been made so that your spot(s) in this competition can be updated as paid and secured by you. Cash will also be accepted and arrangements to meet one of the BOD members can be made to accept those payments.

4. This competition has a reserved amount of 45 spots to be spoken for. Each participant is initially allowed to sign up for as many as one spot in each category. If on the last day of the deadline there are remaining open spots and you wish to enter multiple frags into the competition then you can pay the entry fee on additional frags and enter them into the competition.

5. Each member that has signed up for this competition will have 7 calendar days up to July 10th to make full payment for the spots spoken for. If payment has not been made within those 7 days the spots will be back open to all other members interested in signing up. If you miss the 7 day window you will have to wait for another open spot to sign up. You will be ineligible to refill the spot that you vacated. Once all spots are spoken for the sign ups will be closed. Our goal is for this competition to commence on July 11th.

6. We will be having an Educational Meeting on July 11th FROM 1:00 to 4:00 in which all of the frags will be passed out to our participating members. Special arrangements can be made with me and Dkray944 for those that live out of town and/ or may have to work or etc.. on that day.

7. You are required to start your own grow-out thread titled as such "(screen name's) July 2015 CGOC thread"

8. It is required for all participating members to post frequently in their own CGOC threads through out the duration of the competition. The input as to your husbandry techniques in maintaining and growing these beautiful species will be a great educational tool for anyone interested in maintaining them. It is equally important to post any problems that you may have encountered in keeping them. While this is going to be a fun and entertaining competition, the higher purpose is to educate ourselves, our fellow members, and the general public in the successful husbandry practices of these three beautiful species of corals. Your personal CGOC threads will also be the tools of the competition judges in comparing the growth of the frags. The better the quality of the photos that you post the easier it will be for our judges to determine the category winners. Post photos as often as you would like to but at no less interval than 2 weeks. If you post your initial photo and then not another one until you have 6 new polyps, or 4 new eyes, or complete frag plug encrustation then you may be disqualified by default. Post photos often! I can't reiterate that enough.


Competition Judging

Category 1 - Palythoa
The palythoas will first be judged by the number of polyps to include baby polyps. If the number of polyps does not determine the winner then the visual health of the coral will be evaluated. Lastly, if the visual health of the coral does not determine the winner then the coloration of the coral will be evaluated.

Category 2 - Chalice
The chalice will first be judged by the number of eyes. If the number of eyes does not determine the winner then the circumference of the coral will be measured. If the circumference of the coral does not determine the winner then the coloration of the coral will be evaluated.

Category 3 - Acropora
The acropora will be judged by the circumference of encrustation (new growth) on the frag plug. If the circumference of the encrustation on the frag plug does not determine the winner then the over all length of the branches of the coral will be evaluated. If the over all length of the branches does not determine the winner then the coloration of the coral will be evaluated.

In the event that a tie has occurred the top contestants will continue in the competition. The frags will be judged at the end of each week until the 1st place frag can be determined.

In the spirit of full transparency we want to give you our budget for this competition so that you can see where your entry fee money is going. Yes this years CGOC entry fees have gone up by $5.00 per frag which is a necessary evil to fund the competition. The frag/ prize package pricing is as follows: AquaSD 15 chalice frags, 15, acropora frags, two $100 gift cards, and shipping from California totals to $930.00. Pham's 15 palythoa frags and $100 credit to the winner totals to $300. The total cost to the club comes to $1,230.00. Hoping we get 45 entry fees paid at $25.00 per entry will cover $1,125.00. Last year the competition brought in a few new charter members as well as a few renewals which would again make up the remainder of the club costs to host this competition. So sign up for at least one category and help us make this a successful event so that we can continue putting these events on for you!

Without further ado MAAST in conjunction with a couple of our very generous sponsors AquaSD and Air, Water, & Ice and one generous charter member Phamily proudly presents our three coral categories!

[Dean]

Category #1 - Soft Coral

Pham's Yellow Mamba People Eater Palythoa

For a $25.00 entry fee you will receive a frag of this fully healed, beautiful, highly color morphing palythoa.

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The prize for 1st place in this category is a $100 credit to your choice of frags from Phamily's awesome Zoanthid/ Palythoa collection!



