Vote for your favorite AquaScape!
 

We have 7 entries for the 2011 Aqua-Scape contest. CanReef members please vote for your favorite. Voting is to be based on the best aqua-scape and use of rock (its not to be based on inhabitants of tank, coraline coverage etc). CanReef members have until March 14, 2011 to vote with the winner being announced on March 15th, 2011. Good luck to all those who entered and may the best Aqua-Scape win!!

#1 Tank Name: SkimmerKing
Water Volume: 240 Gallons
100lbs Reefer Rock
http://www.eco-reefer.com/2011contest/SkimmerKing.jpg

#2 Tank Name: Crisis
Water Volume: 68 Gallons
60lbs Reefer Rock
http://www.eco-reefer.com/2011contest/Crisis2.jpg

#3 Tank Name: Sunstar
Water Volume: 1.5 Gallons
1.5lbs Reefer Rock
http://www.eco-reefer.com/2011contest/Sunstar2.jpg

#4 Tank Name: Bubbles
Water Volume: 120 Gallons
64lbs Reefer Rock
http://www.eco-reefer.com/2011contest/Bubbles.jpg

#5 Tank Name: Sencha
Water Volume: 30 Gallons
21lbs Reefer Rock
http://www.eco-reefer.com/2011contest/Sencha2.jpg

#6 Tank Name: RickM
Water Volume: 150 Gallons
150lbs Reefer Rock
http://www.eco-reefer.com/2011contest/RickM.jpg

#7 Tank Name: Cale262
Water Volume: 120 Gallons
100lbs Reefer Rock
http://www.eco-reefer.com/2011contest/cale262.jpg

Can I change my picture...

J/K

Some great looking scapes here if I do say so myself ;)

#5 will look great with some Zoas and sps...

Neck and Neck race...

:popcorn:

Dont you need water in the tank tho Brain :wink:

LOL, stoopid deadlines...actually when the entry day arrived I had water in the tank but it was still too cloudy to even see the rock...:sad:

dam it, forgot to enter my picture:cry: Here it is anyway:biggrin:
http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/x...3/DSC00668.jpg
http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/x...3/DSC01595.jpg

sorry for dirty glass, new mandarin likes to eat pods in algae

love you white finger leather

thanks, i think its actually a spaghetti leather or rasta, its pretty sweet, every few weeks it closes up and sheds, and gets bigger and better

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm double posts

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Don't forget to vote!!
 

Don't forget to vote for your favorite aqua-scape (voting ends March 15th).

Still Neck and Neck between Asmodeus (AKA: SkimmerKing) and Bubbles...:pop2:





You know what would be really kewl, if we could see who voted for what... That would really validate the whole process...Just saying...:wink:




:gossip:

oooohhhhhhhh im 45 outstanding what would I do with the 150 dollar's I think that i would get 150 dollars worth of ric's and then some more.

CALE when are you getting water in that glass box man. lets go wanna see it what are you going to put in the tank for corals

Hmmmmmmmm Cale its looking like that me, you are the only ones that have posts on here. who are members too other then Kevo who didnt make it in time

Waters been in for a couple of weeks...
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...h_IMG_0062.jpg


Also added about 100lbs of LR in the sump and DT , here's some of the corals I've added....


http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...h_IMG_0099.jpghttp://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...h_IMG_0101.jpghttp://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...h_IMG_0108.jpghttp://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...h_IMG_0113.jpghttp://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...h_IMG_0106.jpghttp://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...h_IMG_0105.jpg

Trying to swing the votes with an updated picture TUT TUT disqualified lol. :razz:

Nice rocks Cale... has real potential for a great tank! Can't wait to see it grow!

Got my vote!

LOL, I don't see myself as any threat of swinging into first at this point in the game....although, I could make up 40 alias accounts and vault myself in there....what a novel idea...hmmmm.

Wait, Out.

don't you dare that s cheating lol

Pffft... come-on, cheating, really who'd do that.... I say again,,,Pffft...


I am many!
:BIG:

shame on you:mrgreen: lol

So just because I have a link to this contest on our local forums here in Ottawa and because I've posted a link on my facebook asking my friends and family to sign up at canreef and vote for me, that's considered cheating.

Seems to that the purpose of this contest, from the sponsors point of view anyway, was to get some advertising and/or some traffic on his site?
Seems to me that bacause of my posts on other forums and on my facebook account that this is exactly what is happening.

My friends may not have been members of canreef for long but they are members just the same and allowed a vote.

I personally don't think that this is cheating but if you do assmodeus then that is your problem.

Torsten, If you think this is cheating then disqualify me.:neutral:

Bubs

I just re-read the first post and was a little confused. We have until March 14 to vote so how can the winner be announced March 5? Just saying...............

