☆☆ - Fall 2023 Grow-out Contest - Vote for yours today!!! ☆☆

[billyocean]

Im not super duper good at math but the percentages dont seem right in the voting??

You can vote for multiple.

 

[stoney7713]

I voted for 2, after seeing the other picture.

 

[Mschmidt]

Im not super duper good at math but the percentages dont seem right in the voting??

It's % of the people who voted, not voted themselves. Since you can vote for more than one, it will add up to more than 100%

 

[spsick]

I voted bubble gum digi becauseit makes away better candidate for a growout contest than a humilis which I suspect will not fare as well for many (given the mortality I’ve seen with hardier acros in other contests)

 

[Jasonak]

I voted bubble gum digi becauseit makes away better candidate for a growout contest than a humilis which I suspect will not fare as well for many (given the mortality I’ve seen with hardier acros in other contests)

Its a pretty bullet proof coral but I already have a nice piece growing away. Im hoping for something that I dont have. I dont have the humilis but its not really on my list.

 

[Battlecorals]

Lol..I flubbed the blood bank grow out when I bumped the plug and forgot to reattach it. Depending on what the coral is I may give it a shot

I’ll send you another bank frag

 

[StatelineReefer]

I've already killed the bonsai I got the beginning of summer. maybe i should have voted for something I have a chance at...
or is it redemption?

 

[Jasonak]

Im way to excited about this lol
When will we actually order/start ? Mid Oct Mid Nov ? Just curious on time frame on when everything comes together.

 

[Reefing102]

Im way to excited about this lol
When will we actually order/start ? Mid Oct Mid Nov ? Just curious on time frame on when everything comes together.

I think it depends how quickly sign ups fill up and payments are sent. I know usually signups run about a month or so, but @StatelineReefer may have a better guage. If I remember right, I know Adam doesn’t like to ship late November/December due to possible delays but I could be wrong.

 

[StatelineReefer]

I think it depends how quickly sign ups fill up and payments are sent. I know usually signups run about a month or so, but @StatelineReefer may have a better guage. If I remember right, I know Adam doesn’t like to ship late November/December due to possible delays but I could be wrong.

You're absolutely right on all those counts. Once Adam and I have talked over pricing and packages, orders will be taken and we'll ship. We've gotten pretty efficient at it, so this time around it should be a breeze. I expect every order will be in hand by mid November. Barring extremely cold weather and replacements, we should be well underway by then.

 

[StatelineReefer]

Hmmmmm.....

 

[SpSDrew]

Woot! Ready for another one

 

[Battlecorals]

I voted bubble gum digi becauseit makes away better candidate for a growout contest than a humilis which I suspect will not fare as well for many (given the mortality I’ve seen with hardier acros in other contests)

Yeah, I'm completely with you on this. In fact, I specifically chose all of these because they're relatively fast growers(bonsai being the slowest lol) versus glamorous looking, and felt they would make for a better contest, I was really pushing for like a birds nest or digital, because not only will that open up the contest to more less experienced sps keepers because they're so hardy but we'd also have basketballs by the end of the competition.

food for thought.

I mean, as much as I love the space laser, that contest is almost like watching pain dry. if we went with digitata or bird nest even by comparison, there would be monthly, explosive growth, especially by the third or fourth month. by the end of the contest wed be judging colonies rather than side nubs. lol.

 

[stoney7713]

Yeah, I'm completely with you on this. In fact, I specifically chose all of these because they're relatively fast growers(bonsai being the slowest lol) versus glamorous looking, and felt they would make for a better contest, I was really pushing for like a birds nest or digital, because not only will that open up the contest to more less experienced sps keepers because they're so hardy but we'd also have basketballs by the end of the competition.

food for thought.

I mean, as much as I love the space laser, that contest is almost like watching pain dry. if we went with digitata or bird nest even by comparison, there would be monthly, explosive growth, especially by the third or fourth month. by the end of the contest wed be judging colonies rather than side nubs. lol.

Paint dry? Well @billyocean would win that, he fertilizes his tank with paint thinner all the time.

 

[Battlecorals]

Paint dry? Well @billyocean would win that, he fertilizes his tank with paint thinner all the time.

of course I mean that in the nicest possible; way.

 

[mrpontiac80]

My rainbows army contest frag is still going strong so I’m all in for a new contest!
My vote goes to corpse of helltrollsman

 

[coronarex]

Blue Ghost for me

 

[Jasonak]

@StatelineReefer

I sent Adam a message asking about the contest but he missed the part about if I should hold off on my current order that we had talked about shipping this week.

Is there a entrance fee? are you just buying a frag ?

I was going to have him hold of on my current order to save on shipping but not sure how this all works is it posted somewhere ?
thanks

 

[Tonycass12]

@StatelineReefer

I sent Adam a message asking about the contest but he missed the part about if I should hold off on my current order that we had talked about shipping this week.

Is there a entrance fee? are you just buying a frag ?

I was going to have him hold of on my current order to save on shipping but not sure how this all works is it posted somewhere ?
thanks

If im remembering correctly when we started the bloodbank battle it was 100$ buy in and free shipping. You could also piggyback an order onto that free shipping if you wanted. I may not be 100% correct on that, it was over a year ago now.

 

[Reefing102]

@StatelineReefer

I sent Adam a message asking about the contest but he missed the part about if I should hold off on my current order that we had talked about shipping this week.

Is there a entrance fee? are you just buying a frag ?

I was going to have him hold of on my current order to save on shipping but not sure how this all works is it posted somewhere ?
thanks

There is a “buy in/entrance cost”. My understanding is the cost will be based on which coral wins, and likely plus shipping unless you do an add on order to achieve a free shipping threshold. If it’s like past contests, the buy in/entrance cost usually includes the frag, a contest sticker, and special ruler.

That said, Adam is usually really good at holding orders if you wanted to hold it longer. I’d just reach out to him by email as it’s usually quicker than PM.