Phams Yellow Mamba PE grow-out participants ($25.00 entry fee):
1. klwheat (paid)
2. Davie118 (paid)
3. StevenSeas
4. clayton
5. alton (paid)
6. Francis
7. HemiPowerReef
8. Reefnub (paid)
9. Bskidmore (paid)
10. Rob
11. Troy Valentine
12. rick
13. quicksilverz
14. Dkray944 (paid)
15. leliataylor (paid)
16. jroescher






Category #2 - Large Polyp Stony Coral

AquaSD's Fancy Convict Chalice

For a $25.00 entry fee you will receive a frag of this fully healed beautiful multicolored chalice.

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The prize for 1st place in this category is a $100 AquaSD gift card. This may be used in conjunction with a MAAST Charter Member Group Buy for free shipping!



AquaSD's Fancy Convict Chalice grow-out participants ($25.00 entry fee):
1. klwheat (paid)
2. Davie118 (paid)
3. StevenSeas
4. alton (paid)
5. Reefnub (paid)
6. Rob
7. rick
8. quicksilverz
9. jroescher
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[Dean]

Category #3 - Small Polyp Stony Coral

AquaSD's Yellow Radion Acropora

For a $25.00 entry fee you will receive a frag of this fully healed, rare yellow acropora.

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The prize for 1st place in this category is a $100 AquaSD gift card. This may be used in conjunction with a MAAST Charter Member Group Buy for free shipping!



AquaSD's Yellow Radion Acropora grow-out participants ($25.00 entry fee):
1. klwheat (paid)
2. Davie118 (paid)
3. StevenSeas
4. alton (paid)
5. Francis
6. HemiPowerReef
7. 12_Egg_Omelette
8. Reefnub (paid)
9. Rob
10. Troy Valentine
11. rick
12. quicksilverz
13. Dkray944 (paid)
14. jroescher
15.

[Dean]

This go around we are going to be awarding an all 3 category Grand Prize Winner!!!

The participants who sign up for all 3 categories will be eligible for the 2015 COGC Grand Prize as well as each individual winners prize. Air, Water, and Ice has donated to the club a TYPHOON III EXTREME 150 150 gallon per day 5 stage RODI! http://theh2oguru.com/reefkeepers-rodi/typhoon-iii-extreme-150.html

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This awesome unit will be awarded to the participant who has entered all 3 categories and has had the best overall growth and coloration of all 3 frags over the other 3 category participants. To be clear, the grand prize winner may not win 1st place in any one category but may still qualify as this grand prize winner. On the other side of that, it is also possible that one highly skilled reefer totally sweeps the competition and wins all 4 prizes totaling at over $575.00 worth of prizes!


Eligible Grand Prize Winners:
1. klwheat
2. Davie118
3. StevenSeas
4. alton
5. Reefnub
6. Rob
7. rick
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[Dean]

Please make sure you fully read all of the above posts and understand all of the rules. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to voice them here in this thread. It took a significant amount of leg work to get the event to this point and we all want it to be successful for you and the club so sign up and enjoy the friendly competition!

[klwheat]

I'm in for all 3! (Again..lol) I'll PayPal when I get home from work.
tank is 90 gallon mixed reef. Flow is one each MP40 and MP10. Kalk in auto for calcium,alk. Lighting is gen1 radion


edit: 1st dibs!! Lol

[Davie118]

I am in for all 3! I have a 125 gallon oceanic (I think) tank with 2 Koralia pumps, 2 stage sump (chaeto, coralife protein skimmer, and biopellet reactor), lighting from 100w reeftorch and Radion gen2, in tank uv sterilizer, and gonna start water changes with instant ocean reef salt. I will be dosing Kalk in some form or fashion (probably drip method).

This will be new for me since all these frags are new types for me.

Is there a way to see if pm's go through because I send them and there is no indication? Also I have trouble with this site with typing. I type and a lot of the letters do not pop up. I have to press keys several times for them to work.

[Dean]

I got you guys down. Davie118 i got your PM's. Not sure why you would be having problems with typing on the site. You can send a PM to our site admin and he can probably help you out though. His screen name is rrasco.

[Davie118]

Alright guys and gals, not everybody at once ;). Looking for competition :)))

[StevenSeas]

Dean, put me down for all 3 please. They will be going in my 265 reef. Can I pay for them at the meeting? If not I can do PayPal.

