when are we going to have a

[StirCrazy]

25 to 33 gal tank contest?

Steve

[Ryan_Lap]

Hopefully never,

I dont need anymore tanks.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Ryan_Lap

Hopefully never,

I dont need anymore tanks.

oh come on, sure you do We'll have a friendly one, no money for entering, just bragging rights. and no silly price lists, what you pay is what it costs, but no recycling major equipment.

Steve

[Trigger Man]

I'm pretty sure I've got an empty 33g just iching to be filled again.

[StirCrazy]

I think idealy it would be a 1 year long contest, with no water for the first 6 months. this would allow people to take there time and build/buy something that they actualy want and realy like.

Steve

[dsaundry]

Make it 15g -33g and I am in.

[Parker]

Cool, I have a drilled 20 gallon tank /CSS-65/Rock/Sand/Spare 400W Pendent all sitting around. When do you want to start? 20 minutes?

[superduperwesman]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

oh come on, sure you do We'll have a friendly one, no money for entering, just bragging rights. and no silly price lists, what you pay is what it costs, but no recycling major equipment.

Steve

What does this mean??

[sphelps]

If you're looking to eliminate pricing disputes like those seen in the current nano contest then the only way I see that being possible is to eliminate the budget completely. Believe it or not the price list actually prevents many disputes, if contenders were allowed to use any price things would probably be way worse.

Constraints shouldn't be placed on variables like prices, apply constraints on constants like total water volume and things will go much smoother.

Also I think entry fees and prizes are a good thing, it will keep contenders interested and more likely to see the contest through to the end. Otherwise you'll have many contenders and very few finalists.

[Trigger Man]

Originally Posted by sphelps

If you're looking to eliminate pricing disputes like those seen in the current nano contest then the only way I see that being possible is to eliminate the budget completely. Believe it or not the price list actually prevents many disputes, if contenders were allowed to use any price things would probably be way worse.

Constraints shouldn't be placed on variables like prices, apply constraints on constants like total water volume and things will go much smoother.

Also I think entry fees and prizes are a good thing, it will keep contenders interested and more likely to see the contest through to the end. Otherwise you'll have many contenders and very few finalists.

Good points that I agree with them, especially the fact that prizes do help keep interest going. Lessons learned from the past contest should be taken into account. If this contest does get started, I'm thinking maybe it should be started after Christmas.