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2025 Contest Discussion and Ideas

I’m no photographer
But this hammer will not be fragged anytime soon
This tank is 30” tall and 24” wide
The colony is larger than a basketball
Started as a 3 head frag...7 years ago
It’s so big that the YTBlue tang hides up inside it
 

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Kensington Reefer said:
But this hammer will not be fragged anytime soon
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This sure does seem like it should also count as an official POTM submission! :p
Thanks for chiming in.

So just to clarify, are you offering the colony to be fragged for a growout contest? Is this already a DBTC coral by chance? That would accomplish a couple goals I had in mind for choosing a specimen.
 
ReyDeFarts said:
This sure does seem like it should also count as an official POTM submission! :p
Thanks for chiming in.

So just to clarify, are you offering the colony to be fragged for a growout contest? Is this already a DBTC coral by chance? That would accomplish a couple goals I had in mind for choosing a specimen.
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Lol he's not offering that hammer, I thinking it's the pride of his coral collection. If he did it would be like that eye candy tank at Neptunes they make you walk past "price =s how bad do you want it lmao"

For the price he would accpet you could probably buy 4 others of similar size elsewhere
 
dangalang said:
If we can do that, let's buy out @CaseyP Dragon Soul Torch colony :p The ones I got from him a couple months ago are already starting to split.
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I'm not opposed to that but that'd be later 2025 so more heads can grow for distribution.

Pic from today after fragging ~25 heads in the last couple months. I'm going to remarket it as CP Flying Spaghetti Monster torch :p
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derek_SR said:
I have enough GMKs to do a contest of that one, I could sit it out and be a judge. I would still like to participate in another SPS one though!
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Not sure how you've managed it but your ones grow so fast

I fragged mine yesterday and the main piece is still doing great

CaseyP said:
I'm not opposed to that but that'd be later 2025 so more heads can grow for distribution.

Pic from today after fragging ~25 heads in the last couple months. I'm going to remarket it as CP Flying Spaghetti Monster torch :p
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Mine is not nearly that long anymore, but it's still fluffy. Looking at the top right of your colony, those are 6 inch tentacles??
 
ReyDeFarts said:
This sure does seem like it should also count as an official POTM submission! :p
Thanks for chiming in.

So just to clarify, are you offering the colony to be fragged for a growout contest? Is this already a DBTC coral by chance? That would accomplish a couple goals I had in mind for choosing a specimen.
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Not to be fragged anytime soon
The determining factor will be space for the magnet for cleaning
;)
 
Happy 2025 everyone! Just thinking about the photo contest and rereading what everyone posted about quarterly. What if we do that, but split the winnings with the winner and runner-up,
$100 & $50?

What do you all think about trying this?

Then the next part of the equation is how we submit the pictures. Do you prefer to post them directly into the contest thread? Or do you prefer the anonymous entry via DM to me?
 
ReyDeFarts said:
Happy 2025 everyone! Just thinking about the photo contest and rereading what everyone posted about quarterly. What if we do that, but split the winnings with the winner and runner-up,
$100 & $50?

What do you all think about trying this?

Then the next part of the equation is how we submit the pictures. Do you prefer to post them directly into the contest thread? Or do you prefer the anonymous entry via DM to me?
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Sound good. I like the quarterly option and runner-up gets something as well . some have been so close only a single vote difference.
In terms of open submission I say try it, if it turns into a bad Idea you can always go back to how it was. I would also say for most of use it's not always a secret who submitted the photos anyway with those who regularly update tank journals in ant case.

If everyone is posting open submissions maybe a good idea if you have a separate locked thread for voting purposes only so photos don’t get burried causing people not to want to hunt to find the pictures during voting time. Some people like to talk alot like myself lol. It would also allow people to include a description of what were are looking at in their photos.
 
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ReyDeFarts said:
Happy 2025 everyone! Just thinking about the photo contest and rereading what everyone posted about quarterly. What if we do that, but split the winnings with the winner and runner-up,
$100 & $50?

What do you all think about trying this?

Then the next part of the equation is how we submit the pictures. Do you prefer to post them directly into the contest thread? Or do you prefer the anonymous entry via DM to me?
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Is there a way to post anonymously? I think a few members know what each others’ tanks look like already but it might still introduce more bias if the name is right there
On the other hand it might inspire people if they see others posting pics

Split prize winnings sounds cool. Maybe some people don’t participate because they don’t feel like they have a chance, and more winners might increase that
 
ReyDeFarts said:
Happy 2025 everyone! Just thinking about the photo contest and rereading what everyone posted about quarterly. What if we do that, but split the winnings with the winner and runner-up,
$100 & $50?

What do you all think about trying this?

Then the next part of the equation is how we submit the pictures. Do you prefer to post them directly into the contest thread? Or do you prefer the anonymous entry via DM to me?
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Does that mean I'll get $50 since I was in second place?
 
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