[Dean]

Dean, put me down for all 3 please. They will be going in my 265 reef. Can I pay for them at the meeting? (Also who do I RSVP with for that). If not I can do PayPal.

I will get you down. PayPal to treasurer@maast.org is preferred to hold your spot but you can also pay at the meeting. Thanks Steven!

Just rsvp in the meeting thread.

[Zack]

Are you typing on a tablet? My windows tablet cannot handle typing or Maast for whatever reason

[Davie118]

Are you typing on a tablet? My windows tablet cannot handle typing or Maast for whatever reason


My laptop or my phone, both do the same thing. It is only on this site with my laptop.

[clayton]

I'll go for the Zoas! They'll go in my 75 gallon mixed reef under 600watts of halides.


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[quicksilverz]

First day and already a nice showing. This is going to be a great competition cant wait to see the growth.

[Davie118]

BTW thank you Dean, the BOD, and everyone else involved in setting this up. I appreciate your efforts on this and all events you guys plan

[Dean]

BTW thank you Dean, the BOD, and everyone else involved in setting this up. I appreciate your efforts on this and all events you guys plan

Thank you for participating!

[Dkray944]

Talk about some great frags! I have the radion acro from AquaSD and it's one of my favorites. It's brightened up for me and shows some pretty good polyp extension. Looking forward to seeing who takes home the trophy for each category. This is going to be great.

[alton]

Dean put me down for all three, the Zoo's will go in my wife's 20 gallon lit by BML 12K, filtration is a foam filter. Still debating on the other two which will probably end up in my 300 with 10 hours of LED and 3 hours of Metal Halide.

[Dean]

I got you down alton.

[Francis]

Sign me up for SPS and Soft Coral categories


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[Dean]

Sign me up for SPS and Soft Coral categories


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You got it.

[HemiPowerReef]

Im in on softie and sps please

[Dean]

Im in on softie and sps please

Thanks Art!

[Dean]

To the top!
Let's get these spots filled!

[Davie118]

You only have until July 10th to enter into this round. Come on web members just do it! Come to the dark side that is the charter member club and enjoy the perks of showing us what ya got in this competition. Bring a friend while you are at it. :)

[Dean]

You only have until July 10th to enter into this round. Come on web members just do it! Come to the dark side that is the charter member club and enjoy the perks of showing us what ya got in this competition. Bring a friend while you are at it. :)

What he said!

[Dean]

Hot off the press! Pics from Phamily's frag tank. Here are your actual yellow mamba PE frags. Man these guys are pretty and you can see how drastically they color morph!

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[12_Egg_Omelette]

Man I want in this bad, but I don't think I would have a fair chance because I'll be breaking down for my move soon.

[Dean]

It's on for 4 months. Plenty of time to make up any lost time from your move. :)

[Davie118]

Man I want in this bad, but I don't think I would have a fair chance because I'll be breaking down for my move soon.

Hey just ask someone to hold it in their tank for a bit. Lol.

[Davie118]

I want to drill holes for the frag plugs and i have never dealt with them so what size hole would i need to drill? Everything i got from my lfs was on a rock. Oh and btw sign up people! This is going to be fun!

[12_Egg_Omelette]

Well I'm down for the sps. I just need to figure out when I can make the three hour trip to pick up the frag.


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[Dean]

Well I'm down for the sps. I just need to figure out when I can make the three hour trip to pick up the frag.


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We are shooting for passing them out at the Seahorse meeting.

[12_Egg_Omelette]

Alright. That should work. I actually talked to my wife about that. Depending if she gets three papers written before were good to go.


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[Reefnub]

Ok I've joined as a charter member! And I've paid for all 3 portions of the grow out contest and I'm excited!
190g tank, biopellets, 4-mp40s, big skimmer, gfo, 6-hydra 52


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[Davie118]

Welcome to the dark side! Thank you for joining the competition! :)

[12_Egg_Omelette]

Sweet. Reef I want to chat with you about bio pellets in the future.


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[Reefnub]

Welcome to the dark side! Thank you for joining the competition! :)

Thanks, I'm pretty excited and hope everything grows well for being in a 1yr old tank. Great corals also to be growing out. Would also be nice to see how LEDs stack up against halides.