My vote is in already.......8'er all the way :lol:

relax I assumed that this is for members on this board a miss under standing that is all hey and if you wanna do it on face book giver. hey if you can get 100 votes all the power to ya. i have alot of friends on here who voted for me to . I have been on this board since 2002 so I tally up alot of votes.


any ways my regards if I assumed something the wrong way i dont want this thread to get all messed up from assumption. so My apology.

Yes you are a cheat.


LOL


this is now a popularity contest and nothing more...

good for you.

I'm a cheat :question:

Post was directed at bubbles...I read his post on ovas which has now been deleted, sad as it is, I think it violates the whole spirit of the contest and crosses ethical boundries....


I think this contest started all in the name of Fun, but unfortunately, once you add money everything changes for some...


I'll get off my moralistic high horse now and leave that to the politicians in Ottawa. :director:

Actually post has not been deleted...just the part that said "sign up and vote" post never actually said vote for me just "sign up and vote"
link is still there.

may be we can all just take it easy here. We don't want this to get out of hand. To the point where the mods have to step in right...

lets just let the contest take its wave here. really no sense on getting hype about the bit of money , but Cale is right when there is money involved then it can and will get out of hand.

Its funny how I made one little joke and started a band wagon rolling! Sorry guys just thought I would tell a bazinga!

Well, ill take the money to make it fair :biggrin:

Damn you,....yes it's all your fault...:twised:


If anybody got all twisted here i guess it's the fault of all BB type forums, it's very hard to read into the sarcastic jousting, or harmless kidding around when you don't share the same physical space and/or can't see the other persons facial/body language,...It's all in good fun...most of the time, right...right? :wink:

See the OP on the first page,....It's all about seeing how many people can click the button next to my name:peace:



Muhahaha

With a happy smiley face and in a joking manner.........you is a funny guy!! :lol:

good luck daddy I voted for ya

Ahhhhhhhhhh thanks Buddy

Guys - this contest is meant to get people interested in our rock products and to get more people involved on CanReef from different parts of Canada. The contest poll only lets CanReef members vote so if someone takes the time to create an account they are able to vote. BTW - some of the entries aren't even CanReef members - they are other customers of ours. Lets keep this fun and use this to help grow CanReef and show its the best reefing forum in Canada!!!!!

AMEN to that

well we know who won this one well done Bubbles.

funny how this turned out...
 

as a new member, I found this whole process very interesting. I would have to agree with the fella that commented about how the cash prize changed the way the voting took place. To see the two leaders and their respective votes change the way they did just tells me that something smelly took place. It all seemed honest enough, but to see 'Bubbles' who had been neck and neck with 'Skimmerking' suddenly shoot up to over 100 votes, almost doubling in two days leaves me feeling like the winner did not win for the quality or look of his aqua scape, but took the win because he was able to convince a lot of people to sign up and vote for him. Wasn't this about being rewarded for putting a lot of quality work into your tank and giving others something to aspire to? With that being said, it wasn't even a popularity contest... it was rigged voting.
I was under the belief that the win was for the person who had the nicest aqua scape. When greed took over, it took the challenge out, and I personally dont think the best tank had the most votes.

My personal favorite really has to be Skimmerking. I liked how clear, bright and colorful it was. And the size of his tank allowed him to create a more appealing looking aqua-scape, with lots of room for various territories to be created.. Bubbles, yours was just dark and dull although, yes... you had lots of rock in a small space, but it was too cramped.

I believe the purpose of the forums is to create a conversation about the aquariums and the process we get involved in to bring our vision to reality. When we have a contest to create that conversation, and it becomes about who can get the most votes, then the authenticity is lost.

I think the contest should be nullified... no winner. Redo the contest and whomever votes should back up his vote with reasons why he believes one is better than the other. This then allows the contest to remain authentic. It creates a conversation. We then get to comment on who is doing what, why and how. This is why this forum is here.

The sad thing is that the forum now has at least 40 members who joined for no reason than to vote. Bubbles, you admitted yourself that you got people to join the forum just so they can vote for you. That is only helping yourself, and doing absolutely nothing for your forum. You have obviously not participated in this contest with the best of intentions but to win a measly $150. If you need it that bad, well you should go elsewhere to get it.... too bad you had to ruin a contest to get a few bucks.

I guess reputations go a long way too... You like me are a new member. a member of this forum for less than two weeks and you have 2 posts! and you have over a hundred votes... I call foul!

All of the other contestants have been members for at least a year with many posts... I mean holy ****... Skimmerking has been on here since 2002! with over 6100 posts. Thats probably why his tank looks better. He is here for the forum... not himself.

Congratulations Skimmerking... I believe you are the true winner... Based on your time in the forum and the number of posts you contribute

Bubbles... I hope you enjoy your $150. cuz I think thats all you will get out of this forum... Your heart is just not in it

'nuff said...
Peace all...

from a new member who appreciates what a forum has to offer...