That's right, nearly a full year to grow out a favorite coral. This means if you have a stone skull, model spaceship, or even just a cool shaped rock... it will have plenty of time to encrust significantly, and you will be able to share cool pics with other people on this thread!
This contest is free for any supporting members! If you're not a supporting member consider joining, it's well worth it.
The Prize will be a frag of Beach Bum Montipora or another encrusting coral from my collection. And winner will be determined by vote (TBD) in December 2020, and consider cool-ness, coral choice, and growth rate. Depending on involvement, we may add more prizes to this contest
Just an example; I will post a photo of the actual colony later, and a photo of the frag during fall 2020.
To compete:
1) Choose a coral; an encrusting SPS. Frags must be no larger than 1" x 1"
-You have flexibility in choose your species. It is not a growth-speed contest, although that is a small factor.
-You can start with a frag you already have, or purchase from one of our wonderful sponsors or local reefers!
-Please stay within size limits to begin. We're going on an honor system, and everyone can see your initial frag size. We all have at least a $0.25 plastic ruler somewhere.
2) Post a first photo of your beginning frag after it's placed in your tank, by January 31, 2020
3) optional: Post an update photo every 2 months.
-Try to capture the coral from the same perspective as your original photo.
4) Post a final photo by December 7th, 2020.
That's it!
It may take a bit of work, but my intention is to create a collage or video of all the before/after photos! And this will potentially be shared during our December and/or January meeting!
This contest is free for any supporting members! If you're not a supporting member consider joining, it's well worth it.
The Prize will be a frag of Beach Bum Montipora or another encrusting coral from my collection. And winner will be determined by vote (TBD) in December 2020, and consider cool-ness, coral choice, and growth rate. Depending on involvement, we may add more prizes to this contest
Just an example; I will post a photo of the actual colony later, and a photo of the frag during fall 2020.
To compete:
1) Choose a coral; an encrusting SPS. Frags must be no larger than 1" x 1"
-You have flexibility in choose your species. It is not a growth-speed contest, although that is a small factor.
-You can start with a frag you already have, or purchase from one of our wonderful sponsors or local reefers!
-Please stay within size limits to begin. We're going on an honor system, and everyone can see your initial frag size. We all have at least a $0.25 plastic ruler somewhere.
2) Post a first photo of your beginning frag after it's placed in your tank, by January 31, 2020
3) optional: Post an update photo every 2 months.
-Try to capture the coral from the same perspective as your original photo.
4) Post a final photo by December 7th, 2020.
That's it!
It may take a bit of work, but my intention is to create a collage or video of all the before/after photos! And this will potentially be shared during our December and/or January meeting!