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[Dkray944]

Welcome to the contest. It's good to have you.

[StevenSeas]

I'm getting excited now. Seems like we have a lot more people signed up this way. Definitely going to be a good competition!

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[Davie118]

Plenty of slots left to join the grow out competition! Sign ups end friday and slots are filling up. Great prizes and loads of fun! Win or lose its a great learning experience!

[Davie118]

To add to the spectacular deals that have flooded the forum, I have one more. Join the frag growing competition and receive a beautiful paly, chalice, or Acro frag for just 25 dollars. The only catch is you need to post pictures along the way to show us your propagating skills. Join the hunt to becoming the 2015 frag master with the entry into all three catagories. You could win a new 5 stage RODI unit which puts out a whopping 150 gph. :)

[bskidmore]

I want in on the Palythoa category.

[bskidmore]

I didn't realize i was supposed to post a description of my setup to the thread as well.

For starters, I have a dual setup, 140g reef and a 20g frag tank plumbed to the same sump. I'm running black box 3w full spectrum leds on both tanks and the paly frag will most likely be in the frag tank unless i can find a good spot for it in my display tank. I transferred my 75g to the 140 so between it and the 140 itself, that setup has been going for over two years. on my 140, 60"L x 18"D x 30"H, there's at least 150 lbs or rock/ 120 lbs of sand and a variety of livestock( fish - sixline wrasse, yellow eye kole tang, vlamingii tang, sailfin tang, striped squirrelfish, yellow angel, coral beauty angel, blue spot watchman goby, lawnmower blenny, target mandarin, cuc - tigertail cuke, conch snail, nessarius snails, astrea snails, various hermit crabs, serpent stars, lps - 2 torches, 2 purple tip frogspawns, 2 purple tip hammers, orange wall hammer, gold hammer, 3 different octospawns, bicolor scuba steve, neon green tip scuba steve, red candy cane, 3 neon green candy canes, neon green hammer, encrusting gargonia, reg gsp, neon gsp, blue xenia, green hammer, sps - rainbow stylo, jf pink polyp stylo, purple style, blue digi, forest fire digi, purple flowerpot goni, birdsnest (pointy and yellow/green), screaming birdsnest, strawberry lemonade, garf bonsai, tricolor valida, a couple others i don't remember the name of, mushrooms - 2 different blue shrooms, watermelon shroom, i call it a green camo shroom, blue/green ricordia and a tube nem. I have a pretty efficient sump with floss filter coming in( i change weekly), goes into small fuge area with small led spot lamp, internal/external reef octopus skimmer, 9w uv, brs dual chamber reactor(currently running dual carbon but switch up when/if need to either gfo/carbon or phosphate sponge/carbon, mag9 return pump, manual float valve ato(hey it works), 300w heater, fan for cooling(i'm old school don't knock it....lol), 2 jaebo wp40's in tank for flow, auto feeder used with various pellet types and sizes). I think that's about it for the sump and display tank.

My frag tank 20g(roughly) - a few snails, lawnmower blenny, small mimic tang, looking for a sixline to go in as well, Zoas - punk rocker, twizzler, radiactive dragon eyes, red hornets, yellow hornet, greenbay packer, fire n ice, tubbs blue, king midas, rasta, bbeb, aog, blowpop, bambams, a few i can't remember the name of, Paly - red people eater, green people eater, aussie gold, 2 or 3 others i can't remember name of, Others - yellow dendro, yellow scroll, mello yellow cloves, orange leptastrea, blue with green center leptastrea, hollywood stunner chalice, tiny red goni frag. running an mj900 for return but may soon switch to rio 1100 and small circ pump for added flow.

Both tanks' lighting are on the same timer and most hardware is tied to an 8 outlet dj strip. I don't feed these all at once but i have on hand amuzed frozen, frozen mysis, frozen brine, frozen spirulina brine, roe, pellets(for auto feeder), reef chili, aquavitro fuel, phytoplankton and seaweed salad for my veggie clip.

