BfishLpond78
FUPA
Alright boy and girls, it’s time to put your reefing skills to the test, we are hoping for a bi-annual showdown of your coral growing abilities. So whatever your argument or preference…MH over LED’s…or vice versa…two part dosing over calcium reactors…Lets put our corals where our mouths are…have some fun and grow some coral for the ultimate bragging rights!!!
So we decided to setup a friendly competition a coral frag grow out contest. I thought that we should give it a shot, we as club would have to "choose as a group" what type of coral to grow out. Keep in mind I would like to get everyone involved so easier corals like Zoas or other lower light corals for the 1st one and if it goes well then we could try SPS for the next round. I’m really leaning toward zoas as they are easy to get and frag, and it would be a good pilot to this contest.
The contest will be based on a percentage of growth not on total heads. This is due to not everyone may start with the same amount of heads. So for example you start with 1 head and grow 3 that would be a total of 4 heads and a 300% growth. If you start with 3 heads and end with 8 heads that would be a 5 head change and 267% growth. Highest percentage wins half of the pot (prize will be in the form of a gift certificate of winners choice). I believe this will be a lot of fun and some good bragging rights for the winner.
We will run this contest for 5 months; I would like to be started by the January meeting that way corals can be distributed. Please let me know who is interested and their preference of corals to be grown. I will also create an offical competition thread once things get under way!
There must be a few rules of course.
If I have missed something or there is a question, please feel free to ask it as I know I’m probably leaving a whole bunch of stuff out. Most importantly let’s have a lot of fun and continue to grow captive grown corals!!!
So we decided to setup a friendly competition a coral frag grow out contest. I thought that we should give it a shot, we as club would have to "choose as a group" what type of coral to grow out. Keep in mind I would like to get everyone involved so easier corals like Zoas or other lower light corals for the 1st one and if it goes well then we could try SPS for the next round. I’m really leaning toward zoas as they are easy to get and frag, and it would be a good pilot to this contest.
The contest will be based on a percentage of growth not on total heads. This is due to not everyone may start with the same amount of heads. So for example you start with 1 head and grow 3 that would be a total of 4 heads and a 300% growth. If you start with 3 heads and end with 8 heads that would be a 5 head change and 267% growth. Highest percentage wins half of the pot (prize will be in the form of a gift certificate of winners choice). I believe this will be a lot of fun and some good bragging rights for the winner.
We will run this contest for 5 months; I would like to be started by the January meeting that way corals can be distributed. Please let me know who is interested and their preference of corals to be grown. I will also create an offical competition thread once things get under way!
There must be a few rules of course.
RULES
1. As a group pick a coral for the contest (If someone has a large colony to donate that would be awesome or compensation can be made)
2. A $5.00 buy in. Half of the funds generated will be given to the winner and the other half back to the club. PayPal will be set up.
3. A contest thread will be created to track the progress of each contestant. Each month, members will be asked to submit a photo of the frag to the thread stating how many heads the coral has.
4. We will do a monthly check in to show the progress of your coral. It will happen on the 15th of every month. In order to continue to participate in the competition you must post a picture and provide a polyp count. (there will be a grace period, but i'd like to keep it close to the 15th)
5. I will keep a running chart the shows the date and progress of each competitor with polyp count so we can track our growth
6. At the end on the contest the winner will be asked to do a small write up about what they did to get the best growth.
1. As a group pick a coral for the contest (If someone has a large colony to donate that would be awesome or compensation can be made)
2. A $5.00 buy in. Half of the funds generated will be given to the winner and the other half back to the club. PayPal will be set up.
3. A contest thread will be created to track the progress of each contestant. Each month, members will be asked to submit a photo of the frag to the thread stating how many heads the coral has.
4. We will do a monthly check in to show the progress of your coral. It will happen on the 15th of every month. In order to continue to participate in the competition you must post a picture and provide a polyp count. (there will be a grace period, but i'd like to keep it close to the 15th)
5. I will keep a running chart the shows the date and progress of each competitor with polyp count so we can track our growth
6. At the end on the contest the winner will be asked to do a small write up about what they did to get the best growth.
If I have missed something or there is a question, please feel free to ask it as I know I’m probably leaving a whole bunch of stuff out. Most importantly let’s have a lot of fun and continue to grow captive grown corals!!!
