August NTOTM...Top Down!

[junkitu]

Originally posted by DiSkuStiNg
Give other people a turn totm WHORES.

I couldn't resist the chance to match my tank up against Victoria and the other beatiful tanks. I'd be happy to pull my entry if BigByrd decides to no longer allow previous nTOTMs in this month's contest.

[jedimike]

purpleup - that sunset monti is ace! I'm hoping to get one in my new 20H soon.

[Bigbyrd]

i should have said only previous winners that won 6 months or longer...but i didnt so its cool....sweet tanks!

[PurpleUP]

jedimike - I was told it was a yellow turbinaria, but could it really be a sunset monti? Interesting Coral either way. Yellow polyps look like stars when calcium levels are high.

[Victoria]

Nate
You have just as much of a chance to win than any of us. Let's see your tank.. Put you tank where your mouth is..lol

[Victoria]

I still think it would be fun to have all ntotm to compete together. Talk about some hard voting...

[Victoria]

Junkitu
I feel the same way about your tank. Very sweet!! Are those Zoo's really that blue?

[ezcompany]

i propose the ntotms to compete at the end of 2007. my tank is still in recovery mode

[Victoria]

I can withdraw and wait till then.

[PurpleUP]

Or how bout I withdraw my entry and we make this a NTOTM only contest? I can enter again next month perhaps

[Victoria]

Bigbyrd Take control quick we need some ya's or nay's.

[Bigbyrd]

no, i say purpleup stays in, everyone who entered stays in....but i like the idea and think that we should stick to whoever wins novembers nano tank of the month should stick to those rules so that december ntotm will be all previous ntotm winners against eachother. everyone thats in stays in now though...and obviously can still enter in decembers. but again thats completely up to the november winner...but they should be ok with it. and if ez's tank is in recovery thats even more reason, gives him time to get it back up and running.

SOOO we got about 7 more days to enter, lets see more tanks

[junkitu]

Originally posted by Bigbyrd
no, i say purpleup stays in, everyone who entered stays in....but i like the idea and think that we should stick to whoever wins novembers nano tank of the month should stick to those rules so that december ntotm will be all previous ntotm winners against eachother. everyone thats in stays in now though...and obviously can still enter in decembers. but again thats completely up to the november winner...but they should be ok with it. and if ez's tank is in recovery thats even more reason, gives him time to get it back up and running.

SOOO we got about 7 more days to enter, lets see more tanks

Glad to hear it BB. Let me know if you have a change of heart and I'd be happy to wait until December or whenever.

Victoria - The colors are true to life. I use the underwater mode on my Cannon s80. They're Tub's blues from AtlantisAquarium.net and I grew them out from a 4 polyp frag.

Let's see some more awesome top-down entries!

[Bigbyrd]

or would it make more sense to have a tank of the year? all winners from january til november going up against eachother would be cool...but that would also mean junkitu would be out of this month...but victoria would stay cuz she last won in december of last year...i cant make decisions on my own though, so tell me what u guys think...OH...then the winner of november would be in control of januarys contest since the rules will pretty much be set for december...i may be thinking too much but it makes sense if you think about it

oh i forgot to mention that the winner has to give me a frag of my choice...i already have em picked out from everyones tanks...k thanks

[GrandeGixxer]

I think Junkitu should be able to stay in this one and still be up for NToY. If he wins 2 times this year, so be it. But for next year, maybe make it so they can only win 1 time per year. For my input, I get a frag out of the runner up's tank of my choice.

[Bigbyrd]

no sir, for your input, you get to watch my tank when i go to Jamaica! CONGRATS!

for real though i need to see more tanks like....now!

[Echidna09]

Originally posted by PurpleUP
jedimike - I was told it was a yellow turbinaria, but could it really be a sunset monti? Interesting Coral either way. Yellow polyps look like stars when calcium levels are high.

It is Yellow Turbinaria. Sunset montis look way different and encrust rather than plate.

[GrandeGixxer]

If you want to bring it up to my house, I will do it for you...

[Bigbyrd]

3 more days...i would like at least 3 more tanks...why is no one entering?!?!

[m1enbo1]

i'd enter mines but it's in the stage of cycling... haha. it's a great tank for top down shots because it's a flat, square nano...

[musicawal]

Originally posted by Bigbyrd
3 more days...i would like at least 3 more tanks...why is no one entering?!?!

My only problem is I can't seem to get a good shot from top down because of the MH reflection. And then if I move it too much the tank goes darka nd you lose a lot of the colors. I'm sure a lot of this has to do with my lack of photography skills too though.

[Bigbyrd]

musicawal....for my top downs i take the light off the tank and set it on a stool shining in through the glass in the front of the tank...works great, and no reflection

[musicawal]

That's a pretty cool Idea. I'll give that a shot and see what I can come up with I've been wanting to enter one of these for a while anyways just for the heck of it. What's the cut off date for entries?

[macro]

you should mix the pico tanks in with nano since theres so many?
2 gallon to 30 gallon

[PurpleUP]

May I replace my 1st Top Down entry with this one? Finally took your advise BigByrd. Looks like it worked out ok.

LET'S SEE MORE ENTRIES!!!