I typically do water changes with rscp salt biweekly using ro/di water and regularly check my readings and adjust as needed. both tanks have a digital thermometer for more accurate temp reading. I try to maintain 1.025 - 1.026 salinity, ca between 400 and 450, alk about 12ish, mg between 1300 and 1400, nitrate/nitrite very low to none, phosphate low, ammonia none and temp between 78 and 80. I have multiple suppliments on hand for reading adjustment as well as items to promote fish and coral health.

That's the just of my setup. open to comments/suggestions
Thanks in advance.

[bskidmore]

how often should pics be posted?

[Dkray944]

how often should pics be posted?


At least every two weeks

[klwheat]

Almost contest time...let's finish filling up these slots guys!

[quicksilverz]

I have a frind that will take a spot in all catagorys and will pay me tommow his masst name is rick.

[Dean]

I have a frind that will take a spot in all catagorys and will pay me tommow his masst name is rick.

He needs to sign himself up in this thread.

[quicksilverz]

We will do it Monday

[Davie118]

5 days guys and gals to sign up for some great frags at a great price. There is no better test for your reef tank than to compare your set up to the Maast community tanks through friendly competition. Great prizes and great community building opportunities. Just share your epic adventure from start to finish with Maast and you will get great frags for 25 dollars. You have til Friday to get signed up! Thank you for joining! :)

[Dkray944]

Only less then a week remains to sign up.... If you're planning on taking part please be sure to register. It's going to be an awesome contest with some great frags!

[Davie118]

Good morning MAAST, there is nothing better to take away your Monday blues than to sign up for the grow out competition. Great frags, great prices, and great prizes!

[12_Egg_Omelette]

I'm excited for this. It'll be a great way to compare multiple different husbandry techniques. Maybe also shatter a couple few myths on reef keeping too.


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[tate1]

Due to some unexpected car expenses, I am unable to participate in the contest. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Thanks.

[Sherri]

For those sending in their payments by PayPal...please state whether it is coral contest or charter membership....THANK YOU!! Sherri

[12_Egg_Omelette]

Sherri I'll get that to you when I get back in Texas wed/Thursday.


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[Dean]

Still quiet a few spots left to fill.

I have also updated who has paid via paypal. If you have paid but I haven't updated your status yet please let me know.

[Davie118]

1 question, what is holding you back from becoming a charter member and /or joining the competition?

[Davie118]

Alright it is about lunch time and we need more people who are hungry for some coral competition. Deadline is friday guys and gals.

[Rob]

Dean,

Put me down foal three categories.

220g, running 3 ai vegas, 1 ai hdrya 52, 4 t5 bulbs
1 maxspect gyre 150, 4 mp40's
48" my reef creation biosump
I will star dosing brs 2 part for the competition
light bio-load

[quicksilverz]

Rob post a picture in the show me your tank tread I want to see this beast.

[Dean]

Dean,

Put me down foal three categories.

220g, running 3 ai vegas, 1 ai hdrya 52, 4 t5 bulbs
1 maxspect gyre 150, 4 mp40's
48" my reef creation biosump
I will star dosing brs 2 part for the competition
light bio-load

Great to have you on board Rob!
Make sure to put cgoc on your paypal. :)

[Davie118]

Woohoo! One more on the board for the competition!

[Dean]

Going to open this up after tomorrow to any Board members that want to participate (BOD won't be eligible to win prizes but can compete if they wish). I won't be joining this round myself but am sure a few others will. The final number of frags needs to be given to the vendors by Thursday night so they can be shipped out on Friday. If you're interested then you better get signed up. :D

[Davie118]

3 frags (paly, chalice, and acro) 25 dollars each. Come and get em!

[Troy Valentine]

I'm In!! Please put me down for category 1 and 3.

240 (8'x2'x2') Mixed Reef

-Skimmer less
-30 gallon Xenia refugium
-60 gallon frag tank

[Davie118]

I'm In!! Please put me down for category 1 and 3.

240 (8'x2'x2') Mixed Reef

-Skimmer less
-30 gallon Xenia refugium
-60 gallon frag tank

Are you becoming a charter member? If so specify between where your money is going if you use paypal. Just add a note.

[Dean]

Are you becoming a charter member? If so specify between where your money is going if you use paypal. Just add a note.

Troy is a long time member and an elite reefer! He's definitely been around the block and knows what's up. :)

[Dean]

I'm In!! Please put me down for category 1 and 3.

240 (8'x2'x2') Mixed Reef

-Skimmer less
-30 gallon Xenia refugium
-60 gallon frag tank

Awesome! Thanks for supporting the contest Troy!

[Davie118]

Oh sorry. My bad. I just saw web member. Not trying to step on toes

[Dean]

Oh sorry. My bad. I just saw web member. Not trying to step on toes

No problem at all buddy. I'm enjoying your enthusiasm. Thanks for the help!

[Troy Valentine]

No Problem;) I am looking forward to meeting all you guys.

Thank you Dean!

[rick]

Dean, Please put me down for the 3 catagry .They will be goin in a 125 reef tank. with fluval sea led lighting.

[rick]

i paid mike zimmerman!!!!!!!$$$$

[Davie118]

123? Is that a custom?

[quicksilverz]

I think that was a typo. I believe he has a 125.

[Davie118]

I was just intrigued and thought i might see something new.

[alton]

Paid via PayPal

[Dean]

Dean, Please put me down for the 3 catagry .They will be goin in a 125 reef tank. with fluval sea led lighting.

Got you down. Thanks rick.

[Davie118]

Sps and paly slots are very limited so the chance to get these nice frags is running short of time. We still have plenty of chalice frag slots open.

[Dean]

We can also order more paly and Acro frags if needed. :)

[Dean]

I just found out that I will be needing to pick up the palythoa frags in the morning so we are going to go ahead and open this up for Board Members and multiple entries. So today is the last day to sign up for the paly category.
The LPS and SPS frags are shipping out on Friday so tomorrow is the cut off for signing up for those categories.

[quicksilverz]

I will be in on all 3 categories. I have a 215 display with a skimz calcium reactor 3x a360we kessils 2x AI vegas 1 hydra 52 and two 5 foot T5s. I have it filtered in a 70 gallon sump with 2 mo40s for motion. I do 15 gallon water changes every week

[Dkray944]

Please put me down for the palys and radion acro. I have two systems I'll might be using. One is a 220g mixed reef that's sps dominate and the other is a separate 40g frag tank. They both contain overflows with sumps and skimmers. All of the lights are radions and the pumps are vortec mp40. I also regularly use carbon and gfo.

[leliataylor]

I am in for the Payls. The tank is part of a mini flow through system. A seahorse nursery tub flows into a acrylic tank, which is plumbed into a 46 gallon sump and a 60 gallon seahorse growout tank. Lighting with led's.

[Dean]

I got you all down. Thank you for your participation.

[Davie118]

Thanks for participating

[jroescher]

Sign me up for a frag from all 3 categories. I'll PayPal in the morning.

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[quicksilverz]

I will drop off the monies at the meeting.

[Dean]

Sign me up for a frag from all 3 categories. I'll PayPal in the morning.

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Thanks John!

[StevenSeas]

Dean, just throwing it out there that I personally would be perfectly happy if the board members who are competing were up for the prizes. I understand the conflicts of interest that could arise with a normal give away but with something as well documented via pics etc I think this would be mitigated. I just think they shouldnt be punished on this competition because they dedicate their time and energy to the club so we can have this contest. Obviously this would have to have unanimous agreement with all participants.

I think another way to mitigate bias would be have whomever decides the winner pick the top 4 or 5 from each category and open it up to a public vote from the competitors. That way a lot of people could put in their input and mitigate bias. Also could allow for overall factors of the completion other than strictly growth.

Just my 2 cents

[Dean]

Dean, just throwing it out there that I personally would be perfectly happy if the board members who are competing were up for the prizes. I understand the conflicts of interest that could arise with a normal give away but with something as well documented via pics etc I think this would be mitigated. I just think they shouldnt be punished on this competition because they dedicate their time and energy to the club so we can have this contest. Obviously this would have to have unanimous agreement with all participants.

I think another way to mitigate bias would be have whomever decides the winner pick the top 4 or 5 from each category and open it up to a public vote from the competitors. That way a lot of people could put in their input and mitigate bias. Also could allow for overall factors of the completion other than strictly growth.

Just my 2 cents


Steven
I think your proposal is acceptable. If all of the participants are in full agreement then I'm good with it. I myself am not participating and will seek two other club members that also don't compete to finish out the judging panel so there won't be any direct bias as to the judging.

What's everyone else think?

[Davie118]

I do not see an issue. Im competing to see what system works. Im too new at this and my tank is new even though I have moved all the rock from my 65 into this 125. I just want to learn. My equipment is changing and breaking in so im not expecting much. The frags were cheap but beautiful so its still a win for me. I would like to see the top aquariums compete no matter who owns them. Idk i dont care who wins the prizes. I just want the experience and lessons that we will learn. I know people will say i am crazy and they do not have to agree with my view point. No matter what there will always be haters. Lets just enjoy playing the game. Guaranteed we will learn or teach somebody something with all of us posting our biweekly photos and experiences.

[quicksilverz]

I am in this for the love of the game... like you said its the experience and i could care less if i won.

[Reefnub]

I'm good either or just want to grow stuff and hope my new born tank is capable of growth and color to whoop up on everyone which prolly won't happen but it's fun to trash talk lol.


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[quicksilverz]

I honestly like the frags.

[Zack]

I'm not a huge fan of board members being allowed for prizes, especially given previous Maast history.

With that being said, if all the participants are on board and agree, I defer my opinion to the democratic process.

[quicksilverz]

If i win i want to donate it to the club for give aways i want the bragging rights =)

[Davie118]

Is anybody really only signed up just for the prizes?

[quicksilverz]

Thank god someone said it!

[StevenSeas]

For me it's definitely a plus, I would love to spend some money on frags I probably would not buy otherwise. And I do want the ro system so I can get rid of my Frankenstein system. But even if I come in last do long as I still have the corals I'll be all good.

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[Francis]

I signed up because I wanted the corals. Winning is just a bonus. I was a part of the last grow out contest and I had a blast and the two frags I received are still thriving and growing good. Even the prize frag I received is doing great.


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[Davie118]

anyways the point is if one of the board members wins and they can not receive a prize should the gift card be used to help fund the next competition or something. Is the only reason they are able to compete at all so that we have more people competing or what? Its not like the board have superior tanks in every way or something. I do not see the advantage.

[Davie118]

I need the gift cards as much as anybody but I still have been trying to get people to sign up. It seems like Maast has been losing money on a lot of events/meetings and I know that is what this next meeting is about. I for one am not gonna cry because the board who have been dedicating all their time setting meetings up, get something out of this.

[Zack]

Lol I don't even have a tank..

Davie, at our board meetings we go over our finances as well as many other topics. We hope to see you there bud!

[Rob]

Dean,

Just paid for my three entries via paypal.

quicksilver ill try and post some pics of he tank this weekend.

[alton]

Steven
I think your proposal is acceptable. If all of the participants are in full agreement then I'm good with it. I myself am not participating and will seek two other club members that also don't compete to finish out the judging panel so there won't be any direct bias as to the judging.

What's everyone else think?

Dean when I was on the Board, Board members could not win door prizes but they could participate in paid raffles. And I would think CGOC would follow along those lines? If there is any question or concern maybe move this to the Charter Member Forum for a vote.

[Dean]

The palythoa category sign up is now closed and it is the last day to sign up for the SPS and LPS categories. Don't miss out!

[Dean]

I'm not a huge fan of board members being allowed for prizes, especially given previous Maast history.

Zack this was a LONG time ago and had absolutely nothing to do with anyone currently serving on the Board of Directors. It's time to stop persecuting the BOD for something another individual did years ago. There really isn't even a need to bring it up in the open forums again.

[jroescher]

Paypal sent.

I'm in it for the frags. I know better than to think I'll win anything. I do good to just keep water in my tank.

[Davie118]

Paypal sent.

I'm in it for the frags. I know better than to think I'll win anything. I do good to just keep water in my tank.

Darn evaporation huh? Lol

[Davie118]

Last day guys and gals to sign up for the sps and lps competition! Come test your tank against the best in Maast!

[12_Egg_Omelette]

sent my money for the SPS grow out!

[quicksilverz]

Sweet

[12_Egg_Omelette]

I'll probably need someone to hold this frag for me until I can make it up though. Anyone willing to, I will have to pick it up on a weekend.

[quicksilverz]

Sure i will hild it

[12_Egg_Omelette]

Sure i will hild it

Thanks man, I greatly appreciate it.

[12_Egg_Omelette]

So I forgot to mention that I have to post my system.

12 Gallon Nano Cube with Radion 30 Pro Generation 3
RW-4 power head
Running Chemi Pure Blue
Aqua vitro Salinity Salt
Feeding cyclopeeze, Aqua vitro Fuel, & Oyster Feast

Here is my light schedule
http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t485/12_egg_omelette/Screen%20Shot%202015-07-09%20at%2012.46.50%20PM_zpsd5xb7ymd.jpg (http://s1062.photobucket.com/user/12_egg_omelette/media/Screen%20Shot%202015-07-09%20at%2012.46.50%20PM_zpsd5xb7ymd.jpg.html)

[quicksilverz]

You would do the same for anyone if us

[12_Egg_Omelette]

You would do the same for anyone if us

Indeed sir, indeed.

[Davie118]

Still not too late to join the sps and lps coral grow out competition fellow reefers! Today is the last day to sign up. Thank you to everybody competing!

[Davie118]

Ok, last time from me, Anybody else interested in signing up for the sps or lps competition. Its only 25 dollars to compete in 1 category. Deadline is today and time is running out for you to receive a great frag at a great price. Even if you do not compete stay tuned as we will all be posting our journey.

[Dean]

Tomorrow is the day!
We will have a few extra chalice and Acro frags tomorrow for anyone who missed the sign up as well as anyone who would like to double there chances. I will see you all tomorrow!

[12_Egg_Omelette]

Just wanted to make sure my name for updated to paid for the acropora.


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[Dean]

I'm updating as Sherri verifies the paypals to keep it all straight. :)

[12_Egg_Omelette]

Perfect


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[Dean]

Everyone who has not yet paid your entry fees please pay by the end of the meeting tomorrow. Thank you all!

[quicksilverz]

That was my plan

[Dean]

That was my plan

👍

[Francis]

Thanks Dean for meeting me for the frags.


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[quicksilverz]

Swwet frags the game is on.

[Dean]

Thanks Dean for meeting me for the frags.


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You're welcome. Thanks for participating and supporting the club!

[Reefnub]

When are supposed to post our 1st pics today or tomorrow?


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[quicksilverz]

As soon as possible he created a tread for each one of us last year

[Dean]

When are supposed to post our 1st pics today or tomorrow?


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Give them a chance to open up so you can get good pics. Try to have them up in your grow out thread over the next week.

[12_Egg_Omelette]

Quick you got mine right.


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[12_Egg_Omelette]

Just following up, anyone know who is holding my frag? Want to try to coordinate a pick up.

[quicksilverz]

Contact daniel he is on the board of directors.

[Dkray944]

I've got the frags. Please shoot me a pm with your contact info.

[quicksilverz]

Lol there u go.

[Dean]

I am going to be sending out a PM to those that did not make it out to pick the frags up. Meanwhile Drkray944 is holding them.

[Dean]

Contact daniel he is on the board of directors.

Daniel?

[12_Egg_Omelette]

Thanks guys, it's hard to put names to screen names.

[quicksilverz]

Wops i ment dkray lol

[quicksilverz]

I am hulking out i cant think straight lol

[Zack]

David lol..

[klwheat]

Ok, so I'll be back in town late Wednesday night. Can I meet up with Daniel or whomever to pick mine up on Thursday? Thanks again for holding them!

[Dkray944]

Just shot you a pm with my contact info

[Dkray944]

If you haven't reached out to me and set a time to pick up your frags please do so by the end of the week. I want to get these handed out.

[klwheat]

I'll message you later today. Just got back in town. Thanks for holding them for me!

[Dean]

Okay everyone, please have your first set of pics posted in your grow out thread by the end of the weekend.

Clayton and HemiPoweReef please contact Dkray944 to coordinate your frag pick up.

Thanks guys!

[Zack]

Good evening everyone! I'd like to take the time to formally announce our Judging Panel for the 2015 July-November Coral Grow out Contest!

The panel will consist of myself, Justin, and a return Judge from last years competition Paul! As we did earlier this year, the winners will be announced during our November Swap, with the contest ending around a week before then. Please stay tuned for details on the final submission dates for photos!